Yeovil Junction railway station is the busier of two railway stations serving the town of Yeovil in England. The station is outside the town in the village of Stoford; although Yeovil is in Somerset, the station was in Dorset until 1995. It was opened by the London and South Western Railway in 1860 on its London Waterloo to Exeter line, 122.6 miles (197 km) south west of London. Today it is managed by South West Trains, and is also the home of the Yeovil Railway Centre.
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