Brighton railway station

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Brighton
Station exterior.
General information
Location	Brighton England
Coordinates	50°49′44″N 0°08′28″W / 50.8288°N 0.1411°W / 50.8288; -0.1411
Grid reference	TQ310049
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Govia Thameslink Railway
Platforms	8
Other information
Station code	BTN
Classification	DfT category B
History
Opened	11 May 1840
Passengers
2018/19	17.385 million
Interchange	1.622 million
2019/20	17.356 million
Interchange	1.660 million
2020/21	4.149 million
Interchange	0.367 million
2021/22	11.228 million
Interchange	0.926 million
2022/23	14.053 million
Interchange	0.893 million
Listed Building – Grade II*
Feature	Brighton station including train sheds
Designated	30 April 1973 (amended 26 August 1999)
Reference no.	1380797[1]
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Brighton railway station is the southern terminus of the Brighton Main Line, the western terminus of the East Coastway Line and the eastern terminus of the West Coastway Line in England, and the principal station serving the city of Brighton, East Sussex. It is 50 miles 49 chains (50.61 miles, 81.45 km) from London Bridge via Redhill.

The station is managed by Govia Thameslink Railway, which operates all of the services.

It was built by the London & Brighton Railway in 1840–41, initially only connecting Brighton to Shoreham-by-Sea, westwards along the coast, in May 1840. It finally connected a year later inland to Haywards Heath and London Bridge in September 1841 via the just-completed Clayton Tunnel; and then in 1846 to the county town of Lewes to the east via the London Road Viaduct. The railway became the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway in 1846 following mergers with other railways with lines between Portsmouth and Hastings.

With over 14 million passenger entries and exits in 2022/23, Brighton is the busiest station in East Sussex, the second busiest in South East England, and the seventh-busiest station in the country outside London.^[2]