Fastest€39.94
- South Western Railway SW732714:131h 48m16:01Exeter CentralLondon St Pancras International
Door to door 2h 32mCO2 8.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Exeter to London train
Trains from Exeter to London start at €37.74 and take 2h 32m at their fastest.
The Trains from Exeter to London starts at €37.74 and takes 2h 32m door to door, run by 1 operator over 253 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 32mDoor to door
- 1h 48mMoving
- €37.74From
- 8.3 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail 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 | €29.49 | 2h 31m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Exeter to London
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.3990 days
- €14.0960 days
- €16.2945 days
- €16.2930 days
- €19.5921 days
- €25.0914 days
- €31.697 days
- €42.693 days
- €50.391 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €14.09.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 258 percent. The most expensive point is €50.39, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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.
- €25.09Sun
- €22.89Mon
- €20.69Tue
- €21.79Wed
- €25.09Thu
- €28.94Fri
- €23.44Sat
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
London
Rail
- London St Pancras International
- Ealing Broadway
- East Croydon
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
- 60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 253 km against 253 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Slough, Weybridge, Hounslow, Staines. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Exeter at 06:26 and the last at 14:13, across 3 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 | 2h 32m | 1h 48m | 44m | €37.74 | 8.3 kg | 3 |
| Flight | 3h 55m | 45m | 3h 10m | €33.77 | 64.2 kg | 2 |
| Ferry | 9h 9m | 7h 39m | 1h 30m | €20.69 | 29.1 kg | 5 |
Questions about Exeter to London
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 London take?
The Train from Exeter to London takes 2h 32m door to door, of which 1h 48m is spent moving. The route runs 253 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 London cost?
The Train from Exeter to London starts at €37.74 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €39.94. 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 London?
1 operators run the Train from Exeter to London: South Western Railway. Between them they file around 3 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 London use?
The Train from Exeter to London leaves from Exeter Central and arrives at London St Pancras International. 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 London?
Traveling from Exeter to London by Flight costs €33.77 and takes 3h 55m door to door, against 2h 32m 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 London?
Fares for the Train from Exeter to London bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €14.09. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 258 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Exeter to London produce?
The Train from Exeter to London produces about 8.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 253 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Exeter to London?
Operators on the Train from Exeter to London publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 32m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 modeled 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 London on September 10, 2026: 253 km of route against 253 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €37.74, and 2h 32m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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