Brighton railway station

Brighton is a major interchange: 112 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 235 trains a day.

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Address: Brighton, BN1 3XP

Brighton is the nearest station for postcodes in BN88, BN50. Check your own postcode.

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	235	222	232
Haywards Heath	235	222	232
Burgess Hill	170	147	226
East Croydon	163	150	232
Three Bridges	160	147	232
London Blackfriars	154	143	148
St Pancras International	154	143	148
Lewes	150	146	104
Falmer	149	144	104
Farringdon	146	139	144
London Bridge	142	136	68
Hove	140	136	99
Lancing	140	136	66
Shoreham-by-Sea	140	136	68
Worthing	140	136	68
Portslade	139	136	66
City Thameslink	137	94	0
Southwick	136	135	66
Angmering	135	130	65
Barnham	132	129	64
Chichester	127	125	63
Moulsecoomb	122	108	72
Hassocks	119	85	198
Preston Park	117	80	139
London Road (Brighton)	112	108	72
Ford	106	103	64
Havant	97	94	62
Bedford	88	80	121
Flitwick	88	80	121
Luton	88	80	121
Hampden Park	87	75	40
Wivelsfield	87	80	139
Luton Airport Parkway	86	80	121
Harpenden	85	80	121
St Albans City	85	80	121
Harlington	83	80	121
Leagrave	83	80	121
Balcombe	82	77	128
West Hampstead Thameslink	80	80	121
East Worthing	78	68	64

and 72 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Brighton 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 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, Brighton loses 2 including Elephant & Castle, Herne Hill.

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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More about this station on Wikipedia.