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The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB and SC Railway) (commonly known as "The Brighton line"), was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1923. [1]
Its territory formed a rough triangle, with London at its apex and practically the whole coastline of Sussex as its base. It was bounded on its western side by the lines of the London and South Western Railway; on its eastern by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway. It supplied the most direct routes to the South Coast seaside resorts of Brighton, Eastbourne and Worthing among many others. At the London end was a complicated suburban and outer-suburban network of lines.
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) was formed by Act of Parliament on 27 July 1846, through the amalgamation of a number of pre-existing railway companies. These were:
- London and Croydon Railway (L&CR) created in 1836 and opened in 1839.
- London and Brighton Railway (L&BR) created in 1837 and opened in 1841.
- Brighton and Chichester Railway created in 1844 and opened in stages between November 1845 and June 1846, with an extension to Havant and Portsmouth under construction.
- Brighton Lewes and Hastings Railway, created February 1844, opened in June 1846.
- Croydon and Epsom Railway, created in July 1844, but under construction.
- 1846 The company was incorporated.
- 1875 See 1875 Number of Locomotives
- 1888 See Locomotive Stock June 1888
- Locomotive Superintendents
- William Stroudley (1870–1889)
- R. J. Billinton (1890–1904)
- D. Earle Marsh (1905–1911)
- L. B. Billinton (1911–1922)
- 1908 The company owns 431 miles of road, and jointly with others 38 miles more. [2]
- 1920 Article on their Brighton and Lancing Works in War Time in The Engineer. [3]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ [1] Wikipedia
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ The Engineer of 4th June 1920 p568 & p578