It is on the Tarka Line to Barnstaple, 4 miles 21 chains (6.9 km) from Exeter Central at milepost 175.75 from London Waterloo.

[4] The ticket office and facilities were in a wooden building which was probably moved from Cowley where the railway had intended to open a temporary terminus in 1848 but were unable to do so.

[7] The station is located next to a bridge that carries a minor road that leads north from the village of Newton St Cyres.

[citation needed] All services at Newton St Cyres are operated by Great Western Railway.

Only a limited number of trains (between six and eight each way each day) between Barnstaple or Okehampton and Exeter Central call at Newton St Cyres and this is only on request to the conductor or by signalling the driver as it approaches.