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The East Coastway line is a railway line along the south coast of Sussex to the east of Brighton, England. Trains to the west of Brighton operate on the West Coastway line . Together with the West Coastway and the Marshlink line to the east, the line forms part of a continuous route from Havant to Ashford .
The West Coastway line runs almost alongside or within a few miles of the south coast of Sussex and Hampshire, between Brighton and Southampton. [1] [2] [3] East of Portsmouth the line was electrified (using 750 V DC third rail) by the Southern Railway before the Second World War in two stages: Brighton to West Worthing in 1933, [4] [5]
Other stations within Brighton, with opening dates, are London Road (1877), between Ditching Rise and Springfield Road at some distance from London Road; Moulsecoomb (1980); [4] and Falmer (1846; moved to its present site nearer Brighton in 1890), [5] all on the East Coastway Line. On the Brighton Main Line, non-express London trains stop at ...
Brighton and Chichester Railway; Brighton & Hove (bus company) Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway; Brighton Belle; Brighton Corporation Tramways; Brighton Lovers Walk Traction and Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot; Brighton Main Line; Brighton railway works; Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway
Pevensey Bay railway station serves Pevensey Bay in East Sussex, England. It is on the East Coastway Line, and train services are provided by Southern. It was opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway on 11 September 1905, and was originally named Pevensey Bay Halt. It was renamed Pevensey Bay on 5 May 1969. [1]
Train services from the station are provided by Southern, and the station is on the East Coastway Line 1 mile 65 chains (2.9 km) down the line from Brighton. The station was opened in May 1980 — the first completely new station on the then Southern Region since the Beeching Axe . [ 1 ]
A level crossing named "Havensmouth" by Network Rail is in operation at Normans Bay, which was upgraded to automatic full length barriers in 2015 in co-operation with the upgrading of part of the East Coastway Line. [2] A self-service ticket machine was installed at the station in 2016.
Falmer railway station is in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, south-east England, 3 miles 39 chains (5.6 km) from Brighton railway station on the East Coastway line. It is operated by Southern. The station serves the village of Falmer as well as the University of Sussex campus and the University of Brighton Falmer campus.