Editing Lymington branch line (section)

===First attempt===
The [[Southampton and Dorchester Railway]] opened its main line in 1847; from [[Southampton]] it ran to [[Brockenhurst]], but then took a northerly path through [[Ringwood, Hampshire|Ringwood]] and [[Wimborne Minster|Wimborne]]; the present-day main line from Brockenhurst to [[Poole]] was not ready as a through route until 1888. In 1846, during construction, the [[Southampton and Dorchester Railway]] proposed a branch line from Brockenhurst to Lymington, and it obtained parliamentary powers by an act of Parliament, the [[Southampton and Dorchester Railway (Lymington and Eling Branches) Act 1847]] ([[10 & 11 Vict.]] c. xcvi), of 2 July 1847. A salt works at Lymington had promised 250,000 tons of salt annually as a revenue earning goods flow. However the scarcity of investment money following the collapse of the [[Railway Mania]] meant that it proved impossible to raise funds for any construction, and the scheme did not proceed.<ref name = williams1-64>R A Williams, ''The London and South Western Railway: volume 1: The Formative Years'', David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1968, {{ISBN|0-7153-4188-X}}, pages 64 and 65</ref><ref name = carter190>Ernest F Carter, ''An Historical Geography of the Railways of the British Isles'', Cassell, London, 1959, page 190</ref>