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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 .
21 (Basingstoke to Exeter St Davids) Service; Type: Suburban rail, Heavy rail: System: National Rail: Operator(s) South Western Railway: Depot(s) Salisbury TMD: Rolling stock: Class 158 "Express Sprinter" Class 159 "South Western Turbo" Technical; Line length: 120 mi 77 ch (194.67 km) [Basingstoke to Exeter St Davids]
GWR also runs loco-hauled sets composed of seating coaches and a Class 57 locomotive from the Night Riviera service between Penzance and Exeter St Davids as part of the summer timetable to release a DMU for other services. Twelve Class 142 Pacer DMUs were received by First Great Western in 2007, starting operations that December.
The Exe Valley Railway itself started from the Exeter main line at Stoke Canon and ran northwards to Tiverton. This opened on 1 May 1885. [2] Services generally ran through from Dulverton to Exeter St Davids. Trains could not stop at Stoke Canon station as the junction was built south of the station which had been opened on the main line in 1852.
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]
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]
About half the trains on the Avocet Line from Exmouth to Exeter St Davids and Paignton call at Polsloe Bridge. Connections are available at Exeter Central for Barnstaple , Okehampton , Honiton and other stations to Waterloo ; passengers for other main line stations change at Exeter St Davids.
The station has a single platform that serves trains in both directions (it is on the left of a train arriving from Exeter) and faces out across the estuary of the River Exe. The platform is much lower than usual in the United Kingdom which leads to a significant step up into the trains. This is difficult for the less mobile or for people with ...