Kings Nympton train station
You can reach 27 stations directly from Kings Nympton on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Barnstaple, with 12 trains a day.
Kings Nympton is the nearest station for postcodes in EX36. Check your own postcode.
- 27 direct destinations
- 2,419th busiest in Britain
- Unstaffed
- Step-free throughout
- 6 parking spaces
- 2 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Kings Nympton
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnstaple | 12 | 11 | 8 |
| Crediton | 12 | 11 | 8 |
| Copplestone | 12 | 11 | 8 |
| Eggesford | 12 | 11 | 8 |
| Exeter St Davids | 12 | 11 | 8 |
| Morchard Road | 12 | 11 | 8 |
| Umberleigh | 12 | 11 | 8 |
| Yeoford | 12 | 11 | 8 |
| Exeter Central | 10 | 10 | 7 |
| Lapford | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| Newton St Cyres | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Chapelton | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Portsmouth Arms | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Digby and Sowton | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Exmouth | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Exton | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lympstone Commando | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lympstone Village | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Newcourt | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Polsloe Bridge | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| St James' Park | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Topsham | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Axminster | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cranbrook | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Feniton | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Honiton | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinhoe | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lines serving Kings Nympton
Kings Nympton is on the Tarka Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Kings Nympton station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Kings Nympton 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 Kings Nympton station is
6,498 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,419th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Kings Nympton and Digby and Sowton than any other pair: 1,896 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: 13 stations instead of 27, a drop of about 52%. Saturday runs to 13.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Kings Nympton loses 1 destination including Lympstone Commando.
Nearest other stations
- Portsmouth Arms 2.5 miles
- Eggesford 3.6 miles
- Umberleigh 5.4 miles
- Lapford 6.9 miles
- Chapelton 7.6 miles
Facilities at Kings Nympton station
Kings Nympton is unstaffed, with step-free access to the whole station.
Parking at Kings Nympton station
- Station Car Park 6 spaces
Cycle parking: 4 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 14 July 2026.
Getting to Kings Nympton station
Kings Nympton station is in North Devon, South West, and is run by Great Western Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is M5 J31 (Pearce's Hill), 24.4 miles south-east.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Rail Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Kings Nympton 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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