What is Exeter St Davids railway station?
'''Exeter St Davids railway station''' is the main [[train station]] in [[Exeter]], [[England]]. It is the second busiest station in Devon, with around 200,000 fewer customers each year than Plymouth. Passenger numbers increased by 30% between April 2002 and April 2007..<ref>{{cite web|title =Station Usage|work =Rail Statistics|url =http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529|publisher =Office of Rail Regulation|accessdate =7 July 2012|archive-date =17 July 2007|archive-url =https://www.webcitation.org/5QO6kHRpk?url=http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529|url-status =dead}}</ref> The station opened on 1 May 1844.<ref name=MacD>{{cite book | last = MacDermot | first = E T | title = History of the Great Western Railway, volume II 1863-1921 | publisher = [[Great Western Railway]] | year = 1931 | location = London}}</ref> ==Services== There are two ways from St Davids to [[London]]. The main line is the [[First Great Western]] service by the Bristol to Exeter line to [[Paddington station]],<ref name=GBTT135>{{cite web|title = National Rail Timetable 135 (Summer 2009)|publisher = Network Rail|url = http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/eNRT/May09/timetables/Table135.pdf|format = PDF|accessdate = 7 July 2012}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> but there is also a train by [[South Western Railway (train operating company)|South Western Railway]] on the West of England Main Line to [[London Waterloo station|Waterloo]].<ref>{{cite web|title = National Rail Timetable 160 (Summer 2009)|publisher = Network Rail|url = http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/eNRT/May09/timetables/Table160.pdf|format = PDF|accessdate = 7 July 2012}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The station is one of the few that have trains to London going in other ways at both ends of the station. There are also trains by [[CrossCountry]] to Birmingham New Street, the North of England and [[Scotland]].<ref>{{cite web|title = Nati