Lympstone Village railway station

Lympstone Village
General information
Location	Lympstone, East Devon England
Coordinates	50.64884°N 3.43166°W / 50.64884; -3.43166
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 Lympstone Village
Passengers
2019/20	97,510
2020/21	27,330
2021/22	71,054
2022/23	83,042
2023/24	91,520
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 towards Exeter St Davids		Great Western Railway Avocet Line		Exmouth Terminus

References

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

External links

• Train times and station information for Lympstone Village railway station from National Rail