Exeter Central railway station
Exeter Central 
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The entrance from Queen Street
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| Location | |
| Place | Exeter |
| Local authority | Exeter |
| Coordinates | 50°43′35″N 3°31′59″W / 50.7264°N 3.53300°WCoordinates: 50°43′35″N 3°31′59″W / 50.7264°N 3.53300°W |
| Grid reference | SX918930 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | EXC |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| DfT category | C1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1.824 million |
| – Interchange |
58,089 |
| 2012/13 |
1.872 million |
| – Interchange |
0.167 million |
| 2013/14 |
1.943 million |
| – Interchange |
0.170 million |
| 2014/15 |
2.344 million |
| – Interchange |
 0.114 million |
| 2015/16 |
2.433 million |
| – Interchange |
0.123 million |
| History | |
| Original company | London and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| 1860 | Opened as 'Queen Street' |
| 1933 | Rebuilt and renamed |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Exeter Central from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Exeter Central railway station is the most centrally located of the railway stations in the City of Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom. The station is smaller than the main one serving Exeter, St Davids, which is situated on the west side of the city.
Situated on the West of England Main Line, today Great Western Railway manage the station and operate the station serving Exeter St Davids, Barnstaple, Paignton and the Avocet Line to Exmouth. South West Trains too operate the station with services on the West of England Main Line to London Waterloo, but these are not the principal fast services to London which are operated at Exeter St Davids by Great Western Railway to London Paddington.
From 1860, when it opened by the London and South Western Railway, until 1933, when it was rebuilt, it was known as Exeter Queen Street.
The London and South Western Railway (LSWR) opened its Exeter Extension from Yeovil Junction on 19 July 1860 and its station at Queen Street in the city centre became the terminus for services from London Waterloo station. From 1 May 1861 it was also the terminus for trains on the new Exeter and Exmouth Railway. This was also operated by the LSWR but the physical junction between the two lines was at Exmouth Junction, 1.1 miles (1.8 km) east of Queen Street.
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