Brighton railway station
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Brighton railway station serves the city of Brighton in Sussex, on the south coast of England. It was built by the London & Brighton Railway in 1840, initially connecting Brighton to Shoreham-by-Sea, westwards along the coast, and shortly afterwards connecting it to the county town of Lewes to the east, and to London to the north.
The station provides fast and frequent connections to Gatwick Airport and London Victoria, as well via the Thameslink line through the City of London to Bedford. During normal service, most trains to (and through) London use the Brighton main line to get there. Some trains also run via Kensington (Olympia) station en route to Manchester or — via Salisbury and Bristol — to Cardiff, in both cases avoiding the need to change trains in central London. Trains to Lewes and beyond leave Brighton station over the spectacular London Road viaduct.
Trains are operated by franchises trading under the names Southern, South West Trains, First Great Western, First Capital Connect & Virgin Trains.
The station has a large double-spanned curved glass and iron roof covering the platforms, which was substantially renovated in 1999 and 2000.[Project information from Kier Construction Ltd]
Typical hourly off-peak service pattern
- Brighton Main Line
- *2tph to London Victoria (express) - Southern
- *1tph to Watford Junction (stopping) - Southern
- *2tph to Bedford (semi-fast) - First Capital Connect
- *2tph to Bedford (stopping) - First Capital Connect
- West Coastway Line
- *2tph to West Worthing (stopping) - Southern
- *1tph to Littlehampton (stopping) - Southern
- *1tph to Portsmouth Harbour (semi-fast to Worthing, then stopping) - Southern
- *1tph to Basingstoke (semi-fast) - South West Trains
- East Coastway Line
- *2tph to Seaford (stopping) - Southern
- *1tph to Lewes (stopping) - Southern
- *1tph to Ore (stopping) - Southern
- *1tph to Ashford International (semi-fast) - Southern
See also
References
External links
- [My Brighton and Hove : Brighton Railway station]
- [My Brighton and Hove : old cobbled road under the station]
- [Train times] and [station information] for from National Rail
- [Map] and [aerial photo] of from Multimap.com
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|- style="text-align: center;"
| rowspan="3" | Terminus
| style="background:#8CC63E;" |
| Southern
West Coastway
| style="background:#8CC63E;" |
| Hove
|- style="text-align: center;"
| style="background:#8CC63E;" |
| Southern
London-Brighton
| style="background:#8CC63E;" |
| Preston Park
|- style="text-align: center;"
| style="background:#8CC63E;" |
| Southern
East Coastway
| style="background:#8CC63E;" |
| London Road (Brighton)
|- style="text-align: center;"
| rowspan="2" | Terminus
| style="background:#EE1C23;" |
| South West Trains
Reading-Brighton
| style="background:#EE1C23;" |
| rowspan="2" | Hove
|- style="text-align: center;"
| style="background:#010385;" |
| First Great Western
Cardiff-Brighton
| style="background:#010385;" |
| Major UK railway stations | |
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Aberdeen |
Belfast Central |
Birmingham New Street |
Brighton |
Bristol Temple Meads |
Cardiff Central |
Crewe |
Derby Edinburgh Waverley | Gatwick Airport | Glasgow Central | Glasgow Queen Street | Leeds City | Liverpool Lime Street Manchester Piccadilly | Manchester Victoria | Newcastle Central | Nottingham | Reading | Sheffield | York | |
| Railway stations of London Central area | Greater London |
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| Blackfriars station>Blackfriars | Cannon Street | Charing Cross | City Thameslink | Clapham Junction | Euston Fenchurch Street | King's Cross | King's Cross Thameslink | Liverpool Street | London Bridge Marylebone | Moorgate | Paddington | St. Pancras | Victoria | Waterloo |
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