In 2022/2023, Whimple had 39,808 entries and exits, making it the 2,027^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 878^th busiest (out of 997), with 173 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 109.06 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 4.43 passengers per service, giving it the 1,298^th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Plat.	Metres	VF*	Notes
Single	78	283

*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

2011-12 Cause of large increase not clear
2019-20 Strikes on South Western Railway during winter 2019

Location: Whimple
CRS: WHM / NLC: 5759 / TIPLOC(S): WHIMPLE
Station Facility Owner: South Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 304598 97357
Constituency: East Devon
Local Authority: Devon
NR Region: South West
ELR: BAE2 163m 02ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Whimple during 2022/2023:
•Exeter Central (11,364 journeys)
•Exeter St David's (2,642 journeys)
•London Waterloo (1,178 journeys)
•Digby and Sowton (498 journeys)
•Honiton (346 journeys)
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