Exeter St Davids railway station

Exeter St Davids
General information
Location	Exeter England
Coordinates	50°43′47″N 3°32′37″W / 50.7296°N 3.5435°W / 50.7296; -3.5435
Grid reference	SX911933
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Platforms	6
Other information
Station code	EXD
Classification	DfT category C1
History
Original company	Bristol and Exeter Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1844	Opened
1864	Rebuilt for LSWR
1913	Rebuilt without roof
Passengers
2018/19	2.620 million
Interchange	1.049 million
2019/20	2.676 million
Interchange	1.064 million
2020/21	0.728 million
Interchange	0.346 million
2021/22	2.207 million
Interchange	0.888 million
2022/23	2.617 million
Interchange	1.226 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Exeter St Davids railway station is the principal and largest railway station in Exeter, also the 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. The station is also served by trains from London Waterloo via Salisbury and long distance services to Bristol Temple Meads, Birmingham New Street, Edinburgh Waverley and other places in the North. Local services operate on the Avocet Line to Exmouth, the Riviera Line to Paignton, the Tarka Line to Barnstaple and Dartmoor Line to Okehampton.

It is managed by Great Western Railway and served by trains operated by Great Western Railway, South Western Railway and CrossCountry.