Topsham train station

You can reach 43 stations directly from Topsham on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Digby and Sowton, with 72 trains a day.

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Topsham is the nearest station for postcodes in EX3. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Topsham

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

DestinationWeekdaySaturdaySunday
Digby and Sowton726950
Exeter Central726950
Exeter St Davids726950
Exmouth726950
Lympstone Village726950
Newcourt726946
Dawlish616031
Newton Abbot616031
Paignton616031
Teignmouth616031
Torquay616031
Torre616031
Polsloe Bridge555632
St James' Park545730
Exton535532
Lympstone Commando536732
Dawlish Warren485931
Exeter St Thomas434229
Starcross434229
Marsh Barton413729
Barnstaple201
Bristol Temple Meads200
Bridgwater200
Crediton201
Copplestone201
Eggesford201
Highbridge and Burnham200
Kings Nympton200
Lapford201
Morchard Road201
Nailsea and Backwell200
Taunton200
Umberleigh201
Worle200
Weston-super-Mare200
Yatton200
Yeoford201
Cardiff Central100
Filton Abbey Wood100
Newton St Cyres101

and 3 more stations, each served less often.

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Lines serving Topsham

Topsham is on the Avocet Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through Topsham station, hour by hour

No freight is booked through or alongside Topsham 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 Topsham station is

300,338 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,158th busiest station in Great Britain.

More journeys run between Topsham and Exeter Central than any other pair: 99,872 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: 29 stations instead of 43, a drop of about 33%. Saturday runs to 20.

Nearest other stations

Closed stations nearby

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

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Facilities at Topsham station

Topsham is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.

Parking at Topsham station

Cycle parking: 18 spaces (stands).

From National Rail's station record, last updated 2 April 2026.

Getting to Topsham station

Topsham station is in Exeter, South West, and is run by Great Western Railway.

The nearest motorway junction is M5 J30 (Sandy Gate), 1.5 miles north.

8 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.

Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.

Topsham station elsewhere

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