The Brighton main line (also known as the South Central main line) is a major railway line in the United Kingdom that links Brighton, on the south coast of England, with central London. In London the line has two branches, out of London Victoria and London Bridge stations respectively, which join up in Croydon and continue towards Brighton as one line. The line is electrified throughout using the third rail system. The network of services operated by Southern includes local suburban ("Metro") services in South London and regional services extending into the southern Home Counties. All routes are south of the river Thames, with the exception of the West London Route service, which crosses London via Shepherd's Bush and runs up the West Coast Main Line to Milton Keynes. Along with the Thameslink and future Crossrail route, this provides one of the few long-distance National Rail routes to run right across London instead of terminating at one of the London rail termini. Southern routes which do not serve London include the West Coastway and East Coastway Lines along the south coast of both East and West Sussex, Kent and Hampshire. Current fleet Class Image Type Top speed Number Cars per set Routes operated Built mph km/h Southern 171 Turbostar DMU 100 160 171/2 - 2 2 Oxted Line (Uckfield branch) Marshlink Line 2003– 2004 171/4 - 2 4 171/7 - 10[67] 2 171/8 - 6[67] 4 313 EMU 75 120 19 3 West Coastway Line East Coastway Line 1976–1977 377 Electrostar EMU 100 160 377/1 - 62 4 Entire Southern network apart from Oxted to Uckfield and Ore to Ashford International 2001-2005 377/2 - 15 4 377/3 - 28 3 377/4 - 75 4 377/6 - 26 5 2012-2014 377/7 - 8 [68] 5 455/8 EMU 75 120 46 4 Metro and commuter services from London Victoria and London Bridge 1982–1984
Details of each route, including maps and timetables. As of May 2020, the off-peak Monday-Saturday service pattern, with frequencies in trains per hour (tph), consists of:[56] Brighton Mainline Route tph Calling at Stock London Victoria to Littlehampton 2 Clapham Junction, East Croydon, Gatwick Airport, Haywards Heath, Burgess Hill, Hassocks, Preston Park, Hove, Portslade, Shoreham-by-Sea, Lancing (1tph), Worthing, West Worthing, Durrington-on-Sea, Goring-by-Sea, Angmering 377 London Victoria to Eastbourne 1 Clapham Junction, East Croydon, Gatwick Airport, Haywards Heath, Wivelsfield, Cooksbridge, Lewes, Polegate, Hampden Park 377 London Victoria to Ore 1 Clapham Junction, East Croydon, Gatwick Airport, Haywards Heath, Wivelsfield, Plumpton, Lewes, Polegate, Eastbourne, Hampden Park, Pevensey & Westham, Cooden Beach, Collington, Bexhill, St Leonards Warrior Square, Hastings Trains reverse at Eastbourne, and only call at Hampden Park once. 377 London Victoria to Brighton 2 East Croydon, Gatwick Airport, Haywards Heath 377 Arun Valley Route tph Calling at Stock London Victoria to Southampton Central and Bognor Regis via Crawley 1 Clapham Junction, East Croydon, Gatwick Airport, Three Bridges, Crawley, Horsham The two portions divide/attach at Horsham. 377 Southampton Central portion: Barnham, Chichester, Southbourne, Emsworth, Havant, Cosham, Portchester, Fareham, Swanwick Bognor Regis portion: Christ's Hospital, Billingshurst, Pulborough, Amberley, Arundel, Ford, Barnham London Victoria to Portsmouth & Southseaand Bognor Regis via Crawley 1 Clapham Junction, East Croydon, Gatwick Airport, Three Bridges, Crawley, Horsham The two portions divide/attach at Horsham. 377 Portsmouth & Southsea portion: Barnham, Chichester, Havant, Fratton Bognor Regis portion: Billingshurst, Pulborough, Arundel, Ford, Barnham Coastway East Route tph Calling at Stock Brighton to Lewes 2 London Road, Moulsecoomb, Falmer 313 Brighton to Seaford 2 London Road, Moulsecoomb, Falmer, Lewes, Southease (1tph), Newhaven Town, Newhaven Harbour (limited), Bishopstone 313 Brighton to Hastings 1 Moulsecoomb, Falmer, Lewes, Berwick, Polegate, Hampden Park, Eastbourne, Hampden Park (Brighton-bound only), Pevensey & Westham (Brighton-bound only), Bexhill, St Leonards Warrior Square Trains reverse at Eastbourne. Trains call at Hampden Park once towards Hastings but twice towards Brighton. 377 or 387 Brighton to Ore 1 Falmer, Lewes, Glynde, Polegate, Eastbourne, Hampden Park (Ore-bound only), Pevensey & Westham (Ore-bound only), Bexhill, St Leonards Warrior Square, Hastings Trains reverse at Eastbourne. Trains call at Hampden Park once, towards Ore only. 377 or 387 Eastbourne to Ashford International 1 Hampden Park, Pevensey & Westham, Pevensey Bay (limited), Normans Bay, Cooden Beach, Collington, Bexhill, St Leonards Warrior Square, Hastings, Ore, Three Oaks(1tp2h), Doleham (limited), Winchelsea (1tp2h), Rye, Appledore, Ham Street Three Oaks and Winchelsea are served by alternate trains. 171 Coastway West Route tph Calling at Stock Brighton to Hove 2 313 Brighton to West Worthing 2 Hove, Aldrington, Portslade, Fishersgate, Southwick, Shoreham-by-Sea, Lancing, East Worthing, Worthing 313 Brighton to Southampton Central 1 Hove, Portslade, Southwick, Shoreham-by-Sea, Lancing, Worthing, West Worthing, Durrington-on-Sea, Goring-by-Sea, Angmering, Ford, Barnham, Chichester, Emsworth, Havant, Cosham, Fareham, Swanwick 377 Brighton to Portsmouth Harbour 1 Hove, Portslade, Southwick, Shoreham-by-Sea, Lancing, Worthing, Angmering, Barnham, Chichester, Southbourne, Emsworth, Havant, Fratton, Portsmouth & Southsea 377 Littlehampton to Portsmouth & Southsea 1 Ford, Barnham, Chichester, Fishbourne, Bosham, Nutbourne, Southbourne, Emsworth, Warblington, Havant, Bedhampton, Hilsea, Fratton 313 Littlehampton to Bognor Regis 1 Ford, Barnham 313 Barnham to Bognor Regis 1 313
Oxted Route tph Calling at Stock London Victoria to East Grinstead 2 Clapham Junction, East Croydon, Sanderstead, Riddlesdown, Upper Warlingham, Woldingham, Oxted, Hurst Green, Lingfield, Dormans 377 London Bridge to Uckfield 1 East Croydon, Oxted, Hurst Green, Edenbridge Town, Hever, Cowden, Ashurst, Eridge, Crowborough, Buxted 171 Redhill Route tph Calling at Stock London Victoria to Reigate 2 Clapham Junction, East Croydon, Purley, Coulsdon South, Merstham, Redhill 377 Redhill to Tonbridge 1 Nutfield, Godstone, Edenbridge, Penshurst, Leigh 377 West London Route tph Calling at Stock Milton Keynes Central to Clapham Junction 1 Bletchley, Leighton Buzzard, Tring, Berkhamsted, Hemel Hempstead, Watford Junction, Harrow & Wealdstone, Wembley Central, Shepherd's Bush, Kensington (Olympia), West Brompton, Imperial Wharf 377 Metro Route tph Calling at Stock London Victoria to Dorking(and Horsham) via Carshalton 2 Clapham Junction, Carshalton, Sutton, Cheam, Epsom, Ashtead, Leatherhead, Box Hill & Westhumble (1tph); 1tph extended to/from Horsham, calling at Holmwood, Ockley and Warnham Box Hill & Westhumble is served by trains to/from Horsham. 377 London Victoria to Epsom via Carshalton 2 Clapham Junction, Balham, Mitcham Eastfields, Mitcham Junction, Hackbridge, Carshalton, Sutton, Cheam, Ewell East 377 London Victoria to Sutton (and Epsom Downs) via Norbury 4 Battersea Park, Clapham Junction, Wandsworth Common, Balham, Streatham Common, Norbury, Thornton Heath, Selhurst, West Croydon, Waddon, Wallington, Carshalton Beeches; 2tph extended to/from Epsom Downs, calling at Belmont and Banstead. 377 or 455 London Victoria to West Croydon via Gipsy Hill 2 Battersea Park, Clapham Junction, Wandsworth Common, Balham, Streatham Hill, West Norwood, Gipsy Hill, Crystal Palace, Norwood Junction 377 London Victoria to London Bridge via Gipsy Hill 2 Battersea Park, Clapham Junction, Wandsworth Common, Balham, Streatham Hill, West Norwood, Gipsy Hill, Crystal Palace Services continue to London Bridge via Sydenham (see below). 377 London Bridge to London Victoria via Sydenham 2 New Cross Gate, Brockley, Honor Oak Park, Forest Hill, Sydenham, Crystal Palace Services continue to London Victoria via Gipsy Hill (see above). 377 London Bridge to Coulsdon Town via Sydenham 2 New Cross Gate, Brockley, Honor Oak Park, Forest Hill, Sydenham, Penge West, Anerley, Norwood Junction, East Croydon, South Croydon, Purley Oaks, Purley, Reedham 455 London Bridge to Epsom 2 Norwood Junction, West Croydon, Waddon, Wallington, Carshalton Beeches, Sutton, Cheam, Ewell East 377 London Bridge to Caterham and Tattenham Corner 2 East Croydon, South Croydon, Purley Oaks, Purley The two portions divide/attach at Purley. 377 Caterham portion: Kenley, Whyteleafe, Whyteleafe South Tattenham Corner portion: Reedham, Coulsdon Town, Woodmansterne, Chipstead, Kingswood, Tadworth London Bridge to Caterham via Peckham Rye and Norbury 2 South Bermondsey, Queens Road Peckham, Peckham Rye, East Dulwich, North Dulwich, Tulse Hill, Streatham, Streatham Common, Norbury, Thornton Heath, Selhurst, East Croydon, Purley, Kenley, Whyteleafe, Whyteleafe South 377 or 455 London Bridge to Beckenham Junction via Peckham Rye 2 South Bermondsey, Queens Road Peckham, Peckham Rye, East Dulwich, North Dulwich, Tulse Hill, West Norwood, Gipsy Hill, Crystal Palace, Birkbeck
Excellent idea and if Dovetail games are able to get the licensing from Great Northern thameslink the parent company that owns then you can have Class 700 trains. They operate brighten Gatwick airport London Victoria King's Cross Cambridge Peterborough then the other branch which goes up the Midland Mainline to Bedford.
This suggestion is quite hard to read the service pattern, although I do support this route. The Brighton Mainline is missing a significant number of services, including Thameslink throughout from East Croydon to Various locations and Gatwick Express services that run between Brighton, Gatwick Airport and London Victoria. Hopefully it can be added at some point!
Horsham to Peterborough 2 per hour Gatwick Airport to Bedford 2 per hour Brighton to Bedford 2 per hour Brighton to Cambridge 2 per hour
Definitely.... seems to be a really highly requested route in the recent few months. Would recommend that they added Keymer Junction to Lewes as well, because that would create the Triangle
I believe GoVia is the parent company of GTR which includes Thameslink, Southern, Great Northern and Gatwick Express. The firm also have the Southeastern franchise. Essentially, they're all the same company but I don't know how licensing works. Given they've got licenses for two of GoVia's operating companies I don't think negotiating for the others would be too difficult however I'm sure it's more complicated than that
That Explains to why they are able to get East Coast Way Southern and Southeast High Speed London St Pancras down to Gillingham due to a Govia deal for Southern Rail and Southeast Services. If Dovetail Games was able to expand their licensing agreement with Govia then we can get this route London Victoria to Brighton Thameslink Cambridge to Gatwick Airport. The best thing that Dovetail Games can do is bundle London Brighton with Thameslink bridge to Gatwick Airport Southeast high speed and East Coastway for $29.99. For the European user I expect it to be something like £20.00 & €25.00 that's $30 in their local Currency.
article was accidently released, but was then removed the brighton mainline will feature GATEX class 387's and Southern class 377/4
YAY! Though... I can't tell if the branch to Lewes will be included to connect it to ECW... it doesn't look like it will be
Unfortunately not, however the article said they would be adding improved ai passengers to other routes
How much lobbying will we need to do to get the Lewes line in ;P Better passenger AI is appreciated though
I knew it! The Brighton Mainline and Bahnstrecke Riesa-Dresden were coming to Rush Hour. Yes! I was right, I knew they were coming!
I’m very surprised the leaks on the forums not been deleted I still think there will be a lot of hype on Tuesday if DTG article confirming this was all true
Do you think we will able to drive the DB BR 101 on Bahnstrecke Riesa-Dresden, just like in Train Simulator on PC?
Because it was released before the announcement date, but it was just An accident as they probably pressed publish instead of save draft
No, it’s true. Why would they put that much effort into something that it’s fake. The screenshots look legitimate and the ai passengers look different
No one absolutely knows, it was visible to some people on the Wayback machine and appeared to be a bona fide DTG web URL.
