Station Overview - Exeter St. David's

 Exeter St. David's 

Station Usage
In 2021/2022, Exeter St. David's had 2,206,706 entries and exits, making it the 157th most used station in Great Britain.
157/2554
It was the 136th busiest station with 1,713 scheduled services per week
136/953
That's a daily average of 6,045.77 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 24.77 passengers per service, giving it the 253rd highest passenger to service ratio.
253/1582
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 2021 timetable.
Usage Stats in Detail
Full price entries & exits: 231,770
Reduced price entries & exits: 1,833,562
Season ticket entries & exits: 141,374
Interchanges made between connecting services: 887,713
Change in usage from 2021/2022: +1,478,930 : 203.21%
Platform Lengths
Plat.MetresVF*Notes
1 (Down Relief Bi-Di)2831029
2 North Bay (Single)102370
3 (Up Relief Bi-Di)2761003
4 (Down Main Bi-Di)2771007
5 (Up Main Bi-Di) 3221170
6 (Up Loop)3231174

*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2021 (Nov 2019)

Timetables
TableRoute
10 Penzance - Plymouth - Exeter - Birmingham & London
13 Long distance services to and from Birmingham (North-South)
266 Exeter & Newton Abbot - Torquay - Paignton
267 Exmouth - Exeter - Okehampton & Barnstaple
268 Exeter Central - Exeter St Davids
269 Exeter - Taunton
280 London & Reading - Newbury - Bedwyn - Westbury - Taunton & Exeter
284 London & Basingstoke - Salisbury - Honiton - Yeovil - Exeter

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Current Service Pattern
DAY/HR000102030405060708091011121314151617181920212223
Mon 2 1 0 0 2 7 14 13 18 18 17 17 15 20 15 21 15 18 14 20 16 14 10 10 297
Tue 6 2 0 0 2 7 14 13 18 18 17 17 15 20 15 21 15 18 14 20 16 14 10 10 302
Wed 6 2 0 0 2 7 14 13 18 18 17 17 15 20 15 21 15 18 14 20 16 14 10 10 302
Thu 6 2 0 0 2 7 14 13 18 18 17 17 15 20 15 21 15 18 14 20 16 14 10 10 302
Fri 6 2 0 0 2 7 14 13 18 18 17 17 15 20 15 21 15 18 14 20 16 14 11 9 302
Sat 7 3 0 0 1 6 11 16 17 16 18 18 13 20 13 19 17 19 14 17 14 11 7 7 284
Sun 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 10 16 19 14 18 15 18 15 20 18 14 13 11 8 5 224
Timetable data based on scheduled services during the first week of the current (May 2022) timetable.
Other service patterns:
Location Details
Location: Exeter St. David's
CRS: EXD / NLC: 3410 / TIPLOC: EXETRSD
Station Facility Owner: Great Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 291175 93320
Region: South West
Local Authority: Exeter
ELR(s): MLN1 193m 71ch
Station Usage History
Line Chart
1997-1998: 1,382,416
1998-1999: 1,409,906 (+27,490 : 1.99%)
1999-2000: 1,510,809 (+100,903 : 7.16%)
2000-2001: 1,449,186 (-61,623 : -4.08%)
2001-2002: 1,473,219 (+24,033 : 1.66%)
2002-2003: 1,529,718 (+56,499 : 3.84%)
2003-2004: Not Conducted
2004-2005: 1,632,285 (+102,567 : 6.70%)
2005-2006: 1,697,428 (+65,143 : 3.99%)
2006-2007: 1,800,833 (+103,405 : 6.09%)
2007-2008: 1,982,428 (+181,595 : 10.08%)
2008-2009: 2,128,584 (+146,156 : 7.37%)
2009-2010: 2,152,786 (+24,202 : 1.14%)
2010-2011: 2,266,050 (+113,264 : 5.26%)
2011-2012: 2,399,394 (+133,344 : 5.88%)
2012-2013: 2,401,276 (+1,882 : 0.08%)
2013-2014: 2,356,204 (-45,072 : -1.88%)
2014-2015: 2,509,220 (+153,016 : 6.49%)
2015-2016: 2,569,104 (+59,884 : 2.39%)
2016-2017: 2,642,898 (+73,794 : 2.87%)
2017-2018: 2,605,162 (-37,736 : -1.43%)
2018-2019: 2,619,776 (+14,614 : 0.56%)
2019-2020: 2,676,464 (+56,688 : 2.16%)
2020-2021: 727,776 (-1,948,688 : -72.81%)
2021-2022: 2,206,706 (+1,478,930 : 203.21%)

Change between 1997 & 2020: +1,294,048 (+93.61%)
Change between 1997 & 2022: +824,290 (+59.63%)
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