Aquarium [Brighton]
Volk's Electric Railway train at Aquarium, the western terminus in Brighton city centre, about to depart to Black Rock on 14th June 2021. This is the world's oldest electric railway, opened on 3rd August 1883 and named after its designer Magnus Volk (1851-1937). It runs for just over a mile along the beach with a gauge of 2ft. 8 and a half inches. Aquarium once had an island platform but that on the north side (left) has been out of use for many years and is now fenced off while, sadly, the line was shortened slightly at the eastern end in 1990 when Black Rock station was re-sited.
Location: Aquarium [Brighton]
Original line: Volk^s Electric Railway
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Date: 14/06/2021
Image number: 77237
