In 1886 the London and South Western Railway built a direct line between Christchurch and Brockenhurst, with stations at Hinton Admiral, New Milton, and Sway. All three stations were built to almost exactly the same plan, still discernable today even though modern alterations now differentiate the three.
The station house and ticket office at New Milton:
The station house with the year 1886 visible above the doorway:
The footbridge links the platforms at the eastern end of the station buildings:
Looking west from near the footbridge along platform 1. If there were any doubt about the identikit nature of the station buildings here and at Hinton Admiral and Sway, the arrangement of the windows is another clue:
Looking the other way along platform 1 from under the footbridge:
The canopy on platform 1:
Up on to the footbridge for a view of platform 1:
From the footbridge, looking east. Almost every South West Trains station we visited had good bicycle parking facilities like the one on the right:
Looking west along the line:
Platform 2 is just a wooden shelter and canopy, seen here from platform 1:
Looking west on platform 2:
The car park and rear entrance to platform 2:
The station area seen from the road bridge at the east of the station:
Looking west along the line on platform 1:
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