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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 €15.19. Origins run from 88 km away to 255 km, with a median of 223 km.

Checked September 28, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Fares

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.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Cardiff to Exeter train€15.191h 31m88 km
Bristol to Exeter train€17.391h 35m104 km
Poole to Exeter train€18.491h 38m109 km
Bournemouth to Exeter train€19.591h 39m116 km
Brighton to Exeter train€21.792h 48m238 km
Crawley to Exeter train€22.342h 44m238 km
Southampton to Exeter train€24.542h 2m151 km
City of Westminster to Exeter train€25.082h 47m252 km
Islington to Exeter train€25.082h 49m255 km
Portsmouth to Exeter train€27.832h 4m172 km
Reading to Exeter train€31.142h 26m196 km
Sutton to Exeter train€34.442h 46m243 km
London to Exeter train€35.542h 36m253 km
Slough to Exeter train€35.542h 39m223 km
Croydon to Exeter train€35.542h 46m251 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.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Exeter

Sort by distance from Exeter Central and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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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.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km1447%Cardiff, 88 km
200 to 600 km1653%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.
CountryRoutesShare
United Kingdom30100%
Carriers

Rail 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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
South Western RailwayNoneNone140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • South Western Railway
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

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 €15.19 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 31m 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 catalog 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 modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door

Other ways to reach Exeter

We cannot promise Exeter Central still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Exeter

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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