London Road (Brighton) railway station

London Road (Brighton)
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General information
Location	Brighton & Hove
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LRB
History
Opened	1877

London Road (Brighton) railway station is a railway station located in Round Hill, an eastern suburb of Brighton in East Sussex. It is the first intermediate station on the Brighton branch of the East Coastway Line, 57 chains (1.1 km) down the line from Brighton station. The station is managed by Southern, who operate all services on the line.

Despite its name, the station is not located on London Road, which passes some 400 yards (370 m) southwest of the station and bears the name Preston Road at the nearest point.

History

London Road station was designed by David Mocatta (the designer of Brighton Station) and opened on 1 October 1877, following housing development in the surrounding area. It was originally to be called Ditchling Rise, a more accurate name as London Road is a little way away. Until the Kemp Town branch line closed in 1971, trains to Kemptown diverged from the Brighton – Lewes line here.

The Lewes-side platform building was demolished in the early 1980s. The station had a substantial refurbishment at the end of 2004 with some add on parts to the original building demolished. The station has also been home to the Brighton Model Railway Club since 1971.

Services

The typical off-peak service is:

4tph (trains per hour) to Brighton
2tph to Seaford
2tph to Lewes

As of the new timetable, which was introduced in May 2018, the hourly Brighton to Ore service no longer calls here, as well as the newly introduced Brighton to Hastings express service.

The station has a ticket office and also self-service ticket machines.

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Brighton		Southern East Coastway Line	Moulsecoomb
	Disused railways
Brighton Line and station open		London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Kemp Town branch line	Lewes Road Line and station closed

Gallery

Westward view of the platforms. The footbridge is primarily a public right of way; the station has its own subway for passenger use (the dark-roofed lean-to on Platform 1 is its entrance)
View of the platform side of the main (Platform 1) station building, showing EMU 377415 leaving on the 1058 Seaford-Brighton service. The arched roofs of Brighton station can be seen in the top left corner
A Class 377 EMU entering Ditchling Road tunnel, at the eastern end of the station, with the 1120 Brighton-Lewes service on 3 March 2007