St Erth train station
You can reach 73 stations directly from St Erth on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Penzance, with 78 trains a day.
- 73 direct destinations
- 924th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 550 parking spaces
- 1 bus stop nearby
Direct trains from St Erth
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penzance | 78 | 60 | 56 |
| Bodmin Parkway | 76 | 54 | 54 |
| Camborne | 76 | 54 | 51 |
| Liskeard | 76 | 54 | 54 |
| Par | 76 | 54 | 50 |
| Plymouth | 76 | 54 | 54 |
| Redruth | 76 | 54 | 54 |
| St Austell | 76 | 54 | 54 |
| Truro | 76 | 54 | 54 |
| Saltash | 59 | 39 | 27 |
| Hayle | 58 | 44 | 33 |
| Carbis Bay | 56 | 52 | 38 |
| St Ives | 56 | 52 | 38 |
| Exeter St Davids | 54 | 34 | 40 |
| Newton Abbot | 54 | 34 | 40 |
| Lostwithiel | 53 | 37 | 30 |
| Totnes | 50 | 33 | 39 |
| St Germans | 47 | 35 | 27 |
| Taunton | 36 | 21 | 26 |
| London Paddington | 33 | 16 | 24 |
| Reading | 33 | 16 | 24 |
| Tiverton Parkway | 29 | 18 | 25 |
| Lelant | 26 | 25 | 10 |
| Ivybridge | 24 | 15 | 14 |
| Bristol Temple Meads | 21 | 6 | 10 |
| Menheniot | 15 | 14 | 8 |
| Devonport | 13 | 10 | 5 |
| Dawlish | 12 | 13 | 11 |
| Teignmouth | 12 | 13 | 11 |
| St Budeaux Ferry Road | 9 | 8 | 4 |
| Keyham | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Dockyard | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| Bath Spa | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Chippenham | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Swindon | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| Birmingham New Street | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bristol Parkway | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Cheltenham Spa | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Didcot Parkway | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed | 2 | 0 | 0 |
and 33 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving St Erth
St Erth is on the Cornish Main Line and The St Ives Bay Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through St Erth station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside St Erth 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 St Erth station is
444,754 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 924th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 265,787 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between St Erth and St Ives (Cornwall) than any other pair: 321,408 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: 42 stations instead of 73, a drop of about 42%. Saturday runs to 43.
Nearest other stations
- Lelant Saltings 0.6 miles
- Lelant 1.0 miles
- Hayle 1.5 miles
- Carbis Bay 2.0 miles
- St Ives 3.0 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of St Erth, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Gwinear Road · 4.6 miles
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Facilities at St Erth station
St Erth is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday: 07:30 to 14:45 · Sunday: closed
Toilets · Waiting room · WiFi
Parking at St Erth station
- Station Car Park 550 spaces
Cycle parking: 6 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 24 April 2026.
Getting to St Erth station
St Erth station is in Cornwall, South West, and is run by Great Western Railway.
1 bus stop is within a short walk, the nearest being Interchange.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
St Erth 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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