Paignton train station
You can reach 63 stations directly from Paignton on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Exeter St Davids, with 84 trains a day.
Paignton is the nearest station for postcodes in TQ3, TQ4, TQ5, TQ6. Check your own postcode.
- 63 direct destinations
- 709th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 74 parking spaces
- 19 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Paignton
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exeter St Davids | 84 | 75 | 41 |
| Newton Abbot | 84 | 78 | 41 |
| Torquay | 84 | 78 | 41 |
| Dawlish | 82 | 73 | 39 |
| Teignmouth | 82 | 73 | 39 |
| Torre | 77 | 73 | 36 |
| Digby and Sowton | 61 | 60 | 31 |
| Exeter Central | 61 | 60 | 31 |
| Exmouth | 61 | 60 | 31 |
| Lympstone Village | 61 | 60 | 31 |
| Newcourt | 61 | 60 | 27 |
| Topsham | 61 | 60 | 31 |
| Dawlish Warren | 56 | 69 | 33 |
| Exeter St Thomas | 51 | 50 | 30 |
| Starcross | 50 | 49 | 30 |
| Polsloe Bridge | 46 | 47 | 15 |
| Marsh Barton | 45 | 44 | 30 |
| St James' Park | 45 | 48 | 15 |
| Exton | 44 | 46 | 15 |
| Lympstone Commando | 44 | 58 | 15 |
| Taunton | 16 | 7 | 7 |
| Tiverton Parkway | 12 | 4 | 3 |
| Bristol Temple Meads | 10 | 3 | 3 |
| London Paddington | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| Reading | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| Castle Cary | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Westbury | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Birmingham New Street | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Bristol Parkway | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Cheltenham Spa | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Swindon | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Macclesfield | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Stockport | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Stafford | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Wolverhampton | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Worcestershire Parkway | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Weston-super-Mare | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Bath Spa | 2 | 0 | 0 |
and 23 more stations, each served less often.
Freight through Paignton station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Paignton 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 Paignton station is
707,018 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 709th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 24 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Paignton and Exeter Central than any other pair: 104,798 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: 40 stations instead of 63, a drop of about 37%. Saturday runs to 37.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Paignton gains 1 destination including Bedwyn and loses 4 including Swindon, Didcot Parkway, Bath Spa, Chippenham.
Nearest other stations
- Torquay 2.1 miles
- Torre 2.8 miles
- Totnes 5.5 miles
- Newton Abbot 6.8 miles
- Teignmouth 8.4 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Paignton, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Brixham · 3.4 miles
- Edginswell · 3.6 miles
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Facilities at Paignton station
Paignton is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:55 to 18:00 · Saturday: 07:30 to 16:55 · Sunday: 09:40 to 16:40
Parking at Paignton station
- Paignton Car Park 74 spaces
Cycle parking: 20 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 6 August 2026.
Getting to Paignton station
Paignton station is in Torbay, South West, and is run by Great Western Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is M5 J31 (Pearce's Hill), 16.9 miles north.
19 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Bus Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Paignton 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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