It was renamed 'Lympstone Village' in 1991 to avoid confusion with the new Lympstone Commando railway station that had opened on 3 May 1976.

[1] Following the privatisation of British Rail, the service was operated by Wales & West, latterly Wessex Trains; on 31 March 2006, the franchise was taken over by First Great Western.

To the south, the line crosses the village on a low viaduct.

[2] Great Western Railway operate all trains serving the station.

There are generally half-hourly stopping trains between Exmouth and Paignton, via Exeter St Davids.