Polsloe Bridge train station
You can reach 43 stations directly from Polsloe Bridge on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Digby and Sowton, with 55 trains a day.
Polsloe Bridge is the nearest station for postcodes in EX1. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Polsloe Bridge
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digby and Sowton | 55 | 56 | 32 |
| Exeter Central | 55 | 56 | 32 |
| Exeter St Davids | 55 | 56 | 32 |
| Exmouth | 55 | 56 | 32 |
| Lympstone Village | 55 | 56 | 32 |
| Newcourt | 55 | 56 | 32 |
| Topsham | 55 | 56 | 32 |
| Exton | 53 | 55 | 32 |
| Lympstone Commando | 53 | 55 | 32 |
| St James' Park | 53 | 56 | 30 |
| Dawlish | 46 | 47 | 15 |
| Newton Abbot | 46 | 47 | 15 |
| Paignton | 46 | 47 | 15 |
| Teignmouth | 46 | 47 | 15 |
| Torquay | 46 | 47 | 15 |
| Torre | 46 | 47 | 15 |
| Dawlish Warren | 34 | 46 | 15 |
| Marsh Barton | 32 | 29 | 13 |
| Exeter St Thomas | 29 | 29 | 13 |
| Starcross | 29 | 29 | 13 |
| Barnstaple | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bristol Temple Meads | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bridgwater | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Crediton | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Copplestone | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Eggesford | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Highbridge and Burnham | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kings Nympton | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lapford | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Morchard Road | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nailsea and Backwell | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Taunton | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Umberleigh | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Worle | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Weston-super-Mare | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Yatton | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Yeoford | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cardiff Central | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Filton Abbey Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Newton St Cyres | 1 | 0 | 0 |
and 3 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Polsloe Bridge
Polsloe Bridge is on the Avocet Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Polsloe Bridge station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Polsloe Bridge 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 Polsloe Bridge station is
188,694 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,428th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Polsloe Bridge and Exeter Central than any other pair: 39,232 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: 20 stations instead of 43, a drop of about 53%. Saturday runs to 20.
Nearest other stations
- St James' Park 0.9 miles
- Exeter Central 1.4 miles
- Pinhoe 1.5 miles
- Digby and Sowton 1.7 miles
- Exeter St Davids 1.8 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Polsloe Bridge, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Monkerton · 0.9 miles
- Alphington Halt · 2.5 miles
- Broad Clyst · 3.3 miles
- Ide Halt · 3.4 miles
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Facilities at Polsloe Bridge station
Polsloe Bridge is unstaffed, with step-free access to no part of the station.
WiFi
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 February 2026.
Getting to Polsloe Bridge station
Polsloe Bridge station is in Exeter, South West, and is run by Great Western Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is M5 J29 (Sowton Interchange), 1.7 miles east.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Widgery Road.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Polsloe Bridge 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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