Viable Modes of Transport for Students to use in Exeter

Exeter is a Cathedral city located on the River Exe, having an invigorating Roman history and is the best choice with international students thronging the city’s top universities each year. It is a city that offers a range of convenient living options in the form of purpose-built student accommodation and also viable modes of easy transport facilities available for students at large. This particularly helps to save money on the commute and also spare ample amount of time to study and explore the city in leisure. The public transport facilities for students consists of the city bus services, the train network, and the air routes to regions outside the city. International students are benefited as there are a lot of local and regional air services accessible from the city of Exeter.

All affordable student accommodation Exeter is situated near accessible bus transport with the main operations of local buses that are headed by Stagecoach South West bus operator that covers most of the city operations. Additionally, there are other services like Dartline, a minor operator in the city and the First Devon and Cornwall and Plymouth Citybus services. Prior to this, the Western Greyhound was the main operator that connected Exeter to Cornwall, Somerset, and many different places in South West England. The main hub that students can check out for easy commute is the ‘The High Street’, a pedestrianized region with express and country services. Such services operate from the city’s bus station in ‘Paris Street’ intersecting The High Street from the eastern end. The services are therefore accessible from The High Street area as well. The Country bus services are highly beneficial and very cost-effective for international students with easy connectivity to places in the eastern side and also to the North Devon region. For longer distance travel students can take services to Heathrow and London.

The main rail hub that operates in Exeter are within the south-west and conveniently links most of the branch lines in Devon, including to Paignton, Exmouth, Barnstaple and Okehampton as part of a special service. This is the direct link established from Devon to Exeter which is accessed from the St Davids station. The city is also served by three main railway stations- St Davids Exeter, Exeter Central, and Exeter St Thomas. All the major train routes are served by Exeter St Davids train station, while Exeter Central as the name says for itself, serves the city centre. Likewise, the third train station -Exeter St Thomas, serves the western side of the city. Student settled in accommodation across the suburban areas can take trains from six suburban stations, namely- Topsham, St James Park, Polsloe Bridge, Pinhoe, Digby & Sowton, and Newcourt, served only by local services.

The Exeter Airport that lies east of the city, operates the local airline services, known as Flybe
(previously called Jersey European and British European). Exeter is also the base city for Thomson Airways with flights bound for Lanzarote, Faro, Mallorca, and many more. There is a range of scheduled flights to British and Irish regional airports, including charter flights outside the city.

These aforementioned public transport facilities make daily commute quite effortless and less time-consuming. Those living in student accommodation Exeter can be on time for their lectures with ready access to city bus services, train services, and scheduled flights.