Lympstone Village railway station explained

Lympstone Village
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Lympstone, East Devon
Country:England
Coordinates:50.6488°N -3.4317°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:Great Western Railway
Platforms:1
Code:LYM
Classification:DfT category F2
Original:London and South Western Railway
Postgroup:Southern Railway
Years:1861
Events:Opened as Lympstone
Years2:3 May 1991
Events2:Renamed Lympstone Village
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Lympstone Village railway station serves the village of Lympstone in Devon, England. It is a stop on the Avocet Line between Exeter and Exmouth.

History

Lympstone 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

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.[2]

Services

Great Western Railway operate all trains serving the station. There are generally half-hourly stopping trains between and, via .[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Mitchell, Vic. Smith, Keith . Branch Lines to Exmouth . Middleton Press . 1992 . Midhurst. 1-873793-00-6.
  2. Web site: Lympstone Village (LYM) . National Rail Enquiries . 5 October 2015.
  3. Web site: Great Western Railway . Train Times . 21 May 2023 . 16 August 2024 .