London, Brighton and South Coast Railway

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The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway was a major 19th- and early 20th-century English railway company that operated routes linking London with the south coast, including key lines to Brighton and surrounding areas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railway company ⓘ
railway company ⓘ
abbreviation LB&SCR ⓘ
country England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
electrificationSystem third rail electrification on suburban lines ⓘ
endDate 1923-01-01 ⓘ
era Edwardian era ⓘ
Victorian era ⓘ
fate grouped into Southern Railway ⓘ
formedByMergerOf Brighton and Chichester Railway ⓘ
London and Brighton Railway ⓘ
London and Croydon Railway ⓘ
other smaller railways ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
introducedElectrification early 20th century ⓘ
majorRoute London to Brighton main line ⓘ
linked to: Brighton Main Line

London to Hastings routes ⓘ
London to Portsmouth routes ⓘ
South London suburban network ⓘ
linked to: South London Line
mergedIntoUnder Railways Act 1921 ⓘ
nickname The Brighton Line ⓘ
notableEngineer Frederick Banister ⓘ
John Hawkshaw ⓘ
notableLocomotiveDesigner R. J. Billinton ⓘ
William Stroudley ⓘ
operatedIn Brighton ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

South Coast of England ⓘ
southern England ⓘ
primaryTerminusInLondon London Bridge railway station ⓘ
London Victoria station ⓘ
servedPort Newhaven ⓘ
linked to: Newhaven, England

Portsmouth ⓘ
Shoreham-by-Sea ⓘ
servedResort Bognor Regis ⓘ
Brighton ⓘ
Eastbourne ⓘ
Hastings ⓘ
Worthing ⓘ
servedStation Brighton railway station ⓘ
Hastings railway station ⓘ
London Bridge railway station ⓘ
London Victoria station ⓘ
Portsmouth Harbour railway station ⓘ
startDate 1846-07-27 ⓘ
successor Southern Railway ⓘ
trackGauge 1435 mm ⓘ

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London Victoria railway station → hasRailwayCompanyHistorical → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Epsom Downs railway station → formerOperator → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Havant railway station → originalCompany → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Southern Railway (UK) → predecessor → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Brighton Main Line → originalOperator → London and Brighton Railway ⓘ
linked to: London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Brighton Main Line → laterOperator → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Redhill railway station → originalCompany → London and Brighton Railway ⓘ
linked to: London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Redhill railway station → laterCompany → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Oxted line → historicalOperator → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Banstead railway station → originalCompany → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Banstead railway station → preGroupingCompany → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Epsom Downs line → originalOperator → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Oxted railway station → formerOperator → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Box Hill & Westhumble railway station → originalOperator → London Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
linked to: London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Cranleigh railway station → operatedBy → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Cranleigh railway station → preGroupingCompany → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Clapham Junction railway station → formerOperator → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Penge West railway station → laterCompany → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Penge West railway station → preGroupingCompany → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway → formedByMergerOf → London and Brighton Railway ⓘ
linked to: London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway → formedByMergerOf → Brighton and Chichester Railway ⓘ
linked to: London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Brighton railway station → originalCompany → London and Brighton Railway ⓘ
linked to: London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Brighton railway station → laterCompany → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
London Chatham and Dover Railway → connectedTo → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Carshalton Beeches railway station → originalCompany → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Carshalton Beeches railway station → preGroupingCompany → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Penge civil parish → hasTransportHistory → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Wandsworth Common railway station → originalCompany → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Wandsworth Common railway station → preGroupingCompany → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Metropolitan District Railway → connectedWith → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Kensington (Olympia) station → hasRailwayCompanyHistory → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Eastbourne railway station → originallyOpenedBy → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Upper Warlingham railway station → laterOperator → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Lewes railway station → formerOperator → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Ifield railway station → hasOperatorHistory → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (historical) ⓘ
linked to: London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Worthing railway station → originalCompany → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Central Section (former LB&SCR network) → originalOperator → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Central Section (former LB&SCR network) → preGroupingCompany → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
East Worthing railway station → originalOperator → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Rennie family engineering firm → notableWork → London and Brighton Railway works ⓘ
linked to: London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Godstone railway station → preGroupingCompany → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Seaford railway station → openedBy → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Haywards Heath railway station → originalCompany → London and Brighton Railway ⓘ
linked to: London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Haywards Heath railway station → laterCompany → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Newhaven Town railway station → formerOperator → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Polegate railway station → formerOperator → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Uckfield railway station → laterCompany → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
East Grinstead railway station → openedBy → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Woldingham railway station → originalCompany → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
Dormans railway station → originalOperator → London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ