London Road (Brighton) railway station

London Road (Brighton)
The platforms at London Road, looking northeast
General information
Location	Round Hill, Brighton, Brighton & Hove England, United Kingdom
Grid reference	TQ313057
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LRB
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	1 October 1877
Passengers
2019/20	0.450 million
2020/21	0.103 million
2021/22	0.257 million
2022/23	0.286 million
2023/24	0.324 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

London Road (Brighton) railway station is a railway station located in Round Hill, an inner 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. It is parenthesised London road (Brighton) to avoid confusion of the station of same name in Guildford, 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.

London Road (Brighton) station, which opened on 1 October 1877, features a design similar to other stations of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway built during that period, such as Hove and Portslade, resembling a Tuscan-style villa.^[1][2] It was built following housing development in the surrounding area. It was originally to be called Ditchling Rise, a more accurate name as London Road is 370m southwest. Until the Kemp Town branch line closed in 1971, trains to Kemp Town diverged from the Brighton – Lewes line here.

The building on platform 2 (Lewes bound) 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 been home to the Brighton Model Railway Club since 1971.^[3]

All services at London Road are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[4]

• 3 tph to Brighton
• 2 tph to Seaford
• 1 tph to Eastbourne

During the peak hours, a number of additional services between Brighton, Hastings and Ore also call at the station.

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

• Transport in Brighton
• History of Brighton – with reference to the Second World War section describing the bombing of the London Road railway viaduct.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to London Road (Brighton) railway station.

• Brighton Model Railway Club

• Train times and station information for London Road (Brighton) railway station from National Rail

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