Taunton railway station

Taunton is a major interchange: 112 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 114 trains a day.

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Address: Station Approach, Taunton, TA1 1QP

Taunton is the nearest station for postcodes in TA1, TA2, TA3, TA4, TA23. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Taunton

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

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Exeter St Davids	114	102	80
Tiverton Parkway	94	80	67
Bristol Temple Meads	87	88	58
Newton Abbot	84	80	63
Plymouth	70	65	56
Totnes	65	61	56
London Paddington	51	52	35
Reading	51	52	35
Bridgwater	49	49	28
Weston-super-Mare	49	51	31
Highbridge and Burnham	46	48	28
Yatton	46	45	28
Nailsea and Backwell	44	43	28
Worle	44	41	28
Bristol Parkway	36	34	27
Birmingham New Street	33	33	27
Cheltenham Spa	33	33	27
Filton Abbey Wood	31	27	18
Cardiff Central	29	26	18
Newport	29	26	18
Severn Tunnel Junction	29	26	18
Patchway	28	26	16
Liskeard	26	31	22
Bodmin Parkway	25	31	22
Derby	25	28	21
Par	25	31	19
Chesterfield	24	26	21
Leeds	24	5	6
Sheffield	24	26	21
Wakefield Westgate	24	5	5
Castle Cary	22	17	15
Penzance	22	28	20
Redruth	22	28	20
St Austell	22	28	20
Truro	22	28	20
Weston Milton	22	11	10
Dawlish	21	20	12
Teignmouth	21	20	12
Westbury	21	17	17
York	21	23	15

and 72 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Taunton is

1,615,614 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 341st busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 82,424 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Taunton and London Paddington than any other pair: 307,892 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, Taunton gains 11 destinations including Montpelier, Stapleton Road, Lawrence Hill, Clifton Down, Severn Beach, St Andrews Road and loses 1 including Newquay.

Nearest other stations

Bridgwater 8.7 miles
Tiverton Parkway 13.4 miles
Highbridge and Burnham 14.6 miles
Honiton 16.1 miles
Axminster 17.4 miles

Closed stations nearby

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

Norton Fitzwarren · 2.0 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.