Lympstone Village railway station

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Lympstone
Location
Place	Lympstone
Local authority	East Devon, Devon
Coordinates	50°38′56″N 3°25′54″W / 50.64884, -3.43166Coordinates: 50°38′56″N 3°25′54″W / 50.64884, -3.43166
Operations
Station code	LYM
Managed by	First Great Western
Platforms in use	1
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	63,325
2005/06 *	66,739
History
Key dates	Opened 1 May 1861
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Lympstone from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Lympstone Village railway station serves the village of Lympstone in Devon, England.

Contents 1 History 2 Description 3 Services 4 References

[edit] 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 Wessex Trains until 31 March 2006 when the franchise was taken over by First Great Western.

[edit] 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 unmanned and has very limited facilities.

[edit] 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 Waterloo; passengers for other main line stations change at Exeter St Davids.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Exmouth		First Great Western		Lympstone Commando

[edit] References

v • d • e Railway stations in Devon Reading to Plymouth Line: Plymouth • Ivybridge • Totnes • Newton Abbot • Teignmouth • Dawlish • Dawlish Warren • Starcross • Exeter St Thomas • Exeter St Davids • Tiverton Parkway Tamar Valley Line: Plymouth • Devonport • Dockyard • Keyham • St Budeaux Victoria Road • Bere Ferrers • Bere Alston • Calstock • Gunnislake Riviera Line: Paignton • Torquay • Torre • Newton Abbot • Teignmouth • Dawlish • Dawlish Warren • Starcross • Exeter St Thomas • Exeter St Davids Tarka Line: Exeter St Davids • Newton St Cyres • Credition • Yeoford • Copplestone • Morchard Road • Lapford • Eggesford • Kings Nympton • Portsmouth Arms • Umberleigh • Chapelton • Barnstaple Avocet Line: Exeter St Davids • Exeter Central • St James Park • Polsloe Bridge • Digby & Sowton • Topsham • Exton • Lympstone Commando • Lympstone Village • Exmouth Exeter - Waterloo: Exeter St Davids • Exeter Central • St James Park • Pinhoe • Whimple • Feniton • Honiton • Axminster Heritage Railways South Devon Railway: Totnes (Littlehempston) * • Staverton • Buckfastleigh * Adjacent to Totnes railway station Paignton & Dartmouth: Paignton • Goodrington Sands • Churston • Kingswear Dartmoor Railway: Crediton * • Sampford Courtenay • Okehampton • Meldon Quarry * Through services from Exeter on Summer Sundays