Exeter to Birmingham train
Trains from Exeter to Birmingham start at £23.85.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Exeter to Birmingham on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Exeter to Birmingham starts at £23.85, run by 2 operators over 234 km. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 3h 47mDoor to door
- 1h 51mMoving
- £29.04 to £62.96From
- 7.7 kgCO2
3h 47m
1h 51m
£29.04 to £62.96
7.7 kg£29.04 to £62.96 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about £60.60Thu8
- about £62.96Fri9
- about £44.59Sat10
- about £43.64Sun11
- about £37.98Mon12
- about £35.16Tue13
- about £31.39Wed14
- about £42.23Thu15
- about £34.69Fri16
- about £32.34Sat17
- about £34.69Sun18
- about £34.69Mon19
- about £30.44Tue20
- about £29.04Wed21
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
Train operators
The train gets you into Birmingham. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Birmingham for the night the train gets in
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When to book Exeter to Birmingham
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- £21.9690 days
- £30.9260 days
- £25.2645 days
- £21.5030 days
- £23.8521 days
- £29.0414 days
- £31.397 days
- £44.593 days
- £60.601 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at £21.50.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 182 percent. The dearest point is £60.60, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- £34.69Sun
- £34.69Mon
- £30.44Tue
- £29.04Wed
- £42.23Thu
- £34.69Fri
- £33.27Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Exeter
Rail- Exeter Central
- Exeter St Davids
- Polsloe Bridge
Birmingham
- Birmingham New Street
- Bordesley
- Duddeston
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 234 km against 225 km in a straight line, a detour of 4 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Cardiff, Bristol. The gap between arriving and leaving is 72 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Questions about Exeter to Birmingham
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Train from Exeter to Birmingham take?
The Train from Exeter to Birmingham covers 234 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.
How much does the Train from Exeter to Birmingham cost?
The Train from Exeter to Birmingham starts at £23.85 for one passenger, as of 7 October 2026. A typical fare is £23.85. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Exeter to Birmingham?
2 operators run the Train from Exeter to Birmingham: South Western Railway, Arriva Cross Country. The operator table on this page sets out fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Exeter to Birmingham use?
The Train from Exeter to Birmingham leaves from Exeter Central and arrives at Birmingham New Street. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Train from Exeter to Birmingham?
Fares for the Train from Exeter to Birmingham bottom out around 30 days ahead, at £21.50. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 182 percent, measured on 7 October 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Exeter to Birmingham produce?
The Train from Exeter to Birmingham produces about 7.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 234 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Exeter to Birmingham?
Operators on the Train from Exeter to Birmingham publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
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