General information | |||||
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Location | Yeovil, South Somerset England | ||||
Coordinates | 50°55′29″N 2°36′48″W / 50.9247°N 2.6132°W | ||||
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 | ||||
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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.