TRAIN TO LYMINGTON

GB
1987
4mins
Dir: Richard Simpson
Starring: Christopher Good and Claire Parker

A tale of lies and deceit between two travelling companions

This short four-minute comedy drama of two people alone in a railway carriage is a right little gem and features just the two characters listed above. Perhaps a little confusingly it does not feature Lymington, or any other location in Hampshire for that matter. It is in fact filmed on the old GW & GC Joint Railway through Buckinghamshire, featuring Princes Risborough and Saunderton stations, and Class 115 DMUs in blue and grey livery. Perhaps we will never know why Lymington was used in the title?

Claire Parker waiting at Princes Risborough as the train to Lymington arrives off the Aylesbury line
Having realized she is on the wrong train, Claire Parker is left stranded at Saunderton as dusk begins to fall