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Exeter St Davids railway station is the principal and largest railway station in Exeter, also the second-busiest station in Devon.. It is 193 miles 72 chains (193.90 mi; 312.1 km) from the zero point at London Paddington, [1] from where trains travel through Exeter to Plymouth and Penzance.
A South West Trains Class 159 with a service to Exeter St Davids. Off-peak, all services at Feniton are operated by South Western Railway using Class 158 and 159 DMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is one train every two hours between Exeter St Davids and London Waterloo via Salisbury, increasing to hourly at peak times. [2]
The West of England line (also known as the West of England Main Line) is a British railway line from Basingstoke, Hampshire, to Exeter St Davids in Devon, England.. Passenger services run between London Waterloo station and Exeter; the line intersects with the Wessex Main Line at
Exeter St Davids railway station; Exeter St Thomas railway station; M. Marsh Barton railway station; N. Newcourt railway station (England) P. Pinhoe railway station;
The station is elevated on a low viaduct with entrances on Cowick Street [2] and is the only station in Exeter which is listed (Grade II). [1] It is 74 chains (0.93 mi; 1.5 km) south of Exeter St Davids railway station and 194 miles 66 chains (194.83 mi; 313.5 km) from the zero point at London Paddington, via Box Tunnel. [3] The station is ...
There are 12 stations along the line, [4] although trains also serve Exeter St Davids and Exeter Central. Crediton and Newton St Cyres are also served by Dartmoor line services to Okehampton. [5] Crediton [6] and Eggesford [7] stations are both Listed grade II, as is an old railway warehouse outside Barnstaple station. [8]
After leaving the former Bristol and Exeter Railway station at Exeter St Davids, the line crosses the River Exe and then passes through the southern margin of Exeter along a stone viaduct. Once out in the countryside it follows the Exe southwards down to Dawlish Warren , passing at the edge of rocky cliffs through short tunnels and the longer ...
The section between Exeter St Davids and Exeter Central is shared with South Western Railway services on the West of England line to London Waterloo. [ 7 ] Between 2006 and 2020 it operated using Class 143 , 150 or 153 diesel multiple units (DMUs) either singly or in multiple.