London and Brighton Railway






Dates

  /  /1842London and Croydon Railway
London and Brighton Railway and South Eastern Railway using route between Coulsdon and near London Bridge.
  /  /1846London and Croydon RailwayLondon and Brighton RailwayLondon, Brighton and Southcoast Railway
London and Croydon Railway and the London and Brighton Railway merge to form the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.

Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.


Croydon to Brighton

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New Year's Eve ticket from East Croydon. ...
Ian Dinmore 31/12/1975
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377438 to London Bridge arriving at South Croydon, on 18th May 2013. ...
David Bosher 18/05/2013
456016 to London Bridge, arriving at South Croydon on 18th May 2013. In 2022 these two car sets are now being withdrawn from service. ...
David Bosher 18/05/2013
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455 827 from London Bridge to Caterham arriving at Purley Oaks station in Surrey on 18th May 2013. ...
David Bosher 18/05/2013
Exterior of Purley Oaks station in that part of the County of Surrey now absorbed into Greater London, on 18th May 2013. ...
David Bosher 18/05/2013
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455 825 to London Bridge at Purley station, Surrey, on 18th May 2013. ...
David Bosher 18/05/2013
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An approaching 12-car Brighton – London Bridge service passes a Horsham train on the Quarry Line just south of Stoats Nest Junction in the ...
Ian Dinmore 18/06/2002
Remains of the 4-platform Coulsdon North station in Surrey, looking north in 1984. The station had been closed in September 1983 and the site was ...
Ian Dinmore 27/02/1984
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Up CIG unit 1902 approaching Salfords station in May 2005. ...
Ian Dinmore 17/05/2005
Platform scene at Salfords station in May 2005 with a slamdoor 4 VEP unit bound for Gatwick Airport. ...
Ian Dinmore 17/05/2005
A Southern class 377 passing a down class 460 Gatwick Express service near Salfords in May 2005. ...
Ian Dinmore /05/2005
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A Gatwick Express nears Horley in May 2005. ...
Ian Dinmore 17/05/2005
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Opened in 1935, 0.85 miles (1.37 km) south of the present station. It was originally named Tinsley Green but within a year became Gatwick Airport ...
Caleb Abbott 14/03/2018
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Three class 700 units rest outside the relatively new depot at Three Bridges in Sussex on 28th June 2018. ...
Caleb Abbott 28/06/2018
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As we flew back from Barcelona to Stansted on 2nd March, I noticed that we were flying parallel to the Brighton to London line. Study of Google Maps ...
Ken Strachan 02/03/2020
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Haywards Heath, northbound platforms, seen from 700016 with a Thameslink service to Brighton on 15th April 2023. In 1963, BR Southern Region took the ...
David Bosher 15/04/2023
Platform view south towards Brighton from Haywards Heath station in May 2002. [Ref query 1674] ...
Ian Dinmore 04/05/2002
A Southbound EMU calls at Haywards Heath at 2006hrs on 31st March 2018. I suspect this view would not be as dramatic by day. ...
Ken Strachan 31/03/2018
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Wainwright 'C' class 0-6-0 31724 is one of the local 75A residents in the shed yard at Brighton in August 1961. ...
K A Gray 14/08/1961
Maunsell U Class 2-6-0 no 31799 on shed at Brighton in August 1961. ...
K A Gray 14/08/1961
Class E6 0-6-2T no 32418 on Brighton shed in October 1962. ...
K A Gray 29/10/1962
Busy scene in the shed yard at Brighton in the summer of 1961. Centre stage is departmental locomotive DS377 'Brighton Works'. The 0-6-0T ...
K A Gray 14/08/1961
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A trip freight on the Brighton Lower Goods line, recorded on a hot and hazy 11th July 1978. The brick pillars once supported an extension of the ...
Mark Dufton 11/07/1978
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377437, West Coastway Line Southern service, just arrived at Brighton at 15.20 on Saturday, 15th April 2023. There was just enough time to nip across ...
David Bosher 15/04/2023
313219, waiting to depart from Brighton, with a West Coastway Line service on 21st June 2014. ...
David Bosher 21/06/2014
UK Railtours' 'Regency Javelin' excursion train, alongside 700111, at a rather wet Brighton station on Saturday, 12th November 2016. ...
David Bosher 12/11/2016
313211, newly arrived in platform 7 at Brighton with the ex-16.27 Southern service from Seaford on 15th April 2023. One month later, the 313 units ...
David Bosher 15/04/2023
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Shoreham Branch

377437, West Coastway Line Southern service, just arrived at Brighton at 15.20 on Saturday, 15th April 2023. There was just enough time to nip across ...
David Bosher 15/04/2023
313219, waiting to depart from Brighton, with a West Coastway Line service on 21st June 2014. ...
David Bosher 21/06/2014
UK Railtours' 'Regency Javelin' excursion train, alongside 700111, at a rather wet Brighton station on Saturday, 12th November 2016. ...
David Bosher 12/11/2016
313211, newly arrived in platform 7 at Brighton with the ex-16.27 Southern service from Seaford on 15th April 2023. One month later, the 313 units ...
David Bosher 15/04/2023
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A terminating service from the Brighton direction runs into Hove station in 2002. ...
Ian Dinmore 17/05/2002
Platform view at Hove station in May 2002. ...
Ian Dinmore 17/05/2002
Platform view over the north side of Hove station on 17 May 2002. [Ref query 17798] ...
Ian Dinmore 17/05/2002
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The splendid building on the eastbound patform at Portslade, West Coastway Line, seen from 377 125 with the ex-12.30 Southern service from Brighton to ...
David Bosher 15/04/2023
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Shoreham-by-Sea, on the West Coastway Line, seen from 377125 with a Southern service from Brighton to Southampton Central, on 15th April 2023. This ...
David Bosher 15/04/2023
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