General information | |||||
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Location | Exeter England | ||||
Coordinates | 50°43′47″N 3°32′37″W / 50.7296°N 3.5435°W | ||||
Grid reference | SX911933 | ||||
Managed by | Great Western Railway | ||||
Platforms | 6 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | EXD | ||||
Classification | DfT category C1 | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Bristol and Exeter Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
1844 | Opened | ||||
1864 | Rebuilt for LSWR | ||||
1913 | Rebuilt without roof | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 2.620 million | ||||
Interchange | 1.049 million | ||||
2019/20 | 2.676 million | ||||
Interchange | 1.064 million | ||||
2020/21 | 0.728 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.346 million | ||||
2021/22 | 2.207 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.888 million | ||||
2022/23 | 2.617 million | ||||
Interchange | 1.226 million | ||||
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Exeter St Davids railway station is the principal and largest railway station in Exeter, also the busiest station in Devon.
It is 193 miles 72 chains (193.90 mi; 312.1 km) from the zero point at London Paddington,[1] from where trains travel through Exeter to Plymouth and Penzance. The station is also served by trains from London Waterloo via Salisbury and long distance services to Bristol Temple Meads, Birmingham New Street, Edinburgh Waverley and other places in the North. Local services operate on the Avocet Line to Exmouth, the Riviera Line to Paignton, the Tarka Line to Barnstaple and Dartmoor Line to Okehampton.
It is managed by Great Western Railway and served by trains operated by Great Western Railway, South Western Railway and CrossCountry.