GETTING THERE

Travel for Electric Bay Festival 2025

Traveling by train is the greenest way to attend electric bay and it’s not as long as you think. Check out some of the train times below and lock in your train tickets now while they are cheaper!

BY TRAIN

Torquay rail station (TQ2 6NU) is on Rathmore Road just 5 minutes walk from the site.

See train services here:

The Train Line
GWR
Cross Country Trains

Please do look at the return times of the train services in advance.

Trains from the South West:

Bath – 2hr
Bournemouth – 3hr 50
Bristol – 1hr 50
Exeter – 35mins
Exmouth – 50mins
London – 2hr 50
Newquay – 3hr 40
Plymouth – 50 min
Reading –  2hr 20
Salisbury – 2hr 30
Western Super Mare – 2hr
Weymouth – 2hr 40

We are in talks with GWR on later trains home. We will update on this in due course.

BY COACH OR BUS

There are two nearby bus stops at the Grand Hotel and Torre Abbey Sands serviced by a number of services.

See here for more info:

Country Bus Devon
Stagecoach Bus
Traveline

Coaches operate great services to Exeter, Plymouth and many of the area’s towns and cities. Travel line operate later bus services to Exeter and Plymouth. 

Torquay’s Coach Station (TQ1 4BD) is a 20min walk away from the Festival site or you can use the local bus services to festival site.

LAST RETURN COACH TO:

EXETER: 00:10
PLYMOUTH: 22:55
BRISTOL: 00:10
TRURO: 00:10

TRAVEL BY CARBON MOST FRIENDLY MEANS 

As we offset all of our carbon, Big Green Coach is the greenest way to travel to any festival.

TAXI’S 

There will be a taxi rank outside the festival site (more info coming soon)

This proved popular last year with taxi share from local towns and cities.

The postcode is:  TQ2 5DG

Pre Book your cabs in advance. 

Plymouth – Need-A-Cab – Prices from £55
Tel: 01752 666222

Exeter – Apple Taxis – Prices from £55
Tel – 01392 666666

Torquay – Taxis Ltd 01803 211 611

They are the biggest in Torquay

We will list more Taxi firms, here shortly, this group booking method proved popular from Exeter, Newton Abbot, Paignton and Plymouth.

More taxi information from other areas is listed in the Travel and Stay section.