Fastest€21.24
- South Western Railway SW229506:0858m07:06Exeter CentralBournemouth railway station
Door to door 1h 42mCO2 4.0 kgChanges 0Refundable
Exeter to Bournemouth train
Trains from Exeter to Bournemouth start at €18.49 and take 1h 42m at their fastest.
The Trains from Exeter to Bournemouth starts at €18.49 and takes 1h 42m door to door, run by 1 operator over 122 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 1h 42mDoor to door
- 58mMoving
- €18.49From
- 4.0 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 24 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Train operators
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 | €16.29 | 1h 39m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Exeter to Bournemouth
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €12.4421 days
- €12.4414 days
- €17.947 days
- €23.983 days
- €22.341 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 102 percent. The dearest point is €23.98, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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.
- €15.19Sun
- €12.44Mon
- €12.44Tue
- €12.44Wed
- €14.64Thu
- €14.09Fri
- €15.74Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Exeter
Rail
- Exeter Central
- Exeter Central railway station
- Exeter St Davids railway station
Bournemouth
Rail
- Bournemouth railway station
- Bournemouth West railway station
- Bournemouth East original railway station
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 122 km against 116 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Torquay, New Milton, Paignton, Weymouth. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Exeter at 06:08 and the last at 06:08, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 42m | 58m | 44m | €18.49 | 4.0 kg | 1 |
| Ferry | 5h 33m | 4h 3m | 1h 30m | €12.44 | 14.0 kg | 5 |
Questions about Exeter to Bournemouth
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 Bournemouth take?
The Train from Exeter to Bournemouth takes 1h 42m door to door, of which 58m is spent moving. The route runs 122 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Exeter to Bournemouth cost?
The Train from Exeter to Bournemouth starts at €18.49 for one passenger, checked on 24 September 2026. A typical fare is €21.24. 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 Bournemouth?
1 operators run the Train from Exeter to Bournemouth: South Western Railway. Between them they file around 1 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Exeter to Bournemouth use?
The Train from Exeter to Bournemouth leaves from Exeter Central and arrives at Bournemouth railway station. 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.
Is the Train the best way from Exeter to Bournemouth?
Travelling from Exeter to Bournemouth by Ferry costs €12.44 and takes 5h 33m door to door, against 1h 42m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Exeter to Bournemouth?
Fares for the Train from Exeter to Bournemouth bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 102 percent, measured on 24 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Exeter to Bournemouth produce?
The Train from Exeter to Bournemouth produces about 4.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 122 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 Bournemouth?
Operators on the Train from Exeter to Bournemouth publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 42m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Exeter to Bournemouth on 9 September 2026: 122 km of route against 116 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €18.49, and 1h 42m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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