Yeovil Junction Railway Station

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Yeovil Junction Railway Station

The station is on the West of England Main Line 198 km (122¾ miles) south west of London Waterloo towards Exeter and Yeovil Junction is one of two stations serving Yeovil.

It is located in the village of Stoford just outside the town. There is a bus route that connects the station to Yeovil proper and the nearby village of Barwick. The station actually straddles the border between Somerset and Dorset.

As its name suggests, the station was formerly a junction, with the line that served the now defunct station of Yeovil Town. There is still a junction of tracks at this point, enabling trains to be switched onto the Heart of Wessex Line from Castle Cary to Weymouth (which also has a station at Yeovil Pen Mill). However, this routing is now only used as an emergency diversion, typically when the direct route from Exeter to Castle Cary is obstructed by engineering works or flooding in the Exe valley.


The station has an excellent buffet "The Wagon Train"
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeovil_Junction_railway_station
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Coordinates:   50°55'28"N   2°36'43"W

Comments

  • This should be renamed 'Yeovil Parkway'.
  • There should be an interchange with the Weymouth-Castle Cary lines. If an extra curve is added, trains on that line can call at Yeovil Junction, then reverse out and head in the other direction. Better use can be made here.
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