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 Lympstone Commando 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Lympstone Commando had 83,160 entries and exits, making it the 1,719th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
1719/2575
It ranked 711st busiest (out of 997), with 359 scheduled services per week.
711/997
That's a daily average of 227.84 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 4.45 passengers per service, giving it the 1,296th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
1296/1659

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 21,926
Reduced price entries & exits: 61,200
Season ticket entries & exits: 34
Total entries & exits: 83,160
Interchanges made between connecting services: 0
Change in usage from 21/22: +7,026 : 9.23%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
Single64232
*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

Service Patterns

Current Timetables

TableDescriptionTimetable
267Exmouth - Exeter - Okehampton & BarnstapleOct24
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Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +27,390 (+49.11%)

Reasons for change:
2010-11 Single User Station (Royal Marine training centre)
2011-12 Continues recent decline in passenger numbers
2013-14 This station exclusively serves the Royal Marine Commando Training centre so variations in demand will be driven by use of the Centre
2019-20 Improved timetable in December 2019

Location Details

Location: Lympstone Commando
CRS: LYC / NLC: 5762 / TIPLOC(S): LYMPSTC
Station Facility Owner: Great Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 298254 85747
Constituency: East Devon
Local Authority: Devon
NR Region: South West
Community Rail Partnership: Avocet Line
ELR: EMT 6m 21ch

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Lympstone Commando during 2022/2023:
•Exeter Central (27,942 journeys)
•Exeter St David's (2,595 journeys)
•Exmouth (1,587 journeys)
•Digby and Sowton (687 journeys)
•London Paddington (663 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Lympstone Commando's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Exton0.41
Lympstone Village1.10