Newton Abbot railway station

Newton Abbot is a major interchange: 124 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Exeter St Davids, with 174 trains a day.

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Newton Abbot is the nearest station for postcodes in TQ12, TQ13. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Newton Abbot

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Exeter St Davids	174	165	115
Dawlish	102	104	58
Teignmouth	102	104	58
Plymouth	92	82	74
Totnes	86	78	72
Taunton	84	80	63
Torquay	82	86	41
Paignton	79	82	39
Torre	75	71	36
Tiverton Parkway	72	66	55
Digby and Sowton	61	60	31
Exeter Central	61	60	31
Exmouth	61	60	31
Lympstone Village	61	60	31
Newcourt	61	60	31
Topsham	61	60	31
Dawlish Warren	58	76	36
Exeter St Thomas	51	51	31
Starcross	50	50	31
Polsloe Bridge	46	47	15
Liskeard	45	44	38
Marsh Barton	45	44	30
London Paddington	45	41	36
Reading	45	41	36
St James' Park	45	48	15
Bodmin Parkway	44	44	38
Bristol Temple Meads	44	43	32
Exton	44	46	15
Lympstone Commando	44	58	15
Par	44	44	33
Penzance	41	41	36
Redruth	41	41	36
St Austell	41	41	36
Truro	41	41	36
Camborne	39	41	33
St Erth	38	40	36
Bristol Parkway	35	33	27
Birmingham New Street	33	33	27
Cheltenham Spa	33	33	27
Ivybridge	32	25	18

and 84 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Newton Abbot is

1,334,872 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 420th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 514,502 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Newton Abbot and Exeter Central than any other pair: 145,412 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.

Changing from 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, Newton Abbot loses 1 including Newquay.

Nearest other stations

Torre 4.6 miles
Teignmouth 4.8 miles
Torquay 5.4 miles
Paignton 6.8 miles
Dawlish 6.9 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Newton Abbot, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Teigngrace Halt · 2.1 miles
Edginswell · 3.5 miles
Heathfield (Devon) · 3.6 miles
Chudleigh Knighton Halt · 3.9 miles
Chudleigh · 4.5 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.