Lympstone Village railway station serves the village of Lympstone in Devon, England.

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
1990s	Renamed to Lympstone Village
Passengers
2016/17	115,126
2017/18	107,810
2018/19	101,022
2019/20	97,510
2020/21	27,330
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

Lympstone station was opened with the railway on 1 May 1861. It was renamed Lympstone Village in the 1990s^[when?] 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 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

Lympstone Village is served by trains on the Avocet Line between Exmouth and Paignton via Exeter St Davids.

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

References

External links

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

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