Hamworthy Station (Jan 2000)

A selection of photographs of Hamworthy Junction Station taken on 13 January during brief sunny periods between clouds. The Down platform has been partially cleared of bushes & weeds as have the signal wires & point rodding running alongside the Hamworthy Goods branch. The signal box is more noticeably `bowed' than this time last year with the outer ends sinking approx 1/8 of an inch lower than when measured in Dec 1998. It will require serious repairs & strengthening soon to prevent the building breaking its back. The future of the Hamworthy Signalbox is unsure at this time, with numerous `rumours' of what may be done but nothing `official' yet I can only keep waiting & watching.

Station Buildings on Up platform. Front of Hamworthy Box Jan 13 2000. West end of station buildings. Odd length chimneys on station building. Point Rodding cleared of plant growth. Hamworthy Goods line rescued from the weeds.
New signalling equipment cabinets (Installed late 1999).

Wooden sleepers still survive on the section of the UP main line that crosses Bridge 82a, the stations pedestrian underpass.

Bridge Plate for underbridge 82a on Up platform. Wooden sleepers over Bridge 82a on Up line only.

See how the station looked in 1999

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