Brighton train station
Brighton is a major interchange: 107 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Gatwick Airport, with 224 trains a day.
Address: Brighton, BN1 3XP
Brighton is the nearest station for postcodes in BN88, BN50. Check your own postcode.
- 107 direct destinations
- 28th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 633 parking spaces
- 10 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Brighton
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gatwick Airport | 224 | 222 | 78 |
| Haywards Heath | 223 | 222 | 41 |
| Burgess Hill | 161 | 147 | 40 |
| East Croydon | 152 | 150 | 78 |
| Lewes | 150 | 146 | 142 |
| Three Bridges | 150 | 147 | 77 |
| Falmer | 149 | 144 | 111 |
| London Blackfriars | 147 | 143 | 5 |
| St Pancras International | 147 | 143 | 5 |
| Hove | 143 | 136 | 145 |
| Lancing | 143 | 136 | 79 |
| Portslade | 143 | 136 | 79 |
| Shoreham-by-Sea | 143 | 136 | 114 |
| Worthing | 143 | 136 | 114 |
| Southwick | 140 | 135 | 78 |
| Farringdon | 140 | 139 | 2 |
| Angmering | 136 | 130 | 108 |
| London Bridge | 135 | 138 | 0 |
| Barnham | 133 | 129 | 68 |
| City Thameslink | 133 | 94 | 0 |
| Chichester | 128 | 125 | 67 |
| Moulsecoomb | 122 | 108 | 76 |
| London Road (Brighton) | 112 | 108 | 76 |
| Hassocks | 110 | 85 | 39 |
| Preston Park | 108 | 80 | 9 |
| Ford | 107 | 103 | 68 |
| Havant | 98 | 94 | 64 |
| Hampden Park | 87 | 75 | 82 |
| Bedford | 83 | 80 | 5 |
| Flitwick | 83 | 80 | 5 |
| Luton | 83 | 80 | 5 |
| Wivelsfield | 82 | 80 | 9 |
| Luton Airport Parkway | 81 | 80 | 5 |
| Harpenden | 80 | 80 | 5 |
| St Albans City | 80 | 80 | 5 |
| Balcombe | 79 | 77 | 3 |
| East Worthing | 79 | 68 | 68 |
| Harlington | 78 | 80 | 5 |
| Leagrave | 78 | 80 | 5 |
| Newhaven Town | 76 | 74 | 63 |
and 67 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Brighton
Brighton is on the West Coastway Line, the Brighton Main Line and the East Coastway Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Brighton station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Brighton station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Brighton station is
15,328,450 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 28th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 1,297,590 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Brighton and London Victoria than any other pair: 1,801,680 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Brighton gains 3 destinations including Merstham, Norwood Junction, Coulsdon South.
Nearest other stations
- London Road (Brighton) 0.6 miles
- Preston Park 1.3 miles
- Hove 1.4 miles
- Moulsecoomb 1.5 miles
- Aldrington 1.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Brighton, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Holland Road Halt · 0.8 miles
- Hartington Road Halt · 0.9 miles
- Lewes Road · 0.9 miles
- Kemp Town · 0.9 miles
- Rowan Halt · 2.5 miles
- Golf Club Halt · 3.9 miles
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Facilities at Brighton station
Brighton is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 03:45 to 01:45 · Saturday: 03:45 to 01:45 · Sunday: 03:45 to 01:45
Toilets · Waiting room
Parking at Brighton station
- Station Car Park 633 spaces, 26 accessible
Cycle parking: 740 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 24 August 2026.
Getting to Brighton station
Brighton station is in Brighton and Hove, South East, and is run by Govia Thameslink Railway (Southern).
The nearest motorway junction is M23 J11 (Pease Pottage), 17.8 miles north.
10 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Frederick Place.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Brighton station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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