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Tisbury
Tisbury
The first stop after Salisbury
Tisbury is part of the Blackmore Vale Community Rail Partnership with a specific web page for Tisbury.
Trains pass in a loop just to the east of Tisbury. Rebuilding of the second platform would help.
Gillingham
Gillingham
Serving a large area of west Wiltshire and north Dorset.
Friends of Gillingham Station, FOGS.
Gillingham is part of the Blackmore Vale Community Rail Partnership with a specific Gillingham page, and there is a Friends of Gillingham Station group.
Templecombe
Templecombe
A small town which was once a major railway junction. The station closed in 1966 and reopened in 1983, thanks to local support.
Friends of Templecombe station: website link Facebook page
Templecombe is part of the Blackmore Vale Community Rail Partnership with a specific Templecombe page.
Only the left hand platform is used though the bridge is used to access the building and gardens to the right.
Sherborne
Sherborne
Serving the attractive town, with its ancient abbey.
Sherborne is part of the Blackmore Vale Community Rail Partnership with a specific Sherborne page.
Trains regularly pass at Sherborne.
Yeovil Junction
Yeovil Junction
Yeovil Junction is over a mile south of the town. There is a regular shuttle bus to between the station and the town. Shuttle timetable
Yeovil Junction is part of the Blackmore Vale Community Rail Partnership with a specific Yeovil page.
Yeovil is also served by Yeovil Pen Mill station, which is on the Westbury to Weymouth line. Some trains connect Yeovil Junction with Pen Mill and forward to Castle Cary and Frome.
Yeovil Junction is also host to the Yeovil Railway Centre.
Both platforms at Yeovil Junction can only be accessed by a footbridge.
Crewkerne
Crewkerne
Serving Crewkerne, Chard and south Somerset.
Friends of Crewkerne station: Facebook page
Crewkerne is part of the Blackmore Vale Community Rail Partnership with a specific Crewkerne page.
Local buses serve the station
Axminster
Axminster
Gateway to the Jurassic Coast. The station building now hosts a pub called the Ale Way and the cafe on the down platform reopened in April 2022 as the Railway Kitchen .
A long loop was installed at Axminster to facilitate crossings.
Honiton
Honiton
Honiton: the Town in the Country. There's a small café on the platform.
The Friends of Honiton Station Read the latest Newsletter here.
Some trains still carry the South West Trains livery.
Feniton
Feniton
Originally called Feniton, then Ottery & Sidmouth Road, then Feniton for Ottery St Mary, then Sidmouth Junction, and now Feniton - again.
The old station building was demolished and replaced by a large pre-fabricated structure.
Cranbrook
Cranbrook
The newest station on the line, opened in 2015 to serve the new town.
For local buses see Traveline.
A new station for a new town
On the edge of the Exeter conurbation.
Exeter Central
Exeter Central
The last station on the SERUG route. Trains continue to Exeter St Davids
Just two tracks through a large station, but Exeter Central is very busy.
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