Lympstone Village railway station

Railway station in Devon, England

50°38′56″N 3°25′54″W / 50.64884°N 3.43166°W / 50.64884; -3.43166Grid referenceSX989841Managed byGreat Western RailwayPlatforms1Other informationStation codeLYMClassificationDfT category F2HistoryOriginal companyLondon and South Western RailwayPost-groupingSouthern RailwayKey dates1861Opened as Lympstone3 May 1991Renamed Lympstone VillagePassengers2018/19

101,0222019/20

97,5102020/21

27,3302021/22

71,0542022/23

83,042

Notes
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 Exmouth and Paignton, via Exeter St Davids.^[3]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Lympstone Commando		Great Western Railway Avocet Line		Exmouth

References

^ 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.