Yeovil Junction railway station
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For the station on the Bristol to Weymouth line, see Yeovil Pen Mill railway station.
Yeovil Junction railway station is the busier, but less central, of two railway stations serving the town of Yeovil in England. The station is 2 miles (3.2 km) outside the town, in the village of Stoford. Although Yeovil is in Somerset, the station was in Dorset until 1991.[1] It is 122 miles 48 chains (197.3 km) down the line from London Waterloo.
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General information | |
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Location | Yeovil, South Somerset England |
Coordinates | 50.9247°N 2.6132°W / 50.9247; -2.6132 |
Grid reference | ST570141 |
Managed by | South Western Railway |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | YVJ |
Classification | DfT category D |
History | |
Original company | Salisbury and Yeovil Railway |
Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway |
Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
Key dates | |
1 June 1860 | Yeovil Junction opened |
13 June 1864 | Clifton Maybank opened |
1908 | Station rebuilt |
7 June 1937 | Clifton Maybank closed |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 0.210 million |
2019/20 | 0.189 million |
Interchange | 4,664 |
2020/21 | 36,972 |
Interchange | 1,106 |
2021/22 | 0.131 million |
Interchange | 3,081 |
2022/23 | 0.170 million |
Interchange | 8,140 |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
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It was opened by the London and South Western Railway in 1860 on its London to Exeter line now known as the West of England Main Line. Today it is managed by South Western Railway and is also the home of the Yeovil Railway Centre.