Portsmouth Arms train station
You can reach 13 stations directly from Portsmouth Arms on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Barnstaple, with 5 trains a day.
See Portsmouth Arms on the map
Portsmouth Arms is the nearest station for postcodes in EX37. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Portsmouth Arms
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnstaple | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| Crediton | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| Copplestone | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| Eggesford | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| Exeter St Davids | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| Morchard Road | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| Umberleigh | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| Yeoford | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| Chapelton | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Lapford | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Newton St Cyres | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Exeter Central | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Kings Nympton | 3 | 4 | 8 |
Lines serving Portsmouth Arms
Portsmouth Arms is on the Tarka Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Portsmouth Arms station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Portsmouth Arms 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 Portsmouth Arms station is
596 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,562nd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Portsmouth Arms and Barnstaple than any other pair: 184 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.
Nearest other stations
- Kings Nympton 2.5 miles
- Umberleigh 3.1 miles
- Chapelton 5.2 miles
- Eggesford 5.8 miles
- Lapford 9.2 miles
Facilities at Portsmouth Arms station
Portsmouth Arms is unstaffed, with step-free access to the whole station.
Cycle parking: 4 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 February 2026.
Getting to Portsmouth Arms station
Portsmouth Arms station is in North Devon, South West, and is run by Great Western Railway.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Portsmouth Arms 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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