Solent Landmarks Hythe pier History The locomotive
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Railway
The best part of this Victorian pier must be the little railway that trundles back and forth along its 700 yd Length. A free ride for ferry passengers along one of the shortest rail trips in the country. |
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| A
W.W.I relic in use
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The current train service was started in 1922 using a first world war mustard gas factory engine from Avonmouth. It was a battery locomotive converted to a third rail electric locomotive . |
| A
Railway with only two Stations
And this is the one at the pier head. The short train is seen leaving on a summers evening 2000. |
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| Power
to the village
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When the electric rail service started the company generated its own DC power supply. Surplus power was sold by the Hythe Electricity company to the village for lighting. |