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The Brighton Main Line was completed in December 1862, when the LB&SCR opened the direct route between Croydon and Victoria via Thornton Heath. The Brighton Main Line is electrified using the 750 V DC third-rail system and the majority of the route has four tracks.
May 8, 2024 · In July 1837, construction was approved for a line between Norwood in South London and Brighton, with branches to both Shoreham and Lewes, the former opening in advance of the main line.
To the north of the station, on the east side of the main line, the railway constructed its locomotive and carriage works, which operated from 1841 until 1911, when the carriage works was moved to Lancing and 1957 when the locomotive works closed.
Aug 21, 2023 · On July 17, 1932, the first stage (from London to Three Bridges) of the electrification of the Southern Railway main line between London and Brighton was opened to the public, and at 12.5 a.m. on New Year’s Day, 1933, the last steam operated passenger train left Victoria for Brighton.
At the time of its creation the LB&SCR had around 170 route miles (274 km) in existence or under construction, consisting of three main routes and a number of branches. The main line to Brighton from London Bridge opened in 1841.
a) OPENING: Brighton’s railway station stands on a huge man-made plateau 130 feet above sea-level, and opened as a very simple, open structure at the same time as the branch line to Shoreham on 11 May 1840.
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Wonderful Victorian engineering. There’s a wow factor the moment visitors step out of the train. Look up and you’ll see a wonderful piece of Victorian engineering: a huge glass roof, beautifully clean, with thousands of sheets of glass. The railway arrived in the 1840s.
