Fastest€17.39
- South Western Railway SW111106:1354m07:07Exeter CentralPoole railway station
Door to door 1h 38mCO2 3.8 kgChanges 0Refundable
Exeter to Poole train
Trains from Exeter to Poole start at €17.39 and take 1h 38m at their fastest.
The Trains from Exeter to Poole starts at €17.39 and takes 1h 38m door to door, run by 1 operator over 114 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 1h 38mDoor to door
- 54mMoving
- €17.39From
- 3.8 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 21 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 | €15.74 | 1h 36m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The journey ends at Poole railway station. Everything past the barriers belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
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When to book Exeter to Poole
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
- €11.8921 days
- €11.8914 days
- €16.847 days
- €22.343 days
- €21.241 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 88 percent. The dearest point is €22.34, 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.
- €14.09Sun
- €11.88Mon
- €11.88Tue
- €11.89Wed
- €14.09Thu
- €12.99Fri
- €14.64Sat
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
Poole
Rail
- Poole railway station
- Wool railway station
- Swanage 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 114 km against 109 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, Paignton, New Milton, Weymouth. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 06:13 and the last at 06:13, 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 38m | 54m | 44m | €17.39 | 3.8 kg | 1 |
| Ferry | 5h 24m | 3h 54m | 1h 30m | €11.88 | 13.1 kg | 5 |
Questions about Exeter to Poole
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 Poole take?
The Train from Exeter to Poole takes 1h 38m door to door, of which 54m is spent moving. The route runs 114 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 Poole cost?
The Train from Exeter to Poole starts at €17.39 for one passenger, checked on 21 September 2026. A typical fare is €17.39. 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 Poole?
1 operators run the Train from Exeter to Poole: 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 Poole use?
The Train from Exeter to Poole leaves from Exeter Central and arrives at Poole 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 Poole?
Travelling from Exeter to Poole by Ferry costs €11.88 and takes 5h 24m door to door, against 1h 38m 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 Poole?
Fares for the Train from Exeter to Poole bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 88 percent, measured on 21 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Exeter to Poole produce?
The Train from Exeter to Poole produces about 3.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 114 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 Poole?
Operators on the Train from Exeter to Poole publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 38m 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 Poole on 9 September 2026: 114 km of route against 109 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €17.39, and 1h 38m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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