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General information
LocationEast Devon
Managed byFirst Great Western
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeLYM
History
Original companyLondon and South Western Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Key dates
Opened1861

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.

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 has very limited facilities.

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.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Exmouth   GWR
Avocet Line
  Lympstone Commando

References

  1. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1992). Branch Lines to Exmouth. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-00-6.


Railway stations in Devon
Penzance–London Paddington
and the North
Gunnislake–Plymouth
Tamar Valley Line
Paignton–Exeter
Riviera Line
Exeter–Barnstaple
Tarka Line
Exeter–Okehampton
Dartmoor Line
Exmouth–Exeter
Avocet Line
Exeter–London Waterloo
West of England Line
Heritage railways
Dartmouth Steam Railway
Plym Valley Railway
South Devon Railway
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