Exeter Railway Statistics

There are nine railway stations in Exeter.

Busiest Stations

The nine Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Exeter St David\'s 2,617,322
  2. 2 Exeter Central 2,608,384
  3. 3 Digby and Sowton 890,980
  4. 4 Exeter St Thomas 264,396
  5. 5 Topsham 227,632
  6. 6 Pinhoe 166,352
  7. 7 Polsloe Bridge 159,258
  8. 8 Newcourt 145,908
  9. 9 St James Park 122,814

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for Exeter peaked during 2022-23 with 7,203,046 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 34% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 107% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Exeter table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-982,581,300
1998-992,593,177
1999-002,838,053
2000-012,775,376
2001-022,758,432
2002-032,958,033
2003-04 
2004-053,089,208
2005-063,239,268
2006-073,638,543
2007-083,990,419
2008-094,343,822
2009-104,381,050
2010-114,734,866
2011-125,164,544
2012-135,654,324
2013-145,708,706
2014-156,139,346
2015-166,139,346
2016-176,710,652
2017-186,783,854
2018-196,756,108
2019-206,756,716
2020-212,325,902
2021-225,916,866
2022-237,203,046
2023-24