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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 ]
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 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 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 ...
Rail transport operations refer to stations that lie on or near a railway junction as a junction station. In the UK it is customary for the junction (and the related station) to be named after the next station on the branch, e.g. Yeovil Junction is on the mainline railway south of Yeovil, and the next destination on the branch is Yeovil Pen ...
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When the station was closed the box was retained, and from 1967 it controlled the end-on junction between the single track to Gillingham, and the double track to Yeovil Junction, with its lever-frame being shortened to just 16 levers. When the station reopened a part of the box was modified to act as a ticket office with a single member of ...