halt station
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on the Lymington Branch Line which, between 1956 and 1989, served the Wellworthy engineering works near
Lymington
Lymington is a port town on the west bank of the Lymington River on the Solent, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. It faces Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, to which there is a car ferry service operated by Wightlink. It is within the ...
in
Hampshire
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,
England
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. Sited near the bridge over the A337 Lymington to
Brockenhurst
Brockenhurst is the largest village by population within the New Forest in Hampshire, England. The nearest city is Southampton some to the North East, while Bournemouth is also nearby, South West. Surrounding towns and villages include Beaul ...
road, the station closed when the engineering works ceased operation. The station never appeared in any public timetable.
History
Opened by the
Southern Region of British Railways
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in 1956, the station was served by
Network SouthEast
Network SouthEast (NSE) was one of the three passenger sectors of British Rail created in 1982. NSE mainly operated commuter rail trains within Greater London and inter-urban services in densely populated South East England, although the netwo ...
from the introduction of sectorisation until its closure. It was situated approximately from Lymington Town station near a bridge over the A337, and it was primarily intended for workers at the nearby Wellworthy factory. Constructed of concrete with chain-link fencing, it never appeared in any timetables and its demise came with the closure of the Wellworthy factory in 1989.
The site today
Trains on the electrified Lymington branch line still pass the site. However, as of June 2006 the new
Lymington New Forest Hospital
Lymington New Forest Hospital is a community hospital in Lymington, Hampshire. It is managed by the Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust.
History
The hospital was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract to replace the old Lymingto ...
is being built on part of the old Wellworthy site, and the town of Lymington has also grown northwards to surround the location. The idea of reopening the halt, which still physically exists, has been discussed.
The station's former sign now hangs on the wall of the train shed at Eastleigh Lakeside Railway at the
Lakeside Country Park
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