Lympstone Village railway station
Lympstone Village  | |
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| Location | Lympstone, East Devon England |
| Coordinates | 50°38′56″N 3°25′54″W / 50.64884°N 3.43166°WCoordinates: 50°38′56″N 3°25′54″W / 50.64884°N 3.43166°W |
| Grid reference | SX989841 |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | LYM |
| Classification | DfT category F2 |
| History | |
| Original company | London and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| Opened | 1861 |
| Passengers | |
| 2016/17 |  115,126 |
| 2017/18 |  107,810 |
| 2018/19 | 101,022 |
| 2019/20 | 97,510 |
| 2020/21 | 27,330 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Lympstone Village railway station serves the village of Lympstone in Devon, England.
History[]
Lympstone station was opened with the railway on 1 May 1861. It was renamed Lympstone Village in the 1990s to avoid confusion with the new Lympstone Commando railway station that had opened on 3 May 1976.[1]
Following the privatisation of British Rail it was operated by Wales & West, latterly Wessex Trains, until 31 March 2006 when the franchise was taken over by First Great Western.
Description[]
It is situated on an embankment, with a single platform; a disused second platform is now heavily overgrown. To the south the line crosses the village on a low viaduct. The station is unstaffed and tickets cannot be purchased at the station. There are stands for bicycle parking and a 20-space car park.[2]
Services[]
Lympstone Village is served by trains on the Avocet Line from Exmouth to Exeter St Davids and Paignton. Connections are available at Exeter Central for Barnstaple also Pinhoe and stations to London Waterloo station; passengers for other main line stations change at Exeter St Davids.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Lympstone Commando | Great Western Railway Avocet Line |
Exmouth | ||
References[]
- ^ Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1992). Branch Lines to Exmouth. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-00-6.
- ^ "National Rail Enquiries". Retrieved 5 October 2015.
External links[]
- Train times and station information for Lympstone Village railway station from National Rail
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- Railway stations in Devon
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1861
- Former London and South Western Railway stations
- Railway stations served by Great Western Railway
- 1861 establishments in England