Lympstone Village railway station serves the village of Lympstone in Devon, England.
Lympstone Village  | |
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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 |
| Key dates | |
| 1861 | Opened as Lympstone |
| 3 May 1991 | Renamed to Lympstone Village[1] |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 |  101,022 |
| 2019/20 | 97,510 |
| 2020/21 | 27,330 |
| 2021/22 |  71,054 |
| 2022/23 | 83,042 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
History edit
Lympstone station was opened with the railway on 1 May 1861. It was renamed Lympstone Village in the 1991 to avoid confusion with the new Lympstone Commando railway station that had opened on 3 May 1976.[2]
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 and facilities edit
The 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.[3]
Services edit
Lympstone Village is served by trains on the Avocet Line between Exmouth and Paignton via Exeter St Davids.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lympstone Commando | Great Western Railway Avocet Line |
Exmouth | ||
References edit
- ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 301
- ^ 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 edit
- Train times and station information for Lympstone Village railway station from National Rail
