London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ( LB & SCR , commonly known as the Brighton line ) was a British railway company that existed from 1846 to 1922 . Their territory formed roughly a triangle with London at the top and almost the entire Sussex coast at its base. It was bounded to the west by the routes of the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) and to the east by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SE&CR). LB & SCR offered the most direct connections to the seaside resorts on the south coast, such as B. Brighton , Eastbourne and Worthing . A complex network of suburban lines existed in the southern suburbs of London.
history
The first LB & SCR routes were initially operated by two different companies:
- The London and Croydon Railway (L&CR), founded in 1835, built a line from London Bridge to West Croydon , which opened on June 15, 1839.
- The London and Brighton Railway (L&BR) was founded in 1837 and opened in sections: Brighton - Shoreham-by-Sea on May 12, 1840, Norwood (shared station with L&CR) - Haywards Heath on July 12, 1841 and Haywards Heath - Brighton on September 21, 1841.
Both companies merged on July 27, 1846. The company's main train stations in London were Victoria and London Bridge . With the coming into force of the Railways Act 1921 , the LB & SCR was merged on January 1, 1923 together with the LSWR and the SE&CR to form the Southern Railway . Some LB & SCR steam locomotives are still in operation on museum railways today .
When it came to electrification , LB & SCR was one of the pioneers in Great Britain. As early as 1903, she received approval to convert the suburban lines. Although the Midland Railway routes from Lancaster to Morecambe and Heysham had already been converted, LB & SCR proceeded much more consistently with the conversion and had a much larger network of electrified railway lines than the Midland Railway. Both companies opted for a system with overhead contact lines and 6600 volts alternating current , the main supplier was AEG from Berlin . The catenary network only lasted a few years, however, as the London and South Western Railway equipped a system with conductor rails and their network was far larger than that of the LB & SCR. After the merger, the former LB & SCR lines were also equipped with busbars.
See also
Web links
- LB & SCR fansite (English)