London Road (Brighton) railway station

{{Infobox station

| name = London Road (Brighton)

| symbol_location = gb

| symbol = rail

| image = London Road (Brighton).jpg

| caption = The platforms at London Road, looking northeast

| address =

| borough = Round Hill, Brighton, Brighton & Hove

| country = England, United Kingdom

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|TQ313057|25|TQ313057}}

| manager = Southern

| platforms = 2

| code = LRB

| classification = DfT category E

| opened = 1 October 1877

| mpassengers =

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.450 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.103 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.257 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.286 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.324 million}}

| mapframe =

| footnotes = 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, {{convert|57|chain|km}} down the line from {{rws|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 {{convert|400|yard|m}} southwest of the station and bears the name Preston Road at the nearest point.

History

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.{{cite encyclopedia |author=Timothy Carder |title=Railways - East Coastway |encyclopedia=The Encyclopaedia of Brighton |year=1990 |publisher=East Sussex County Libraries |isbn=086-147-3159 |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofb0000card/ }}{{cite web |title=Shaftesbury Place, London Road Station, Brighton |url=https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/planning/heritage/local-list-heritage-assets-directory/shaftesbury-place-london-road-station-brighton |website=Local List of Heritage Assets |publisher=Brighton & Hove City Council |accessdate=2024-07-18 }} 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.{{Cite web|title=Brighton Model Railway Club (About)|url=https://brightonmrc.wordpress.com/#:~:text=clubrooms%3A-%20london%20road%20station%2C%20shaftesbury%20place%2C%20brighton%2C%20bn1%204qs|access-date=January 4, 2022|website=Brighton Model Railway Club}}

Services

File:377140 London Road.jpg passes nonstop through London Road with a Southern service bound for {{rws|Ore}}.]]

All services at London Road are operated by Southern using {{brc|377}} EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:{{NRtimes|May 2023|189, 190}}

3 tph to {{stnlnk|Brighton}}
2 tph to {{stnlnk|Seaford|England}}
1 tph to {{stnlnk|Eastbourne}}

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

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