Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Exeter to Croydon. From €35.54, fastest 2h 44m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.
Travelling from Exeter to Croydon costs €35.54 at the cheapest and takes 2h 44m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 288 km. Cheapest is by Train, fastest is by Train.
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on 23 September 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 53m | 2h 9m | 44m | €36.63 | 9.5 kg | 5 |
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Changes at Southampton, with 59 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 3h 59mCO2 9.2 kgChanges 1Refundable
Door to door 2h 53mCO2 9.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Changes at Reading, with 101 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 4h 36mCO2 9.1 kgChanges 1Refundable
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.
| Operator | Service | Departs | Arrives | Takes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dartline Coaches1 changes | 66 | 08:07 | 10:28 | 3h 20m |
| Dartline Coaches2 changes | 66 | 08:07 | 11:15 | 3h 11m |
| GWR1 changes | GWR | 08:34 | 11:06 | 3h 35m |
| GWR2 changes | GWR | 08:34 | 12:00 | 3h 26m |
| GWR2 changes | GWR | 08:34 | 11:55 | 3h 21m |
| South Western Railway1 changes | SWR | 09:04 | 13:04 | 4h |
| South Western Railway2 changes | SWR | 09:04 | 13:02 | 3h 58m |
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of travelling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Exeter to Croydon | Wed9 Sept | Thu10 Sept | Fri11 Sept | Sat12 Sept | Sun13 Sept | Mon14 Sept | Tue15 Sept | Wed16 Sept | Thu17 Sept | Fri18 Sept | Sat19 Sept | Sun20 Sept | Mon21 Sept | Tue22 Sept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | €78.44 | €93.29 | €86.14 | €58.64 | €61.39 | €56.44 | €48.19 | €44.34 | €61.94 | €59.74 | €48.19 | €45.99 | €37.73 | €36.63 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-23 · €35.54
Arriving in September changes what you want from a room in Croydon. It is not a thing we sell, so here is who does.
Hotels and flats near the centre, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 South Western Railway | €35.54 | 2h 44m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €30.50 | 86% |
| Taxes | €3.05 | 9% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 6% |
| Total you pay | €35.54 | 100% |
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Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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The fastest journey from Exeter to Croydon takes 2h 44m door to door, of which 2h 9m is spent moving, on the Train. Most services take around 2h 57m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
The cheapest fare from Exeter to Croydon is €35.54, checked on 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €54.79. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
The cheapest way from Exeter to Croydon is by Train, at €36.63 for one passenger on 23 September 2026. That journey takes 2h 53m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
Fares from Exeter to Croydon bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €32.79. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 163 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Exeter to Croydon, at €36.63. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Exeter to Croydon, at €27.29 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
1 operators sell services from Exeter to Croydon across 1 modes: South Western Railway. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
20 percent of the services we sell from Exeter to Croydon are direct. The rest connect at Southampton, Poole, Reading, Bournemouth, with about 59 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Services from Exeter to Croydon by Train leave from Exeter Central and arrive at Oxted railway station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Exeter to Croydon allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
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The tickets worth having in advance, because the queue at the door is usually the whole morning.
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