Trains to Exeter

30 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.

30 places connect to Exeter by Trains, across 1 country, run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €12.99. Origins run from 88 km away to 255 km, with a median of 223 km.

Checked 29 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

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Arriving in Exeter

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Exeter, over the next three weeks.
Route	From	Fastest	Distance
Cardiff to Exeter train	€12.99	1h 29m	88 km
Bristol to Exeter train	€15.19	1h 37m	104 km
Poole to Exeter train	€15.74	1h 39m	109 km
Bournemouth to Exeter train	€16.29	1h 40m	116 km
Southampton to Exeter train	€20.69	1h 58m	151 km
Portsmouth to Exeter train	€23.44	2h 14m	172 km
Brighton to Exeter train	€23.98	2h 39m	238 km
Crawley to Exeter train	€24.54	2h 50m	238 km
Reading to Exeter train	€26.74	2h 12m	196 km
City of Westminster to Exeter train	€27.83	2h 51m	252 km
Islington to Exeter train	€27.83	2h 57m	255 km
Slough to Exeter train	€30.04	2h 27m	223 km
London to Exeter train	€35.54	2h 31m	253 km
Sutton to Exeter train	€35.54	2h 50m	243 km
Croydon to Exeter train	€36.64	2h 53m	251 km

30Places you can arrive from
30Places you can leave for
1Countries
1Operators

The train gets you into Exeter. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

Where to sleep in Exeter

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Trains, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
Distance	Routes	Share	Nearest of them
Under 200 km	14	47%	Cardiff, 88 km
200 to 600 km	16	53%	Slough, 223 km

Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Exeter that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
Country	Routes	Share
United Kingdom	30	100%

Carriers

Train operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
Operator	From	Fastest	Typical speed	Flexibility	On board
South Western Railway	None	None	140 km/h	Refundable	Power sockets, Wi-Fi

Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Exeter

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

Leaving

Leaving Exeter

Exeter to London train Exeter to Bournemouth train Exeter to Bristol train Exeter to Cardiff train Exeter to Poole train Exeter to Portsmouth train Exeter to Reading train Exeter to Slough train Exeter to Southampton train Exeter to Brighton train Exeter to City of Westminster train Exeter to Croydon train Exeter to Islington train Exeter to Sutton train Exeter to Crawley train

Common questions about Trains to Exeter

Where can I travel to Exeter by Trains from?

30 places connect to Exeter by Trains on our network, across 1 countries. The nearest is 88 km away in a straight line and the furthest 255 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.

How much does the Trains to Exeter cost?

The cheapest Trains fare into Exeter is €12.99 for one passenger, across 30 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 223 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.

How long does the Trains to Exeter take?

The fastest Trains journey into Exeter is 1h 29m door to door. The median origin sits 223 km away in a straight line, so most journeys on this list take considerably longer than the fastest one quoted here.

Which operators run the Trains to Exeter?

1 operators run Trains services into Exeter on our network: South Western Railway. Each has its own fares and its own conditions, and every one of them is a real carrier from the published operator catalogue rather than a name we generated.

Which terminal does the Trains to Exeter use?

Trains services into Exeter use 3 named terminals, among them Exeter Central, Exeter Central railway station, Exeter St Davids railway station. The terminal a given service uses is shown on the route page for that journey and again on the ticket, because a city with several is a city where the wrong one costs an hour.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door

Other ways to reach Exeter

Travel to Exeter Bus tickets to Exeter Flights to Exeter Ferry tickets to Exeter

We cannot promise Exeter Central still has a left luggage office, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Where to leave your bags in Exeter

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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