Yeovil Pen Mill railway station
General information | |
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Location | Yeovil, South Somerset England |
Coordinates | 50°56′42″N 2°36′47″W / 50.945°N 2.613°W |
Grid reference | ST570163 |
Managed by | Great Western Railway |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | YVP |
Classification | DfT category E |
History | |
Original company | Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
1854 | Opened |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 0.140 million |
2019/20 | 0.144 million |
Interchange | 5,245 |
2020/21 | 37,770 |
Interchange | 915 |
2021/22 | 0.121 million |
Interchange | 2,321 |
2022/23 | 0.147 million |
Interchange | 12,400 |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Yeovil Pen Mill railway station is one of two stations serving the town of
History
The station was opened by the
The station originally had two platforms, one for each direction, with a
The GWR 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.
A connection between the GWR line and the Southern Railway line to Exeter was established during World War II to allow trains direct access between Yeovil Junction and Yeovil Pen Mill. This was opened on 13 October 1943 and offered a new route for trains of war materials as well as a diversion route in the event of bomb damage.[1]
1913 accident
A passenger train, hauled by GWR City Class 4-4-0 No. 3710 City of Bath, overran a signal on 8 August 1913 and hit the rear of another passenger train. Two people were killed and ten injured.[2][3]
Stationmasters
- George Roberts ca. 1857
- William Clarke 1860[4] - 1863 (formerly station master at Warminster)
- George Pinkerton 1863 - 1872[5] (formerly station master at Taplow, afterwards station master at Salisbury)
- George King Forster 1876 - 1887[6]
- Richard Stonnill 1887 - 1894[7] (formerly station master at Aberdare, afterwards station master at Westbury)
- Samuel Martin 1894 - 1899[8]
- J. Parry 1899 - 1907
- W.F. Vaughan 1907 - 1916
- Frank George Dunford 1916 - 1926
- P. Williams 1926 - 1933[9] (afterwards station master at Highbridge)
- William Gard ca. 1942
- L.E. Hole 1944[10] - ca. 1956 (formerly station master at Maiden Newton)
Description
Yeovil Pen Mill has two platforms: platform 1, used predominantly by trains heading north; and platform 3, used mostly by trains heading to Weymouth. Trains using platform 1 could open their doors both sides, as there are physical platforms on both sides. However, the former platform 2 is now disused, and trains open their doors on the left hand side (when arriving from the south).
Services
Great Western Railway operate the majority of services at Pen Mill on their route between Weymouth and Gloucester via Bristol Temple Meads.[11]
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Castle Cary | Great Western Railway Heart of Wessex Line |
Thornford | ||
Castle Cary | South Western Railway
Heart of Wessex Line |
Yeovil Junction |
The town is also served by
References
- ^ ISBN 0-85361-612-4.
- ISBN 0-906899-07-9.
- ^ "Great Western Railway" (PDF). Board of Trade. 27 August 1913. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ "1835-1910 Clerks Vol.3". Great Western Railway Operating, Miscellaneous Depts: 105. 1899. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "1838-1876 Clerks Vol.3". Great Western Railway Operating, Miscellaneous Depts: 22. 1899. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "1835-1910 Clerks Vol.5". Great Western Railway Operating, Miscellaneous Depts: 492. 1899. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Presentation". Western Chronicle. England. 7 December 1894. Retrieved 19 June 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Yeovil". Bristol Mercury. England. 22 April 1899. Retrieved 19 June 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Highbridge Station Master Promoted". Central Somerset Gazette. England. 5 January 1934. Retrieved 19 June 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Stationmaster's Appointment". Western Gazette. England. 9 June 1944. Retrieved 19 June 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Cardiff and Bristol to the South Coast" (PDF). Great Western Railway. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
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