Yeovil Pen Mill railway station

For the station on the London Waterloo to Exeter line, see Yeovil Junction railway station.

Yeovil Pen Mill
Location
Place	Yeovil
Local authority	South Somerset
Coordinates	50.9445°N 2.6134°W / 50.9445; -2.6134
Operations
Station code	YVP
Managed by	First Great Western
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *	90,590
2004/05 *	98,536
2005/06 *	99,041
2006/07 *	102,643
2007/08 *	104,700
2008/09 *	110,546
2009/10 *	115,882
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
1854	Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Yeovil Pen Mill from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Yeovil Pen Mill railway station is one of two stations serving the town of Yeovil, Somerset. The station 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 station is served and managed by First Great Western.

History

The station was opened by the Great Western Railway as part of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth route on 2 February 1854. The G.W.R. opened a locomotive depot at the station in September 1856, which operated until January 1959, when it was closed and the locomotives transferred to Yeovil Town depot.

Services

There is generally a two-hourly service Mon-Sat (eight each way in total); toward Bristol Temple Meads northbound, and Weymouth southbound. Three trains each way call on Sundays all year, plus a further two in the summer.

Services are operated by Class 158s, Class 150s, or less frequently Class 153 diesel multiple units. During the summer, some weekend trains have been operated by Class 31s, or Class 67s with Mark 2 coaching stock.

There are parking spaces available within the station forecourt and these are free of charge to rail users. There is no designated taxi rank.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Castle Cary		First Great Western Heart of Wessex Line		Thornford

Other stations in Yeovil

Railways in Yeovil

The town is also served by Yeovil Junction railway station, on the West of England Main Line, and served by South West Trains. Whilst there is a rail connection between the two lines, there are no regular passenger trains between the two stations. The two stations are just under two miles apart by road.

According to section E of the National Routeing Guide, passengers travelling to Yeovil Junction may not travel through Pen Mill and vice-versa.