Exeter Central train station
You can reach 67 stations directly from Exeter Central on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Exeter St Davids, with 139 trains a day.
Address: Queen Street, Exeter, EX4 3SB
- 67 direct destinations
- 183rd busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 54 parking spaces
- 6 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Exeter Central
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exeter St Davids | 139 | 141 | 105 |
| Digby and Sowton | 72 | 69 | 50 |
| Exmouth | 72 | 69 | 50 |
| Lympstone Village | 72 | 69 | 50 |
| Newcourt | 72 | 69 | 46 |
| Topsham | 72 | 69 | 50 |
| Dawlish | 61 | 60 | 31 |
| Newton Abbot | 61 | 60 | 31 |
| Paignton | 61 | 60 | 31 |
| Teignmouth | 61 | 60 | 31 |
| Torquay | 61 | 60 | 31 |
| Torre | 61 | 60 | 31 |
| Polsloe Bridge | 55 | 56 | 32 |
| St James' Park | 54 | 57 | 32 |
| Exton | 53 | 55 | 32 |
| Lympstone Commando | 53 | 67 | 32 |
| Crediton | 49 | 50 | 40 |
| Dawlish Warren | 48 | 59 | 31 |
| Exeter St Thomas | 43 | 42 | 29 |
| Starcross | 43 | 42 | 29 |
| Marsh Barton | 41 | 37 | 29 |
| Barnstaple | 27 | 28 | 22 |
| Copplestone | 27 | 28 | 22 |
| Eggesford | 27 | 28 | 22 |
| Morchard Road | 27 | 28 | 22 |
| Umberleigh | 27 | 28 | 22 |
| Yeoford | 27 | 28 | 22 |
| Okehampton | 22 | 22 | 18 |
| Axminster | 21 | 21 | 16 |
| Cranbrook | 21 | 21 | 16 |
| Feniton | 21 | 21 | 16 |
| Honiton | 21 | 21 | 16 |
| Pinhoe | 21 | 21 | 16 |
| Crewkerne | 19 | 21 | 16 |
| Whimple | 19 | 21 | 16 |
| Yeovil Junction | 19 | 21 | 16 |
| Salisbury | 17 | 19 | 0 |
| Gillingham | 16 | 18 | 15 |
| Sherborne | 16 | 18 | 15 |
| Tisbury | 16 | 18 | 0 |
and 27 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Exeter Central
Exeter Central is on the West of England Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Exeter Central station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Exeter Central station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Exeter Central station is
2,962,450 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 183rd busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 329,880 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Exeter Central and Exmouth than any other pair: 364,350 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 44 stations instead of 67, a drop of about 34%. Saturday runs to 66.
Nearest other stations
- St James' Park 0.5 miles
- Exeter St Davids 0.5 miles
- Exeter St Thomas 0.7 miles
- Polsloe Bridge 1.4 miles
- Marsh Barton 1.6 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Exeter Central, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Alphington Halt · 1.6 miles
- Monkerton · 2.2 miles
- Ide Halt · 2.2 miles
- Longdown · 4.3 miles
- Broad Clyst · 4.6 miles
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Facilities at Exeter Central station
Exeter Central is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 07:50 to 18:15 · Saturday: 07:50 to 18:15 · Sunday: 09:30 to 16:30
Toilets
Parking at Exeter Central station
- Station Car Park 54 spaces
Cycle parking: 10 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 May 2026.
Getting to Exeter Central station
Exeter Central station is in Exeter, South West, and is run by Great Western Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is M5 J29 (Sowton Interchange), 3.0 miles east.
6 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Central Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Exeter Central station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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