The Lymington Branch Line
The Lymington Branch Line - A rural electrified branch line running from Brockenhurst in the New Forest to the port of Lymington
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When I arrived at Brockenhurst Station the booking office was closed, so I bought a ticket from the Ascom ticket machine visible in this picture. I bought the ticket shown above the photograph nearly twenty years earlier!
3Cig 1498 Farringford has just arrived at Brockenhurst, and will shortly change the red indicator blinds to the '97' route indication for the return trip to Lymington Pier.
3Cig 1497 Freshwater departing Brockenhurst Station for Lymington Pier.
3Cig 1498 Farringford has left the main line just south of Brockenhurst for the run to Lymington Pier.
Lymington Town boasts the most impressive station building on the entire line.
Passengers watch as 3Cig 1498 Farringford runs into Lymington Town Station from Lymington Pier.
On a fine August day 3Cig 1497 Freshwater crosses Lymington River.
3Cig EMU 1498 Farringford prepares to leave Lymington Pier Station. Lymington Pier station serves the ferry to Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight, and the rigging of the ferry boat can just be seen behind the train.
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