By train
Exeter is on the London Paddington to Cornwall line, with a train roughly every hour from Paddington to Exeter through most of the day. Exeter St. Davids is the main train station, a 15 minute walk or bus journey to the city centre. Several smaller stations for local and regional trains exist, including Central, St Thomas and St James's Park. Central station is just a 5 minute walk into the city centre along Queen Street. The journey time from London Paddington to Exeter St. Davids is anywhere between 2 and 3 hours, with the average being around 2 hours 30 minutes. There is also a slower service from London Waterloo via Salisbury, about every 2 hours, which can take up to 4 hours. This service calls at Central station as well as St David's. National services are also run to Bristol, South Wales, Birmingham, the north of England and Scotland; service to Bristol is approximately hourly. Local trains run to Barnstaple and Exmouth as well as along the main lines.
By bus
National Express (http://www.nationalexpres...) operates a number of bus services from points around the United Kingdom that arrive at the city's bus and coach station,in Paris Street, only a few minutes walk to the main shopping area in High Street and the cathedral green.
Two companies run coaches between Exeter coach station and London's Victoria Coach Station. National Express offers a nine times a day service Service Numbers 501, 404 & 406 with some advance fares as low as £2.00 return, and Megabus (http://uk.megabus.com) runs once a day starting at £1.50.
By plane
UK Domestic flights operated by flybe to Exeter International Airport are available from the following destinations;
Aberdeen ABZ
Belfast City BHD
Edinburgh EDI
Glasgow GLA
Guernsey GCI
Jersey JER
Leeds Bradford LBA
Manchester MAN
Newcastle NCL
Norwich NWI
Skybus also operates services to and from St. Mary's - Scilly Isles ISC during the summer.
International flights to Exeter operated by flybe. are available from the following destinations, with services from France under a codeshare agreement with Air France AF;
Alicante ALC
Amsterdam AMS
Avignon AVG
Bergerac EGC
Chambery CMF
Dublin DUB
Dubrovnik DVK
Düsseldorf DUS
Geneva GVA
Hanover HAN
Málaga AGP
Palma PMI
Paris CDG
Rennes RNS
Salzburg SZG
Air Transat (http://www.airtransat.co....) also operates a scheduled service to Toronto, Canada. There are charter flights to many holiday destinations.
Transport to and from the airport is by public bus or taxi. Buses run fairly frequently, with a twenty minute trip to the city centre bus station, and costs about £3.00 single. A taxi costs between £10.00 and £20.00.