Yatton railway station
Yatton 
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| Location | |
| Place | Yatton |
| Local authority | North Somerset |
| Coordinates | 51°23′27″N 2°49′40″W / 51.3909°N 2.8278°WCoordinates: 51°23′27″N 2°49′40″W / 51.3909°N 2.8278°W |
| Grid reference | ST425660 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | YAT |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.385 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.399 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.417 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.436 million |
| 2015/16 |
 0.426 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Bristol and Exeter Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| 1841 | Main line opened |
| 1847 | Clevedon line opened |
| 1869 | Cheddar line opened |
| 1963 | Cheddar line closed |
| 1966 | Clevedon line closed |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Yatton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Yatton railway station, on the Bristol to Exeter Line, is in the village of Yatton in North Somerset, England. It is 12 miles (19 km) west of Bristol Temple Meads railway station, and 130 miles (209 km) from London Paddington. Its three-letter station code is YAT. It was opened in 1841 by the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and served as a junction station for trains to Clevedon and Cheddar, but these lines closed in the 1960s. The station, which has two platforms, is managed by Great Western Railway, the seventh company to be responsible for the station, and the third franchise since privatisation in 1997. They provide all train services at the station, mainly hourly services between Bristol Parkway and Weston-super-Mare, and between Cardiff Central and Taunton.
The line is not currently electrified, and there is local support for electrification as an extension of the Great Western Main Line upgrade programme. A community centre and café was opened at the station in 2011.
The station is located in the north end of the village of Yatton, North Somerset, just west of the B3133 road between Clevedon and Congresbury. The station is on the Bristol to Exeter Line, 130 miles 28 chains (209.78 km) from London Paddington and 11 miles 77 chains (19.25 km) from Bristol Temple Meads. It is the fourth station along the line from Bristol. The station is oriented along an axis at 57 degrees to the meridian.
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