Exmouth train station
You can reach 43 stations directly from Exmouth on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Digby and Sowton, with 72 trains a day.
Exmouth is the nearest station for postcodes in EX8, EX9. Check your own postcode.
- 43 direct destinations
- 539th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 47 parking spaces
- 6 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Exmouth
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digby and Sowton | 72 | 69 | 50 |
| Exeter Central | 72 | 69 | 50 |
| Exeter St Davids | 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 | 30 |
| Exton | 53 | 55 | 32 |
| Lympstone Commando | 53 | 67 | 32 |
| Dawlish Warren | 48 | 59 | 31 |
| Exeter St Thomas | 43 | 42 | 29 |
| Starcross | 43 | 42 | 29 |
| Marsh Barton | 41 | 37 | 29 |
| Barnstaple | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Bristol Temple Meads | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bridgwater | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Crediton | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Copplestone | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Eggesford | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Highbridge and Burnham | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kings Nympton | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lapford | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Morchard Road | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Nailsea and Backwell | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Taunton | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Umberleigh | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Worle | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Weston-super-Mare | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Yatton | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Yeoford | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Cardiff Central | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Filton Abbey Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Newton St Cyres | 1 | 0 | 1 |
and 3 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Exmouth
Exmouth is on the Avocet Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Exmouth station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Exmouth 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 Exmouth station is
999,764 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 539th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Exmouth and Exeter Central 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: 29 stations instead of 43, a drop of about 33%. Saturday runs to 20.
Nearest other stations
- Starcross 1.5 miles
- Lympstone Village 2.0 miles
- Dawlish Warren 2.0 miles
- Lympstone Commando 3.1 miles
- Exton 3.5 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Exmouth, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Littleham · 1.2 miles
- Budleigh Salterton · 4.0 miles
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Facilities at Exmouth station
Exmouth is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 07:10 to 15:25 · Saturday: 07:10 to 15:25 · Sunday: closed
Parking at Exmouth station
- Council Managed Car Park 47 spaces, 1 accessible
Cycle parking: 76 spaces (sheltered, racks).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 21 August 2026.
Getting to Exmouth station
Exmouth station is in East Devon, South West, and is run by Great Western Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is M5 J31 (Pearce's Hill), 6.0 miles north-west.
6 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Leisure Centre.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Exmouth 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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