Lympstone Village railway station serves the village of Lympstone in Devon, England. It is a stop on the Avocet Line between Exeter and Exmouth.
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Lympstone, East Devon England | ||||
| Coordinates | 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 | ||||
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| 1861 | Opened as Lympstone | ||||
| 3 May 1991 | Renamed Lympstone Village | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  101,022 | ||||
| 2019/20 | 97,510 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 27,330 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  71,054 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 83,042 | ||||
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History
editLympstone station was opened along with the railway on 1 May 1861. It was renamed 'Lympstone Village' in 1991 to avoid confusion with the new Lympstone Commando railway station that had opened on 3 May 1976.[1]
Following the privatisation of British Rail, the service was operated by Wales & West, latterly Wessex Trains; on 31 March 2006, the franchise was taken over by First Great Western.
Description and facilities
editThe station 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.
It is unstaffed and tickets cannot be purchased at the station. There are stands for bicycle parking and a 20-space car park.[2]
Services
editGreat Western Railway operate all trains serving the station. There are generally half-hourly stopping trains between Exmouth and Paignton, via Exeter St Davids.[3]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Lympstone Commando | Great Western Railway Avocet Line |
Exmouth | ||
References
edit- ^ Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1992). Branch Lines to Exmouth. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-00-6.
- ^ "Lympstone Village (LYM)". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ "Train Times". Great Western Railway. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
External links
edit- Train times and station information for Lympstone Village railway station from National Rail
