South West Trains unveil their community-heritage
operation on the Lymington Branch
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It is not just the units that have received the "heritage" look as station signs have been replaced by British Railways Southern Region totems - a really nice touch, thank you SWT. The picture to the left demonstrates how "old" and new co-exist. photographs by Colin Duff |
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Looking back along the 6 car formation during the approach to Lymington Pier. photograph by Anthony Poulton |
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Timewarp (almost)! There cannot be too many opportunities to picture a blue & grey Mk1 unit and a Desiro together but the separating of the units resulted in 1497 and 450098 sharing platform 1 together. 1497 is about to work the 1229 service to Lymington Pier and 450098 with the 1316 stopping service to Wareham. photograph by Colin Duff |
South West Trains are to be congratulated on a pragmatic solution to
serving the local community whilst honouring its heritage. We hope local travellers
and tourists alike will appreciate this initiative as much as railway enthusiasts do. |
