Exmouth railway station serves the town of Exmouth in Devon, England and is 11.25 miles (18 km) south of Exeter St Davids, the terminus of the Avocet Line (which branches off from the West of England Main Line after Exeter Central).

[1] The first train started from Exeter Station comprising eleven carriages drawn by the engine Comet.

[2] New docks designed by Eugenius Birch[3] were opened in 1866[4] and a short branch was laid to connect them to the goods yard.

This route was used for through carriages from London Waterloo station sometimes called the Atlantic Coast Express and also a short while from Cleethorpes, which ran via the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway and Templecombe.

The signal box was closed on 10 March 1968 after which only one train was allowed south of Topsham and only one platform of the four-platform station was required.