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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]
Yeovil Junction: BA22 9UU: YVJ: Yeovil Pen Mill: BA21 5DD: YVP: Yetminster: DT9 6NE: YET: ... List of National Rail Station codes. National Rail covers railways in ...
The Yeovil Railway Centre is a small railway museum at Yeovil Junction on the L&SWR West of England Main Line between Salisbury and Exeter in the U.K. It was created in 1993, in response to British Rail 's decision to remove the turntable from Yeovil Junction.
Yeovil Pen Mill railway station, on the Heart of Wessex Line (from Bristol Temple Meads to Weymouth). Yeovil Junction railway station, on the West of England Main Line 123 mi (198 km) south west of Waterloo station towards Exeter. The former Yeovil Town railway station, that closed on 1 March 1967.
The 2006 Network Rail South West Main Line Route Utilisation Strategy recommended building an extended section of double track from Chard Junction to Axminster, and a passing loop at Whimple. However, Network Rail's 2008 Route Plan [7] was silent on the Whimple loop. The Axminster Loop is centred on Axminster station, and does not extend to ...
Yeovil Pen Mill is one of two railway stations that serve the town of Yeovil, Somerset, England.It is situated just under a mile to the east of the town centre. The station is located 59.5 miles (96 km) south of Bristol Temple Meads, on the Heart of Wessex Line.
The railway crosses the River Parrett between Langport East station and the junction with the Yeovil Branch Line. The first station at Langport was opened on 1 October 1853 on the Yeovil Branch Line. With the opening of the town's second station on 2 July 1906 it was renamed "Langport West" while the new one became "Langport East".
The Yeovil station name is given as "Yeovil (Hendford)". [3] [4] [6] At this time the Taunton station consisted of two separate platforms, both on the south side of the line, one for Up trains and one for Down trains. Brunel more adopted a similar arrangement at Reading, Slough and Exeter. Speller says that because this seriously constrained ...