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Brighton Railway Bill: minutes of evidence taken before the Lords Committee to whom the bill intituled "an act for making a railway to join the London and Southampton Railway near London, and to form a communication between London and Brighton by way of Shoreham", was committed, by House of Lords, published 1836 (London: Vacher & Son)

Report of the Committee of the House of Commons on the London and Brighton Railway Bills, Stephenson and Rennie's Lines, by House of Commons, published 1836 (London: Vacher & Son)

The direct London & Brighton Railway, Session 1836. Speech on the summing up of the evidence of traffic, given before the Committee of the House of Commons, in support of Sir John Rennie's, or the direct line., by Sir David Pollock, published 1836 (London: W. Lewis)

Railroads; statements and reflections thereon; particularly with reference to the proposed railroad without a tunnel, and the competition for the line between London and Brighton, edited by A Shareholder, at the request of other shareholders, published 4 June 1838 (London: James Moyes)

The London and Brighton railway guide: containing a correct description of the railway, historical and topographical notices of the places contiguous to the various stations and the official map and section of the line to which is added a complete list of hackney coach and cab fares, with the distances to all parts of London and Brighton., by London and Brighton Railway, published 1841 (London: J. R. Robbins)

Mogg's Brighton Railway, and Brighton, Lewes, Shoreham and Worthing Guide, by Edward Mogg, published 1841 (London) accessible at: British Library

Bradshaw's descriptive guide to the London & Brighton Railway: containing a full and accurate account of all the various places and objects of interest along the line, together with their historical and general associations, and a compendious topographical description of all the admired places of resort in the vicinity of Brighton , by E. L. Blanchard and George Bradshaw, published 1844 (London: W. J. Adams)

The Official Illustrated Guide to the Brighton and South Coast Railways and All Their Branches, Including a Description of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, and a Topographical Account of the Isle of Wight , by George S. Meason, published 1853 (vi + 120 pp., London: H. G. Collins) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

London, Brighton, & South Coast Railway and the South Eastern Railway Company: Heads of agreement of 12th November, 1847; and agreements of 10th July, 1848. , by London, Brighton and South Coast Railway & South Eastern Railway (Great Britain), published 1855 (McCorquodale & Co.)

Brighton and South Coast Railway. Everybody's guide to Brighton, Hastings, and South Coast. A descriptive supplement to the Penny Time Tables, published 1861 (19 pp., London: W. J. Adams) accessible at: British Library

The London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway. Its position and prospects, by a Proprietor, published 1875 (London) accessible at: British Library

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Panoramic Guide. A description of the principal objects of interest, edited by Robert Kemp Philp, published 1876 (44 pp., London) accessible at: British Library

The Life and trial of Percy Lefroy, charged with the Brighton railway murder: the judge's summing-up, verdict, and sentence, published 1881 (16 pp., London: G. Purkess) accessible at: British Library

Concerns the murder of Frederick Isaac Gold

The Truth about the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, its accounts, its working, and its assailants. Second edition, with notes in reply to criticisms, etc., by John Monteath Douglas, published 1882 (16 pp., London: Effingham Wilson) accessible at: British Library

The true position and prospects of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company: being facts and figures disclosed in their official statements, from 1868 to 1882, by John Fraser, published 1882 (London: Everett & Son)

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company: being a further critical review of its financial position, by James P. Lythgoe, published 1882 (London: Wertheimer Lea)

The official guide to the London, Brighton & south coast Railway: and the Newhaven route to Rouen, Paris and the continent., by London Brighton and South Coast Railway, published 1893 (London: Cassell & Co.)

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway: Its passenger services, rolling stock, locomotives, gradients, and express speeds, by John P. Pearson, published 1896 (56 pp., Cassell)

The locomotives of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, 1839-1903, by Frank Burtt, published 1903 (Locomotive Publishing Co.) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The South-Eastern and Chatham and London, Brighton and South Coast Railways, by G. E. Mitton, published 1912 (Adam & Charles Black)

Locomotive and Train Working on the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway: From Locomotive and Train Working in the Latter Part of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. Five, by Ernest Leopold Ahrons, published 1919 in Railway Magazine (article) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506447]

The locomotives of the London Brighton & South Coast Railway , by W. G. Tilling, published 1920 (56 pp., published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The locomotives of the London, Brighton and South Coast railway, 1903-1923, by J. N. Maskelyne, published 1928 (Locomotive Publishing Co.) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The first main line electrification in England: completion of stage I of the Southern Railway's electrification to Brighton. , published 1932 (Railway Gazette)

The locomotives of the London Brighton & South Coast Railway , by W. G. Tilling, published 1932 (3rd edition, 56 pp., published by the author)

Railways in Sussex. V - Volk's Electric Railway, by Charles F. Klapper, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 8, article, pp.511-514) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Railways in Sussex. VI - The First Railway in Sussex, by Charles F. Klapper, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 9, article, pp.584-588) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Railways in Sussex. VII - The Brighton Main Line, by Charles F. Klapper, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 11, article, pp.734-736) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

The Brighton Line Signalling, published 1933 (pamphlet, Westinghouse Brake and Signal Ltd) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7260]

The Brighton main line: a retrospect, by O. J. Morris and E. R. Lacey, published 1933 in Railway Magazine (vol. 11, article, pp.54-66)

Electrification on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, published c.1933 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.514-519)   Download PDF

Electric Traction and Brighton, by Charles F. Klapper, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 2, article, p.96) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

Stephenson's London and Brighton Railway: speech of W.P. Wood, Esq. on summing up the engineering evidence given in support of the bill for Stephenson's line of railway before the Right Hon. Committee of the House of Lords, 22d July, 1836, by William Page Wood, published 1936 (Westminster: Vacher)

The First London to Brighton Railway, 1841, by Cyril Bruyn Andrews, published 1937 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XI no. 4, article, pp.248-249) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2316][Lib 9332] & The Keep [LIB/500182]

L.B. & S.C.R. Locomotives: An Up-To-Date Survey from 1870 , by Frank Burtt, published 1946 (57 pp., Ian Allen)

The L.B.S.C.R. West Coast Section, by G. A. Sekon, published January 1946 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.14-)   Download PDF

Abandoned Lines of the L.B.S.C.R., by G. A. Sekon, published November 1946 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.346-366)   Download PDF

Smart Work by Brighton Semi-Fast Units, by F. S. Bond, published March 1947 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.79-81)   Download PDF

Steam Working in the Brighton District, by B. K. Cooper, published November 1947 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.381-382)   Download PDF

The L.B.S.C.R. East Coast Section, by the late G. A. Sekon, published May 1948 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.146-)   Download PDF

Brighton Line Time-Keeping and Recovery, by F. S. Bond, published March 1949 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.89-91)   Download PDF

Single-Drivers of the Brighton, published March 1949 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.92-93)   Download PDF

From Paddington to Brighton, by H. A. Vallance, published July 1949 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.221-223)   Download PDF

The Brighton Direct Schemes of 1883, 1901 and 1902, by R. A. Savill, published March 1950 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.188-193)   Download PDF

L.B. & S.C.R.: A collection of photographs, by Owen James Morris, published 1952 (Ian Allan Publishing)

The Centenary of Brighton Works, by E. J. Tyler, published May 1952 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.291-309)   Download PDF

A Memorable Run by a Brighton "Terrier", by J. Pelham Maitland, published c.August 1952 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.346-347)   Download PDF

The Brighton Line Resignalling, Southern Region, published December 1952 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.829-831)   Download PDF

By Rail to Kemp Town, by R. C. Riley, published December 1952 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.832-836)   Download PDF

The Brighton Electrification - A Twenty-Year Retrospect, by P. H. S. Martin, published January 1953 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.48-52)   Download PDF

To Brighton through the Shoreham Gap, by H. A. Vallance, published February 1953 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.75-83)   Download PDF

On the Brighton Line Fifty Years Ago, by F. S. Bond, published September 1953 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.579-583)   Download PDF

The Brighton Radials, by B. G. Worsfold, published December 1954 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.863-865)   Download PDF

The Genesis of the South Coast Lines, by H. C. P. Smail, published October 1955 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.665-672)   Download PDF

Last of the Brighton "D3" Tanks, by H. C. P. Smail, published March 1956 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.157-161)   Download PDF

Slip Coaches on the L.B.S.C.R., by H. M. Madgwick, published December 1956 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.853-854)   Download PDF

Some "Brighton" Reminiscences, by C. R. L. Coles, published April 1957 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.238-243)   Download PDF

Mocatta's Stations for the Brighton Railway, by David Cole, published 1958 in Journal of Transport History (vol. 3, article, pp.149-157) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 1825/p149-157]

By Pullman to Brighton, by Charles E. Lee, published November 1958 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.739-745)   Download PDF

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway: A mechanical history of the London & Brighton, the London & Croydon, and the London, Brighton & South Coast Railways from 1839 to 1922, by C. Hamilton Ellis, published 1960 (271 pp., Ian Allen Publishing)

The Brighton and South Eastern Grouping Proposal, 1888, by Michael Robbins, published April 1961 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.242-245)   Download PDF

Suburban tanks of the L.B.S.C.R., by J. Pelham Maitland, published January 1963 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.1-)   Download PDF

The Brighton Inspector, by J. H. Wootton, published July 1963 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.493-495)   Download PDF

For Brighton Line Expresses, published December 1964 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.1-)   Download PDF

Brighton Line Album, by R. C. Riley, published 1 January 1967 (112 pp., Ian Allen, ISBN-10: 0711003939 & ISBN-13: 9780711003934) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The Brighton Terriers, by C. J. Binnie, published 1969 (50 pp. with 24 illus. on 16 plates, Ravensbourne Press)

Potted histories of the Brighton Terriers (with scrapping details) and 22 pages of scale drawings (mostly 7mm/ft, detail drawings at 14mm/ft). Also covers Highland Railway predecessors and Terriers sold to other companies.

Life at Brighton Locomotive Works, 1928-1936, (Locomotion papers 54), by A. C. Perryman, published 1971 (67 pp., Lingfield: Oakwood Press) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506069] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Magnus Volk of Brighton, by Conrad Volk, published 1 October 1971 (352 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 0900592850 & ISBN-13: 9780900592850) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506442] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Volk's electric railway, and how it is worked: particulars of the Brighton Electric Railway , by Magnus Volk, published 1972 (7th edition, 8 pp., Farnborough: Eltrac Publications, ISBN-10: 0900433469 & ISBN-13: 9780900433467) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries   View Online

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, by C. Hamilton Ellis, published 20 March 1972 (new impression edition, 272 pp., Littlehampton Book Services, ISBN-10: 071100269X & ISBN-13: 9780711002692) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12382] & The Keep [LIB/506446] & East Sussex Libraries

Brighton Belle, by Nicholas Owen, published 1 March 1972 (24 pp., Southern Electric Group, ISBN-10: 0950237604 & ISBN-13: 9780950237602) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Brighton Line Album, by R. C. Riley, published 21 August 1972 (new impression edition, 112 pp., Littlehapton Book Services Ltd., ISBN-10: 0711003939 & ISBN-13: 9780711003934) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506435] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Always a Layman, by John Langley, published 1 December 1976 (67 pp., Brighton: QueenSpark Books with the Sussex Labour History Society, ISBN-10: 0904733033 & ISBN-13: 9780904733037) accessible at: The Keep archive of QueenSpark Books & British Library & East Sussex Libraries

This fascinating personal history describes John Langley's childhood in poverty in Hove before the First World War, his apprenticeship at the age of 13 on the railway in Brighton, the progression of his career as a railway carriage painter and the good and bad times of Brighton family life. The account of the harshness of working lives at the time and the grinding poverty in which many people were brought up in Brighton and Hove make this an important autobiographical document, dating from 1976.

The London to Brighton Line, 1841-1977, by Adrian Gray, published 1977 (127 pp. with 33 illus. on 16 plates, 4 maps, 7 layout plans, 9 appendices & a bibliography, Blandford: Oakwood Press) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, by John Howard Turner, published 1977 (three volumes , London: Batsford) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Southern steam in works: Brighton-Ashford-Eastleigh, by Tony Fairclough and Alan Wills, published 1978 (96 pp., Truro: Bradford Burton, ISBN-10: 0851533426 & ISBN-13: 9780851533421)

Volk's Railway, Brighton, 1883-1968, by Alan Arthur Jackson, published 1979 (20 pp., London: Light Railway Transport League for the Borough of Brighton, ISBN-10: 0900433760 & ISBN-13: 9780900433764) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Brighton to Portsmouth Line (Locomotion Papers 133), by N. Pallant, published 1980 (booklet, 44 pp. with 32 illus. on 16 plates, Oakwood Press, ISBN-10: 085361279X & ISBN-13: 9780853612797) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13966] & West Sussex Libraries

Growth of a Railway - London to Brighton: A Collection of Contemporary Documents, published March 1980 (80 pp., DCL Publications, ISBN-10: 0907103006 & ISBN-13: 9780907103004) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Rail Centres: Brighton, by B. K. Cooper, published 1981 (144 pp., Ian Allen Publishing) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

When Steam was King at Brighton: a nostalgic glimpse into the old Brighton works, the machines and the men of the age of steam , by A. C. Perryman, published 1982 (64 pp., Rochester Press, ISBN-10: 0946379009 & ISBN-13: 9780946379002) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

London, Brighton and the South Coast Album, by Klaus Marx and John Minnis, published 1 June 1982 (112 pp., Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, ISBN-10: 0711011877 & ISBN-13: 9780711011878) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Volk's railway, Brighton, 1883-1983 centenary, by Jennifer Pulling, published 1983 (11 pp., Brighton: Brighton Borough Council) accessible at: British Library

The tickets of Volk's Electric Railway, Brighton, by Peter Wootton, published c.1983 (15 pp., Luton: Transport Ticket Society) accessible at: British Library

South Coast Railways: Brighton to Worthing, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published 18 March 1983 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520037 & ISBN-13: 9780906520031) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8631] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Brighton Line, by G. J. Eddolls, published 25 August 1983 (48 pp., David & Charles, ISBN-10: 0715382519 & ISBN-13: 9780715382516) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

South Coast Railways: Brighton to Eastbourne, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published 22 March 1985 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520169 & ISBN-13: 9780906520161) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Down the Line to Brighton, by Muriel V. Searle, published May 1986 (160 pp., London: Baton Transport, ISBN-10: 0859362396 & ISBN-13: 9780859362399) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Southern Main Lines: Three Bridges to Brighton, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published October 1986 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520355 & ISBN-13: 9780906520352) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9666] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Down the Line to Brighton, by Muriel V. Searle, published 31 December 1988 (160 pp., London: Bloomsbury Books, ISBN-10: 1870630319 & ISBN-13: 9781870630313)

Index to people working on the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, taken from the census for Eastbourne and district, 1851, 61, 71 & 81, edited by R. Milton, published 1989 (22 pp., Family Roots F.H.S. Eastbourne & District) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506065] & British Library & East Sussex Libraries

The clocks of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway , by D. R. Parr, published 1989 in Antiquarian Horological Society (vol. 18, no. 1, article, pp.35-51)

Fred, the Railway Engineer, by Michael Banister, published June 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 6, article, pp.265-267) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Fredrick Dale Banister (1823-1897) built railways, bridges, tunnels and docks for the London Brighton & South Coast railways. He was fifth of six children of Samuel Banister and Mary Norris. He married Nancy Richardson in 1847 and they had 10 children. His second wife was Annie Fisher. Article covers the years 1799 - 1897 in the parishes of Brighton, Sussex and Holborn, London.

London to Brighton: 150 Years of Britain's Premier Holiday Line, by Michael H. C. Baker, published 18 September 1989 (224 pp. & 8 colour plates, Patrick Stephens Ltd., ISBN-10: 1852601469 & ISBN-13: 9781852601461) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

E. J. Bedford of Lewes: Photographer of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, by John Minnis, published 1 October 1989 (104 pp., Wild Swan Publications, ISBN-10: 0906867754 & ISBN-13: 9780906867754) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Pullman Craftsmen: Life in the Pullman Car Company's Preston Park Works Brighton 1947-1963 - A View from the Shop Floor, by Nick Wellings with reminiscences of three craftsmen - Don Carter, Joe Kent and geoff Hart, published 1992 (74 pp., Brighton: Queenspark, ISBN-10: 0904733505 & ISBN-13: 9780904733501) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Volk's Railways, Brighton: An Illustrated History, by Alan A. Jackson, published 1 April 1993 (48 pp., Plateway Press, ISBN-10: 1871980186 & ISBN-13: 9781871980189) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

London Brighton and South Coast Railway: Signal Boxes in 1920-1922: Part 1 - London to Brighton, by John M. Wagstaff, published 1 November 1994 (112 pp., Signalling Record Society, ISBN-10: 1873228082 & ISBN-13: 9781873228081)

Bogie Carriages of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, by David Gould, published 1 May 1995 (208 pp., The Oakwood Press, ISBN-10: 0853614709 & ISBN-13: 9780853614708)

London Brighton and South Coast Railway: Signal Boxes in 1920-1922: Part 2 - East of the London and Brighton Line, by John M. Wagstaff, published 29 December 1995 (124 pp., Signalling Record Society, ISBN-10: 1873228104 & ISBN-13: 9781873228104)

Yesterday Once More: Story of Brighton's Steam, by F. Rich, published 15 February 1996 (208 pp., P. E. Waters, ISBN-10: 0948904542 & ISBN-13: 9780948904547) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Brighton's Place in the Development of the "Tunnelling-and-Shoot-Hole" System for Making Railway Cuttings, by Paul Sowan, published 1997 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 27, article, pp.18-21, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506527]   Download PDF

There is on display in the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery an extraordinary watercolour, attributed to one George Smith (fI. 1833-56), entitled 'Excavating the Brighton Railway (Shoreham Branch)'. This is dated 1839, and the branch from Shoreham was the first line of railway into Brighton to be opened to traffic, on 12 May 1840. It has been suggested that the artist was the same George Smith, of Brighton, whose depiction of 'The Viaduct on the Brighton to Lewes Railway', 1845, is also held by the Museum and Art Gallery.

Brighton Station - an architectural and historical appraisal, by Keith Leicester and Ron Martin, published 1998 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 28, article, pp.4-11, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506527]   Download PDF

The London and Brighton Railway Act was passed in 1837 authorising the London and Brighton Railway Company to construct a route with branches both to Shoreham in the west and to Lewes and Newhaven in the east. Construction was commenced in 1838 and in July 1841 the track was opened from London to Haywards Heath and extended to Brighton in September 1841. The Shoreham branch had opened earlier in May, 1840 and the branch to Lewes and Newhaven was to open in December, 1847. The London and Brighton Railway Company combined with the London and Croydon Railway Company in 1846 to form the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR).

Ferry Services of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, by Steve Jordan, published 30 June 1998 (112 pp., The Oakwood Press, ISBN-10: 0853615217 & ISBN-13: 9780853615217) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

London Brighton and South Coast Railway: Signal Boxes in 1920-1922: Part 3 - Mid Sussex and West Coast Lines and Branches, by John M. Wagstaff, published 1 September 1998 (120 pp., Signalling Record Society, ISBN-10: 1873228147 & ISBN-13: 9781873228142)

London, Brighton and the South Coast Railway, by John Minnis, published 1999 (Tempus, ISBN-10: 075241626X & ISBN-13: 9780752416267) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Portrait of the Terriers, by Handel Kardas, published 24 June 1999 (132 pp., Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN-10: 0711026521 & ISBN-13: 9780711026520) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A pictorial history of the Terrier class 0-6-0s originally built for the London Brighton and South Coast Railway. The book explores the record of the class from its origins in the 1870s through to its withdrawal in the 1960s.

London Brighton and South Coast Railway: Signal Boxes in 1920-1922: Part 4 - Dorking and Suburban Lines, by John M. Wagstaff, published 29 October 1999 (112 pp., Signalling Record Society, ISBN-10: 1873228163 & ISBN-13: 9781873228166)

An analysis of proposed routes for the London and Brighton Railway Line, by Peter S. Richards, published 2000 in Journal of the Railway and Canal Historical Society (vol. 33, no. 177, article, pp.389-394)

Brighton's railway workers in the 1850s, by June A. Sheppard, published 2001 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 139, article, pp.191-201) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14916] & The Keep [LIB/500292] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The arrival of the railway in 1840/41 led to many changes in Brighton, including the provision of new employment opportunities on the trains, in the station, and in the workshops. Most of the railway workers lived in streets close to the station and workshops. The approximate numbers and types of workers in the 1850s are identified using both the records of the railway company itself and the 1851 Census Enumerators' Books. Birthplace details in the latter source show that many of the less-skilled jobs were filled by Sussex born men, while engine-drivers and workshop artisans had frequently migrated from more distant parts of the country. In a small sample of Sussex-born men, a smaller percentage appear to have come from an agricultural background than might have been expected.

A Brighton locomotive chronology, by G. A. Yeomans, published 2002 (330 pp. in 4 volumes, published by the author)

Rail Centres: Brighton, by B. K. Cooper, published 1 March 2004 (2nd revised edition, 144 pp., Book Law Publications, ISBN-10: 1901945111 & ISBN-13: 9781901945119)

The Trail of the Serpent: The True Story of a Victorian Murder on the London-to-Brighton Railway Line, by James Gardner, published 18 November 2004 (192 pp., Pomegranate Press, ISBN-10: 0954258762 & ISBN-13: 9780954258764) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502147] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The provenance of Brighton's railway workers, by June Sheppard, published Spring 2004 in Local Population Studies Society (Issue 72, article, pp.16-33)   Download PDF

British Steam Railways - Issue 30 - The Brighton Terriers, published 2006 (De Agostini)

A failed rehousing scheme in Brighton by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway , by David Roberts, published 2006 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 144, article, pp.191-201) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15759] & The Keep [LIB/500362] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In February 1901, the London Brighton and South Coast Railway submitted plans to Brighton County Borough Council and the Local Government Board to build 125 artisan dwellings in Compton Road and Inwood Crescent. Under legislation for the housing of the working classes, this development was a rehousing scheme to replace dwellings which were to be demolished to make room for an extension to the Brighton Railway Goods Yard. It produced a legacy of good-quality housing, but as a rehousing scheme it was a failure because very few people from the demolished houses became tenants.

London, Brighton and the South Coast Railway, by John Minnis, published 1 April 2007 (128 pp., The History Press, ISBN-10: 0752443194 & ISBN-13: 9780752443195) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14654]

Brighton's Railway District in the mid-nineteenth century, by June A. Sheppard, published 2008 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 146, article, pp.189-198) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15997] & The Keep [LIB/500364] & S.A.S. library   View Online

An area close to the railway stations and engineering works is identified as Brighton's Railway District c. 1860. It comprised streets of small terraced houses built between 1820 and 1860, most rented for a few shillings a week, where railway employees formed at least 10 per cent of household heads. Rateable values, though generally low, varied from street to street, and there was a broad correlation between these values and the employment grades of the railwaymen household heads who resided in each street. Four sample streets illustrate the income levels and some of the other factors that influenced the choice of place of residence.

The LBSCR Elevated Electrification: A Pictorial View of Construction, by Stephen Grant, published 15 September 2011 (62 pp., Southampton: Noodle Books, ISBN-10: 1906419655 & ISBN-13: 9781906419653) accessible at: British Library

With the growing interest in early railways and the similar desire for something a bit different , author Stephen Grant tells the tale of the LBSCR in all its glory. The origins of this book date from a century ago. A time when electrification was being seriously considered for suburban railway use, in an effort to counteract the success of the various street tramways which had started to make considerable inroads into the income of the railway companies. How this affected the London, Brighton & South Coast railway on their suburban lines around London has been told in words elsewhere - but not in pictures, and certainly not in pictures taken by the LBSCR at the actual time the work was in progress! This 64 page album is a stunning series of images originating from the collection of the late R C (Dick) Riley purchased by the publisher from his estate some years ago.. Stephen has breathed life into the photographs, identifying locations and providing detail only a true expert would be able to identify

East Sussex Railways: Volume 1: The Ashford to Brighton Line, by Paul O'Callaghan, published 20 November 2011 (80 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857703650 & ISBN-13: 9781857703658) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

In this, the first of Paul O'Callaghan's two volumes on East Sussex Coastal Railways, the Ashford to Brighton Line is featured. Fully illustrated throughout with both colour and black and white photographs, the author fulfils his long held ambition, to get his extensive and some previously unseen pictures and research published.
This book details the history of the stations construction and openings, The Marshlink festival in 2007 and the campaign to save Three Oaks, Doleham and Winchelsea stations. A description of the development of each station and halts on the Brighton to Ashford line (including the lost St Leonards Marina station), illustrated with many old and new photographs.
The author was born in New Eltham, in London. He now lives in Eastbourne since 2005.

The Brighton Belle, by Stephen Grant and Simon Jeffs, published 1 September 2012 (2nd revised edition, 80 pp., Capital Transport Publishing, ISBN-10: 185414362X & ISBN-13: 9781854143624) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

To travel on the Brighton Belle was to travel in style, a style more closely associated with the Orient Express on extended ventures overseas than a journey between London and Brighton that took less than an hour. Businessmen used it, but so too did many people in radio, television and the theatre. Indeed it was a campaign to keep it running organised by a group of celebrities that saved it (albeit not for long) from the axe in the mid-1960s. It last ran on the last day of April 1972, by which time its magic had faded to some extent, but it is still remembered with affection today.

Pullman Profile No 4: The Brighton Belle and Southern Electric Pullmans, by Anthony M. Ford, published 31 July 2013 (192 pp., Noodle Books, ISBN-10: 1909328057 & ISBN-13: 9781909328051)

This is the fourth book in the very popular and highly acclaimed Pullman Profile series, which as with all the other titles, is a meticulously researched and beautifully presented work covering the famed Brighton Belle trains as well as the slightly less well known 'PUL' sets. There is much new information in this book, and it covers the rationale behind the design, build and their operation in service. Antony Ford has gone to great lengths to secure previously unseen material as well as recounting the stories from many of the regular travellers who used the service. Although this is the fourth book in the series, it will stand well on its own.

The Brighton Line: A Traction History, by Simon Jeffs, published 21 November 2013 (96 pp., Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1445619423 & ISBN-13: 9781445619422) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The London to Brighton Line was built to serve the leisure market rather than industry. It initially carried nineteenth-century pleasure-seekers from the capital to fashionable Brighton, and subsequent services such as the Brighton Belle, the Sunny South Express and the Gatwick Express continued in that tradition. However, it also became a commuter line with fast services that made it possible to work in the City but live in the expanding suburbs to the south of London, or, later, in Surrey or Sussex. As well as steam locomotives, atmospheric traction was used on the Brighton Line, and, from 1909, electrification, which had reached Brighton by 1 January 1933 as well as the diesel locomotives still in use today. In this book, Simon Jeffs looks at the various forms of traction used on the Brighton Line, which give it a special identity even to this day.

Bradshaw's Guide: Surrey & Sussex Railways London, Brighton and South coast, by Simon Jeffs, published 15 July 2014 (96 pp., Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1445640406 & ISBN-13: 9781445640402) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The LBSCR was the main route connecting London with Brighton and the pleasures of the South Coast resorts. In this latest volume Bradshaw takes us on the journey and, via the numerous branch lines, also explores the coastal lines, westwards to Chichester and eastwards, on the Brighton and Lewes branch to Eastbourne, St Leonards and Hastings. The network of branch lines within Surrey and Sussex reaches a number of destinations including Croydon, Redhill, Reigate, Dorking, Guildford, Epsom, East Grinstead, Horsham, Uckfield and Battle, and in the north of Surrey the LSWR loop takes in Richmond and Kew.
'Seldom has the gigantic intellect of man been employed upon a work of greater utility.' Punch, in praise of Bradshaw's publications.
Bradshaw's guide was published in 1863, not that long after most of the railway network had been completed. It gives the reader a unique insight into the world of the Victorian railways and goes beyond the engineering aspects to record the sights to be seen in the towns and cities encountered along the way. Local author and railway expert Simon Jeffs accompanies Bradshaw's original text with contemporary images and many new colour photographs of the same journeys today.

Henfield's Wonderful Railway: The Brighton to Horsham Line 1861-1966, by Eddie J. Colgate, published 1 June 2015 (128 pp., George Mann Publications, ISBN-10: 1907640142 & ISBN-13: 9781907640148) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The story of a Sussex Branch Railway, steam hauled from 1861 until 1964: the people building it; the celebratory opening; the effect on village life; incidents and accidents; its development and demise.

L.B.S.C.R Brighton Atlantics, by James S. Baldwin, published 31 August 2016 (160 pp., Pen & Sword Transport, ISBN-10: 1783463686 & ISBN-13: 9781783463688) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The Brighton Atlantic locomotives were some of the most handsome machines ever constructed at Brighton Works. They were signed by the D. Earl Marsh, Locomotive Superintendent of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway, and produced as two classes, the H1, introduced in 1905-1906, and the H2, introduced in 1911 1912. The Brighton Atlantic type has had a following among enthusiasts and model engineers for over a century, with many fine examples of models of these machines being constructed in all scales, both as live steam and electric powered. Great interest is still there today, with many models of these fine locomotives on show at model engineering exhibitions and on smaller scale Brighton or Southern layouts. The Bluebell Railway in East Sussex is currently constructing a full-size replica of the last H2 Atlantic (Beachy Head) in a workshop at Sheffield Park, using some parts from the original locomotive and a rescued Great Northern Atlantic boiler. The project to construct a replica machine has aroused a great deal of public interest in this design of locomotive. At this time there are no books available on the market for anyone who would like to construct a model on, or take an interest in, the replica project on the Bluebell Railway.

Signalling and Signal Boxes Along the LB&SCR and Isle of Wight Railway Routes , by Allen Jackson, published 1 June 2017 (96 pp., Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1445669307 & ISBN-13: 9781445669304) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Over the course of three volumes, Allen Jackson uses an array of photographs to lavishly illustrate the story of signalling in the principal constituents of the Southern Rail region ? focusing here on the London Brighton & South Coast Railway and Isle of Wight routes. The Prince Regent first popularized Brighton as a pleasure destination in the eighteenth century and the town acquired a reputation for pleasure for the masses after the coming of the railway. From these beginnings the railway grew to cover large parts of Surrey and Sussex and went some way to establishing the railway commuter. The bowler-hatted city gent on the 07.10 to Victoria became a national stereotype. These intensively worked lines were early converts to electric traction in the 1920s and 1930s and consequently much mechanical signalling was removed then. However some mechanical signalling remained in seaside resorts other than Brighton and some routes not seen as a modernisation priority. Massive investment in recent years has rendered or will shortly render the remaining mechanical signalling and signal boxes redundant, but the LBSCR will live on at the Bluebell heritage railway. The Isle of Wight railway continues in a proud independent tradition and much of it was concerned with providing a conveyor belt for holidaymakers off the ferries in the summer months.

The genesis of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, by Montague F. Long, published (no date) in Railway Magazine (article)