Yeovil Pen Mill is one of two railway stations that serve the town of Yeovil, in Somerset, England; the other is . It is situated just under a mile to the east of the town centre. The station is located south of , on the Heart of Wessex Line. It is managed by Great Western Railway, which operate services along with South Western Railway.

History

The station was opened by the Great Western Railway (GWR), as part of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth route on 1 September 1856. The route was completed to on 20 January 1857. The Bristol and Exeter Railway's (B&ER) line from Taunton, which initially terminated at , was extended to connect with the GWR at Yeovil Pen Mill from 2 February 1857.E T MacDermot, History of the Great Western Railway, Volume 2, Published by the Great Western Railway, London, 1931 The B&ER line was mixed and had trains of both gauges from 12 November 1868 but broad gauge trains ceased operation after 30 June 1879 by which time the B&ER had been taken over by the GWR.

All trains then used the 'up' platform, one of the original two platforms, built for trains towards and , until the station was rebuilt in the 1880s.

The GWR opened a locomotive depot at the station in September 1856, which operated until January 1959 when it was closed and the locomotives were 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 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.

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.

Facilities The station has a ticket office, accessible toilets, a car park, waiting rooms, help points and live departure screens. There is step-free access to the northbound platform, but the island platform can only be reached by the footbridge.

Passenger volume +Passenger volume at Yeovil Pen Mill2004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–232023–242024–25Entries and exits98,53699,041102,643104,700110,546115,882126,786132,358129,252133,264136,644130,020141,014136,832139,732143,73237,770120,742147,106166,136169,742Interchanges0000009162,0352,1504,0163,2407,31812,6695,7386,9185,2459152,32112,40016,09021,348 The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

Great Western Railway operates the majority of services at Pen Mill, on their route between and , via .

South Western Railway operates a few services between and Pen Mill, some via Yeovil Junction and others via .

Community rail The station, along with others on the Heart of Wessex Line, is part of the South Wessex Community Rail Partnership.

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