Exeter St Davids

Exeter St Davids is the main Intercity station serving the city of Exeter. It is operated by First Great Western, but also takes services from CrossCountry and South West Trains. Local buses and taxis also offer onward travel from the station. 
St Davids is the second busiest station in Devon, handling around 200,000 fewer passengers each year than Plymouth. Comparing the year from April 2007 to that which started in April 2002, passenger numbers increased by 30%
==History==
The station was opened on 1 May 1844 by the Bristol and Exeter Railway (B&ER), and it was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Later, other railways joined, such as the Crediton and exeter railway, and eventually the GWR was intergrated into the station.
Later, when First Group won the Greater Western franchise, the services run by wessex trains that dominated the station where transfered.
==Design==
The station has several platforms, with the trains operated as follows;
Preceding station	 National Rail	 National Rail	 National Rail	Following station
Tiverton Parkway 	 	CrossCountry
Scotland and North to South West	 	Dawlish
Tiverton Parkway 	 	
First Great Western
Bristol to Exeter line	 	Exeter St Thomas
Exeter Central 	 	First Great Western
Avocet Line	 	Exeter St Thomas
Exeter Central 	 	First Great Western
Tarka Line	 	Newton St Cyres
Terminus 	 	First Great Western
Dartmoor Railway
Summer Sundays only	 	Crediton
Exeter Central 	 	South West Trains
West of England Main Line	 	Terminus
==Trivia==
*The station is one of two stations on the GWR line  direct between Penzance and London to have any words other than that of the city name (the other being London Paddington ).
==Gallery==
Class 150.JPG|A Sprinter in the siding near platform 6
Pacer Railbus.JPG|A Pacer sitting in platform one.
CrossCountry HST.jpg|A Cross Country HST in platform 5
End of class 158.JPG|The end of a Class 159 in platform 1
158 first class.JPG|A Class 159 in platform 2
158 through railings.JPG|A Class 159 shown through the railings of a staircase on Platform 4
Class 158.jpg|A Class 158 in Platform 3 of the station.
Class 220 and 221.jpg|Two voyagers coupled in platform 5. Note the class 158 in the background.
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