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Wightlink is a ferry company operating routes across The Solent between Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in the south of England. It operates car ferries between Lymington and Yarmouth, and Portsmouth and Fishbourne and a fast passenger-only catamaran between Portsmouth Harbour and Ryde Pier.
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 .
Lymington / ˈ l ɪ m ɪ ŋ t ən / is a port town on the west bank of the Lymington River on the Solent, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England.. The town faces Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, to which there is a car ferry service operated by Wightlink.
They also operate a Vehicle ferry to West Cowes. [15] Across the River Hamble, the Hamble-Warsash Ferry operates using small pink boats. [16] Between Gosport and Portsmouth, the Gosport Ferry crosses the Portsmouth Harbour. Also from Portsmouth Harbour, Wightlink run passenger ferries to Ryde Pier.
National Cycle Route 22 (NCR22) runs from Banstead to Brockenhurst in the New Forest via Dorking, Guildford, Farnham, Petersfield, Havant, Portsmouth, Ryde, Yarmouth and Lymington. Due to the route going over the Isle of Wight , ferry connections are required from Portsmouth to Ryde, and again from Yarmouth to Lymington.
The Lymington branch line is a railway that runs from Brockenhurst to Lymington in the New Forest, England. The line is around 5.6 miles (9 km) long, and is single track throughout its length. It diverges from the South West Main Line at Lymington Junction. At Lymington Pier, trains connect with Wightlink ferry services to Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.
To provide the link the rail ferry PS Carrier was moved from Scotland. The project was unsuccessful and despite being acquired in full by the LB&SCR in 1886 ended in 1888. [6] It remains the only rail ferry to have operated a service to the Isle of Wight. In 1884 the Lymington service was bought by the L&SWR. [4]
MV Lymington was built in 1938 as an Isle of Wight ferry. She was the first British vessel driven by Voith Schneider propulsion units. [1] Throughout the war, she was on the Lymington-Yarmouth service on the Solent. A slab of concrete placed above her wheelhouse offered some protection against an airborne attack.