trains called 6 October 1989; Shirley Holms; opened 10 October 1860; closed 6 March 1888; sometimes spelt Shirley Holmes; Lymington Town; opened 12 July 1858; temporary station; extended about 200 yards to permanent station 19 September 1860; renamed Lymington Town1 May 1884; still open; Lymington Pier; opened 1 May 1884; closed 5 October 1992; reopened 22 November 1992; closed 8 January 1996; reopened 18 February 1996; still open. Traction Early locomotives used on the line were 2-4-0WT No. 143 "Nelson|" and No. 176 "Southampton". In the 1870s a Hercules class 2-4-0 named "Taurus" was used. As a shed was yet to be built at Lymington, it was stabled in the open. C14 class 2-2-0T No. 744 and a trailer worked the branch in 1907, and S14 class 0-4-0Ts worked push and pull trains in 1910 and were capable of hauling two fully laden trailers. In 1911 O2 class 0-4-4Ts returned. By about 1918 some Adams and Drummond 0-4-4Ts were converted for push-pull working; the driver, when in the control compartment of the leading coach, worked the locomotive by a system of wires and pulleys. After July 1930 this basic control system was changed to the compressed air system that had been developed on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, fitted to Drummond 0-4-4T engines. The Lymington branch was the last to be worked by BR steam, which operated until 2 April 1967. Hampshire DEMUs took over for a few weeks to enable the redundant run-round loops and engine shed line to be safely lifted. Some electric trains began on 2 June 1967 and from 26 June all services were EMU worked. On 22 May 2010, the last two slam door 3CIG class EMUs were withdrawn and replaced with Class 158 DMUs Monday to Friday and Class 450 EMUs at weekends. LSWR buses On 19 July 1905 the LSWR started a bus service from Lymington to New Milton, operated by Clarkson steam buses. A paraffin fuelled boiler was used to produce steam at 300 lbs per square inch (21 bar) to drive a engine. In 1906 the Clarkson company fitted them with the latest type of water tube boiler. A luxurious touch was that the eighteen and twenty-seater saloons were heated in winter. Services The only train service on this line is operated by South Western Railway; it runs every half-hour between Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier. The headcode on this