Ampress Works Halt railway station

Ampress Works Halt was a halt station on the Lymington Branch Line which, between 1956 and 1989, served the Wellworthy engineering works near Lymington in Hampshire, England. Sited near the bridge over the A337 Lymington to Brockenhurst road, the station closed when the engineering works ceased operation. The station never appeared in any public timetable.^[1]

Ampress Works Halt
The former station in 2006
General information
Location	Lymington, New Forest England
Grid reference	SZ316969
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 October 1956	Station opened as Ampress Works Halt
By September 1970	Station renamed Ampress
1989	Station closed

History

Opened by the Southern Region of British Railways in 1956, the station was served by Network SouthEast from the introduction of sectorisation until its closure. It was situated approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) 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,^[2] it never appeared in any timetables and its demise came with the closure of the Wellworthy factory in 1989.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Brockenhurst		British Rail Southern Region Lymington Branch Line		Lymington Town

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 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.^[3]

The station's former sign now hangs on the wall of the train shed at Eastleigh Lakeside Railway at the Lakeside Country Park.^[4]

References

1. Croughton, G.; Kidner, R.W.; Young, A. (1982). Private and Untimetabled Railway Stations. Trowbridge, Wilts: Oakwood Press. p. 124. ISBN 0-85361-281-1.
2. Kidner, R. W. (1985). Southern Railway Halts. Survey and Gazetteer. Headington, Oxford: The Oakwood Press. p. 39. ISBN 0-85361-321-4.
3. "New Forest District Council" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2012.  (101 KiB)
4. RailUK Forums, 13 August 2006.

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Station on navigable O.S. map. Station site is south of main road near Ampress Farm

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