Services
About half the trains on the Avocet Line from Exmouth to Exeter St Davids call at Lympstone Commando – it is a request stop, this means that passengers alighting here must tell the conductor that they wish to do so, and those waiting to join must signal clearly to the driver as the train approaches.
Beyond Exeter St Davids they generally continue to either Paignton or Barnstaple. Connections are available at Exeter Central for Pinhoe and other stations including London Waterloo; passengers for other main line stations change at St Davids.
Officially only people having business at the commando base are allowed to board or alight at this station, although the Ministry of Defence have accepted that it is the property of Network Rail and as such they cannot prohibit members of the public from alighting at the station, although there is no exit other than the guarded exit to the camp. Passengers for Lympstone itself must use Lympstone Village railway station, or on the other side of the line, Exton is a mere 1⁄4 of a mile away and is only a twenty minute walk away from Commando station.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lympstone Village | First Great Western |
Exton | ||
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