Yeovil Junction railway station

Yeovil Junction
National Rail
General information
LocationYeovil, South Somerset
England
Coordinates50°55′29″N 2°36′48″W / 50.9247°N 2.6132°W / 50.9247; -2.6132
Grid referenceST570141
Managed bySouth Western Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeYVJ
ClassificationDfT category D
History
Original companySalisbury and Yeovil Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and South Western Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Key dates
1 June 1860Yeovil Junction opened
13 June 1864Clifton Maybank opened
1908Station rebuilt
7 June 1937Clifton Maybank closed
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 0.210 million
2019/20Decrease 0.189 million
 Interchange  4,664
2020/21Decrease 36,972
 Interchange Decrease 1,106
2021/22Increase 0.131 million
 Interchange Increase 3,081
2022/23Increase 0.170 million
 Interchange Increase 8,140
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Yeovil Junction is the busier, but less central, of two railway stations serving the town of Yeovil in Somerset, England; the other is Yeovil Pen Mill. The station is sited 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 located 122 miles 48 chains (197.3 km) down the line from London Waterloo.

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.

  1. ^ "The Dorset and Somerset (County Boundaries) Order 1991". Legialation.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2021.