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Exeter St Davids railway station facts for kids

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Exeter St Davids railway station is the main train station in Exeter, England.

It is the second busiest station in Devon, with around 200,000 fewer customers each year than Plymouth. Passenger numbers increased by 30% between April 2002 and April 2007..

The station opened on 1 May 1844.

Services

There are two ways from St Davids to London. The main line is the First Great Western service by the Bristol to Exeter line to Paddington station, but there is also a trains by South West Trains on the West of England Main Line to Waterloo. The station is one of the few that have trains to London going in other ways at both ends of the station. There are also trains by CrossCountry to Birmingham New Street, the North of England and Scotland.

Images for kids

  • Exeter St Davids 1844

    Exeter in 1844. A print by William Spreat showing St Davids in 1844.

  • 2008 at Exeter St Davids - transfer shed

    The transfer shed built in the 1860s

  • Exeter St Davids track diagram

    Track layout in 2009

  • 2008 at Exeter St Davids - view from Red Cow Crossing

    View from Red Cow level crossing. The yellow Network Rail train is in platform 2; platform 3 is straight ahead; the old goods shed is on the right.

  • Exeter St Davids - GWR 802006and 800312

    Great Western Railway services to and from London Paddington

See also

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