Lympstone Village railway station

Lympstone Village
Location
Place	Lympstone
Local authority	East Devon
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
Operations
Station code	LYM
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03	64,361
2004/05	63,325
2005/06	66,739
2006/07	70,890
2007/08	67,583
2008/09	80,338
2009/10	77,700
2010/11	84,206
2011/12	87,512
2012/13	95,084
2013/14	93,978
History
Original company	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Opened	1861
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Lympstone Village from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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 contains no ticket gates; tickets cannot be purchased at the station. The station includes stands for bicycle parking and a 20-spot car park. There is no ATM machine, toilets or indoor waiting room. ^[2]

Services

Lympstone Village is served by trains on the Avocet Line from Exmouth to Exeter St Davids. Beyond St Davids they generally continue to either Paignton or Barnstaple. Connections are available at Exeter Central for Pinhoe and stations to London Waterloo station; passengers for other main line stations change at Exeter St Davids.

References

1. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1992). Branch Lines to Exmouth. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-00-6.
2. "National Rail Enquiries". Retrieved 5 October 2015.