London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
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_railway_bridge_over_Battersea_Park_Road,_SW8.jpg) A LB&SCR Plaque on the (western) railway bridge over Battersea Park Road, SW8, showing the company Armorial Bearings. The cross (top) represents London, the two dolphins (bottom) Brighton, the three half-lions/half-ships (right) the Cinque Ports, and the star and crescent (left) Portsmouth. |
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) (known also as "the Brighton line", "the Brighton Railway" or simply the Brighton) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1922. Its territory formed a rough triangle, with London at its apex, practically the whole coastline of Sussex as its base, and a large part of Surrey. It was bounded on its western side by the lines of the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR), which provided an alternative route to Portsmouth in Hampshire. On its eastern side the railway was bounded by the South Eastern Railway (SER) - later one component of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SE&CR) – which provided an alternative route to Bexhill, St Leonards-on-Sea, and Hastings. The LB&SCR supplied the most direct routes from London to the South Coast seaside resorts of Brighton, Eastbourne, Worthing, Littlehampton and Bognor Regis, and to the ports of Newhaven and Shoreham-by-Sea. In addition, the company served the inland towns/cities of Chichester, Horsham, East Grinstead and Lewes, and jointly served Croydon, Tunbridge Wells, Dorking and Guildford. At the London end was a complicated suburban and outer-suburban network of lines, emanating from London Bridge and Victoria stations, as well as shared interests in two cross-London lines.
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| LBSCR enthusiast site LBSCR enthusiast site www.lbscr.demon.co.uk - Web |
| LBSCR liveries LBSCR liveries www.lbscr.demon.co.uk/livery/index.html - Web |
| English Heritage Survey of London: volume 26 1956 English Heritage Survey of London: volume 26 1956 www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=49781 - Web |
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| Tony Wakeford, 'Time travel: a journey through the... Tony Wakeford, 'Time travel: a journey through the timetables of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 1860-1901' www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/40574-play.htm - Web |
