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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 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.
Yeovil railway station may refer to several railway stations in Yeovil, Somerset, England: 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 station was a stop on the Yeovil to Taunton Line and also had shuttle services to Pen Mill and Yeovil Junction stations. The station opened on 1 June 1861, replacing an earlier Yeovil Hendford railway station when the line was extended. [1]
The station was opened on 19 July 1860 when the LSWR opened its Yeovil and Exeter Railway. The main building was designed by Sir William Tite and has been designated as a Grade II listed building. [1] The office (converted to a cafe in late-2013) by the main road was used to operate the weighbridge. When it opened, a goods shed was built, now ...
Although the junction for this line was at Tipton St John, Sidmouth Junction was the de facto junction as it was situated on the London main line. A third platform was provided to accommodate branch line trains; this was a terminal bay at the Yeovil end of the westbound platform. It was on this platform that the main two-storey building was ...
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There is a pay and display car park on each side of the station, with a total of 114 spaces. [6] There are bus stops nearby on the B3133. [7] Cycle storage is available on the access roads. [5] The station is the start point for the Strawberry Line, a foot and cyclepath built mostly on old railway land to Axbridge. [8]