Yeovil Junction Station Somerset

Yeovil Junction Station, Somerset

The bridge over the platforms

Yeovil Junction Station in Somerset is situated approximately 2.5 miles northeast of the town center of Yeovil. The station is in a rural area in the village of Stoford. It features a main station building with ticket facilities, waiting areas, and toilets for passengers.

Old Yeovil Town Station stone marker (1860)

Stations in Yeovil

It is one of two stations serving Yeovil, the other is Yeovil Pen Mill. Yeovil Town Station which opened in 1860 closed in 1966. It was on the Yeovil to Taunton Line and also had shuttle services to both Pen Mill and Yeovil Junction stations. Only a date stone remains in what is now a cinema and leisure complex and car park on the edge of Yeovil Country Park. Here the former railway track is now a footpath and cycle track.

The other station in town; Yeovil Pen Mill Station in Somerset

History

The historic station dates way back to 1860. It was part of the London and South Western Railway’s London to Exeter Line. Now this line is known as the West of England Main Line.

The platforms

Services

Nowadays the station is operated by South Western Railway (SWR). There is one service an hour to and from London Waterloo and Exeter St David’s. Altogether here are stops in Woking, Andover, Salisbury, Tisbury, Sherbourne, Axminster, and also Exeter Central among other stations from Waterloo to Exeter. There is a bus service and taxis to take passengers into Yeovil from Yeovil Junction.

The Yeovil Railway Centre is a small railway museum at the station. Demonstration trains run on the approximately ¼ mile of track along the Clifton Maybank spur.