Taunton railway station
Taunton is a major interchange: 123 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 119 trains a day.
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 | 119 | 103 | 80 |
| Tiverton Parkway | 95 | 80 | 67 |
| Newton Abbot | 88 | 80 | 63 |
| Bristol Temple Meads | 87 | 88 | 58 |
| Plymouth | 74 | 66 | 56 |
| Totnes | 67 | 61 | 56 |
| London Paddington | 55 | 53 | 35 |
| Reading | 55 | 53 | 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 | 20 |
| Liskeard | 30 | 32 | 22 |
| Bodmin Parkway | 29 | 32 | 22 |
| Cardiff Central | 29 | 26 | 20 |
| Newport | 29 | 26 | 20 |
| Par | 29 | 31 | 19 |
| Severn Tunnel Junction | 29 | 26 | 19 |
| Patchway | 28 | 26 | 17 |
| Penzance | 26 | 29 | 20 |
| Redruth | 26 | 29 | 20 |
| St Austell | 26 | 29 | 20 |
| Truro | 26 | 29 | 20 |
| Derby | 25 | 28 | 21 |
| Camborne | 24 | 29 | 17 |
| Chesterfield | 24 | 26 | 21 |
| Leeds | 24 | 26 | 21 |
| Sheffield | 24 | 26 | 21 |
| Wakefield Westgate | 24 | 26 | 20 |
| St Erth | 23 | 28 | 20 |
| Castle Cary | 22 | 18 | 15 |
| Weston Milton | 22 | 11 | 10 |
| Dawlish | 21 | 20 | 12 |
| Teignmouth | 21 | 20 | 12 |
and 83 more stations, each served less often.
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 3 March 2027
From 3 March 2027, Taunton 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.