Exeter St Davids Plymouth Train

Exeter St Davids railway station, operated by First Great Western, is the main railway station serving the city of Exeter in Devon. The station has a staffed ticket office although passengers should note that it is not open in the late evening. Passengers are able to collect tickets purchased in advance (for example, on the internet) from one of the automatic ticket machines located in the station.

Facilities at the station include ATM's, pay phones, public wifi, cafe, shops, toilets and baby changing facilities. The main passenger footbridge has many paintings resembling frescoes and depicting romantic versions of rail travel. A second bridge fitted with lifts provides disabled access. When the lifts are out of action a member of station staff escorts people across a foot crossing at track level towards the south of the station.

The station's entrance is located on the east side of the station which is approximately 1 15 minute walk to the city centre. The route to the city centre and to the city's university are well signposted.

Passenger services calling at the station are operated by First Great Western, CrossCountry and South West Trains. Services generally depart towards London Paddington, Reading, London Waterloo, Salisbury, Basingstoke, Birmingham New Street, Manchester Piccadilly, Sheffield, Leeds, York, Newcastle, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.

Parking is available at the station for 353 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day.

Located in Devon, Plymouth railway station offers passengers services to destinations including Exeter St Davids, Dawlish, Totnes, Penzance, London Paddington, Devonport, Bristol and northwards to Scotland. The platforms that can be reached on the level from the concourse are numbered 1 to 4. Platforms 1 and 2 are east-facing bay platforms, not used by passenger trains. Platform 3 is a west-facing bay platform that is mainly used by local services to Gunnislake and sometimes Penzance. The remaining platforms are reached by a subway immediately inside the ticket gates; there are lifts to the subway on each of the groups of platforms.

Plymouth railway station is operated by First Great Western and is located on the Plymouth to Exeter Line. Passenger services calling at the station are operated by CrossCountry and First Great Western.

Facilities at the station include ATM's, pay phones, public wifi, cafe, shops, toilets and baby changing facilities. Parking is available at the station for 312 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day.

The first railway station in Plymouth was opened by the South Devon Railway in 1849 at Millbay, on the site now occupied by the Plymouth Pavilions - an entertainment and sports complex in the city.