Morchard Road train station
You can reach 37 stations directly from Morchard Road on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Barnstaple, with 32 trains a day.
- 37 direct destinations
- 2,266th busiest in Britain
- Unstaffed
- Step-free throughout
- 6 parking spaces
- 1 bus stop nearby
Direct trains from Morchard Road
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnstaple | 32 | 34 | 25 |
| Crediton | 32 | 34 | 25 |
| Copplestone | 32 | 34 | 25 |
| Eggesford | 32 | 34 | 25 |
| Exeter St Davids | 32 | 34 | 25 |
| Umberleigh | 32 | 34 | 25 |
| Yeoford | 32 | 34 | 25 |
| Exeter Central | 27 | 28 | 22 |
| Lapford | 14 | 14 | 9 |
| Kings Nympton | 12 | 11 | 8 |
| Newton St Cyres | 9 | 11 | 12 |
| Portsmouth Arms | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| Chapelton | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Digby and Sowton | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Exmouth | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Exton | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lympstone Commando | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lympstone Village | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Newcourt | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Polsloe Bridge | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| St James' Park | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Topsham | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Axminster | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cranbrook | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dawlish | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dawlish Warren | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Exeter St Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Feniton | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Honiton | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marsh Barton | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Newton Abbot | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paignton | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinhoe | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Starcross | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Teignmouth | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Torquay | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Torre | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lines serving Morchard Road
Morchard Road is on the Tarka Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Morchard Road station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Morchard Road 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 Morchard Road station is
21,854 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,266th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Morchard Road and Exeter Central than any other pair: 9,568 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: 18 stations instead of 37, a drop of about 51%. Saturday runs to 13.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Morchard Road loses 1 destination including Lympstone Commando.
Nearest other stations
- Copplestone 1.6 miles
- Lapford 2.3 miles
- Yeoford 4.4 miles
- Eggesford 5.8 miles
- Crediton 6.6 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Morchard Road, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Bow railway station, Devon · 3.8 miles
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Facilities at Morchard Road station
Morchard Road is unstaffed, with step-free access to the whole station.
Parking at Morchard Road station
- Station Car Park 6 spaces
Cycle parking: 4 spaces.
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 February 2026.
Getting to Morchard Road station
Morchard Road station is in Mid Devon, South West, and is run by Great Western Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is M5 J29 (Sowton Interchange), 15.3 miles south-east.
1 bus stop is within a short walk, the nearest being Devonshire Dumpling.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Morchard Road 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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