What is London, Brighton and South Coast Railway?
The '''London, Brighton and South Coast Railway''' ('''LBSCR''' was a railway company in [[England]] from [[1846]] to [[1922]]. Its [[territory]] formed a rough [[triangle]], with [[London]] at its apex, most of the coastline of [[Sussex]] as its base, and a large part of [[Surrey]]. The LBSCR had the most direct routes from London to the south coast [[seaside resort]]s of [[Brighton]], [[Eastbourne]], [[Worthing]], [[Littlehampton]] and [[Bognor Regis]], and to the [[port]]s of [[Newhaven, East Sussex|Newhaven]] and [[Shoreham-by-Sea]]. It served the inland towns/cities of [[Chichester]], [[Horsham]], [[East Grinstead]] and [[Lewes]], and jointly served [[Croydon]], [[Tunbridge Wells]], [[Dorking]] and [[Guildford]]. At the London end was a complicated [[suburban]] and outer-suburban network of lines emanating from [[London Bridge station|London Bridge]] and [[London Victoria station|Victoria]], and shared interests in two cross-London lines. The LBSCR was formed by a merger of five companies in 1846. On 1 January [[1923]], it became part of the [[Southern Railway (Great Britain)|Southern Railway]] under the [[Railways Act 1921]]. {{Bigfour}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Pre-grouping British railway companies]]