Lymington Pier railway station

Lymington Pier railway station serves the harbour area of Lymington in Hampshire, England. It is 98 miles 15 chains (158.0 km) measured from London Waterloo and is the terminus of the Lymington Branch Line from Brockenhurst and provides a connection with ferry services to Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight. It has one platform.

Lymington Pier
General information
Location	Lymington, New Forest England
Grid reference	SZ332955
Managed by	South Western Railway
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	LYP
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Opened	1 May 1884[1]
Passengers
2019/20	0.115 million
2020/21	20,976
2021/22	75,764
2022/23	80,680
2023/24	90,772
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Facilities

Lymington Pier, Hampshire (2010) by Peter Trimming

The station is unstaffed but has a self-service ticket machine for ticket purchases. There are no toilets at the station although there are toilets available at the nearby Wightlink ferry terminal. The station has a number of passenger shelters as well as information screens and modern help points located on the platform which has step-free access available to it.^[2]

Services

Lymington Pier railway station, Hampshire, England (2023) by ITookSomePhotos

All services at Lymington Pier are operated by South Western Railway using Class 450 EMUs.

Lymington Pier showing steam train and the passenger ferry Solent with passengers from Yarmouth in the Isle of Wight (1910) postcard

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[3]

• 2 tph to Brockenhurst

Until 22 May 2010, the Lymington Branch Line was operated as a "heritage" service using restored Class 421 4Cig trains.^[4][5][6]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Lymington Town		South Western Railway Lymington Branch Line		Terminus
	Ferry services
Terminus		Wightlink (Ferry)		Yarmouth

References

1. Southern Region Record by R.H.Clark
2. "Lymington Pier station information". South Western Railway. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
3. Table 159 National Rail timetable, May 2016
4. "New Forest slam-door trains withdrawn". BBC News. 24 May 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
5. Lymington Heritage Line - Information & Photographs - Strolling Guides, 22 May 2010, retrieved 15 June 2010
6. Lymington Flyer: The Last MK1, Southern Electric Group, 30 May 2010, archived from the original on 5 March 2016, retrieved 15 June 2010

External links

• Train times and station information for Lymington Pier railway station from National Rail

50.758°N 1.529°W / 50.758; -1.529