Brockenhurst

CRS Code	BCU
Collected date	23/05/07

Brockenhurst is the junction between the main line to Weymouth and the branch to Lymington. I was glad of the chance to wander around the station after the cycle ride from Beaulieu Road.

The front of Brockenhurst station, from the adjacent car park:

A canopy on the car-park side adjoins a wall between the station front and the rest of the station:

The rest of the station is reached via the footbridge, giving this view south of the station building rear and platform 1:

Looking north from the same point:

From platform 1, the rear of the station building:

The gate in the station building wall leads to this swing-out bridge device:

On platform 1, looking north towards the station building and the footbridge:

On the other side of the platform 1 island is platform 2, seen here looking south with platform 3 to the left:

From platform 3, a view of the footbridge:

Looking north at the station complex from the southern end of platform 3:

The rounded entrance to the waiting room on platform 3:

Looking south along platform 4:

Platform 4 is the branch platform for Lymington trains, and is operated as a pseudo-heritage railway by South West Trains. Apart from the old slam-door trains which still run the branch's services, one of the most obvious signs of this at Brockenhurst is the old Southern Region totems on platform 4:

Looking north from the end of platforms 3 and 4:

Looking south along the line:

The end of the footbridge, leading to the car park at the rear of the station:

Looking north from the footbridge:

The rear of the station complex:

The signalbox and level crossing:

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