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Signal Fact 53
1923 saw the commissioning of a route setting lever frame at Winchester by the Great Western Railway.
16 levers were needed whereas a conventional frame would have required 32 levers.
London, Brighton & South Coast Railway
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In the list below the information is set out in tabular form, spread over four columns. The column entries are -
RailRef | The Line Code used in RailRef system. |
Line Detail | The principal locations included within the Line Code. They are arranged in 'down' direction order. Locations shown are primarily stations and junctions to allow easy cross check against published atlases. Signal box names appear in italics where these are 'intermediate' to stations or have been shown to facilitate links from other pages on this web site. The inclusion of a station or junction name does not imply that there was always a signal box of that same name! |
SBR | The section reference used in the relevant Signal Box Register published by the Society. |
ELR | The corresponding Engineer's Line Reference(s). This will be blank for railways that never came within British Railways terms of reference. It will also be blank where British Railways had no surviving responsibility for infrastructure at the time the ELR system came into use. |
Milepost Mileages
The LBSCR primarily used the buffer stops at three locations for milepost mileages: Brighton, London Bridge and London Victoria. London Bridge mileages were traditionally measured from the buffers or concourse of the original London & Greenwich station, which later became known as London Bridge 'low level'. For many years these were platforms 8 & 9.
RailRef | Line Detail | SBR | ELR |
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LB001 | Victoria Central - Windmill Bridge Junction
0m00c Victoria station(1) York Road until 1877. Via Through / Fast line alignment between Selhurst Junction and Windmill Bridge Junction |
G1 | VTB1 |
LB002 | Low Level Lines datum London Victoria 0m73c Battersea Pier Junction LB001BSP1: Battersea Pier Junction - Longhedge Junction BSP2: Longhedge Junction - Pouparts Junction |
BSP1 BSP2 |
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LB003 | Battersea Wharf Branch
Battersea Wharf |
DOG | |
LB004 | Balham Junction - Norwood Junction North datum Victoria 4m69c Balham Junction LB001BBJ: Balham Junction - Bromley Junction BJN2: Bromley Junction - Norwood North Junction (Down) |
BBJ BJN2 |
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LB004a | Norwood North Junction - Bromley Junction (Up) datum Victoria 9m26c Bromley Up Junction LB004 |
BJN1 | |
LB005 | Streatham Main Spur datum Victoria 6m16c Streatham North Junction LB001 |
SNS | |
LB006 | Streatham Local Spur datum Victoria 6m08c Streatham North Junction LB001 |
SLJ | |
LB007 | Streatham Spur datum London Bridge via Peckham Rye 7m57c Streatham Junction LB020 |
SSC | |
LB008 | Selhurst Junction - Selhurst Depot datum London Victoria Selhurst Depot SBGave access from slow lines at Selhurst to Norwood Up Yard and Selhurst Depot; still in use as 'arrival and departure' roads. Includes Norwood Up Yard and Selhurst Depot. |
G2 | NYD |
LB009 | Selhurst Junction - Gloucester Road Junction datum Victoria 9m42c Selhurst Junction LB001Added when lines quadrupled; still in use for Selhurst to West Croydon trains via slow lines |
WCS | |
LB010 | Selhurst Junction - Windmill Bridge Junction via Victoria Slow Lines alignment
Flyover alignment added as part of Three Bridges ASC take over of the area |
VTB1 | |
LB011 | Selhurst Emergency Spur datum Victoria 9m42c Selhurst Junction LB001Closed when Three Bridges ASC took over; presumably the slow lines route will never close now during traffic hours! |
ESS | |
LB012 GW020 NW084 WE001 |
Longhedge Junction LBSCR / SECR - Earls Court Junction See West London Extension WE001 for detail. |
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LB013 GW022 NW087 WE002 |
West London Junction LSWR - Latchmere No.3 Junction See West London Extension WE002 for detail. |
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LB014 GW023 NW088 WE003 |
Falcon Road Junction LBSCR - Latchmere No.1 Junction See West London Extension WE003 for detail. |
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LB015 GW024 NW090 WE004 |
Ludgate Junction LSWR - Latchmere No.2 Junction See West London Extension WE004 for detail. |
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LB016 GW025 NW086 WE005 |
Chelsea Basin Junction - Chelsea Basin See West London Extension WE005 for detail. |
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LB020 | London Bridge - Sutton East Junction datum London Bridge low level 00m13c London Bridge (platforms 14-16)LBC: London Bridge - South Bermondsey BTH1: South Bermondsey - Sutton East Junction. |
LBC BTH1 |
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LB021 | South Bermondsey Junction - Bricklayers Arms Junction datum London Bridge low level 1m49c South Bermondsey Junction LB020 |
LBC | |
LB022 | Peckham Rye Junction - Battersea Park Junction (South London Line) datum London Bridge low level 3m47c Peckham Rye Junction LB020Note - 1908 RCH map shows LBSCR-SECR boundary at Barrington Road Junction and SECR-LBSCR boundary at Factory Junction. |
ATL | |
LB023 | Leigham Spur datum London Bridge low level 6m40c Leigham Junction LB004 |
LTH | |
LB024 | West Norwood Spur datum London Bridge low level 6m15c Tulse Hill South Junction LB020 |
WTH | |
LB025 SW017 |
Streatham Junction - Wimbledon
0m00c Streatham South Junction LB020 |
SMS1 | |
LB026 SW018 |
Tooting Junction - Wimbledon West Junction
(5m51c) Tooting Junction LB025MPT: Tooting Junction - Merton Park Junction MJW: Merton Park Junction - Wimbledon West Junction Mileages in brackets are from the LSWR Diagram of System book, datum Streatham Junction via Wimbledon. |
MPT MJW |
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LB028 | Mitcham North Junction - Merton Park Junction datum Wimbledon West Junction 3m01c Mitcham North Junction LB020Article: Railway Magazine 1927 March. Article: Railway Magazine 1951 November. |
MJW | |
LB030 EL001 GE010 SE140 |
East London Junction - East London Down Junction, New Cross LBSCR for details see EL001. |
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LB031 EL002 GE011 SE141 |
Deptford Road Junction - Old Kent Road Junction LBSCR for details see EL002. |
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LB032 EL003 GE012 SE142 |
Deptford Road Junction - East London Up Junction, New Cross LBSCR v Up Loop for details see EL003. |
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LB033 EL004 GE013 SE143 |
Canal Junction - New Cross SECR v Down Line for details see EL004. |
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LB034 EL005 GE014 SE144 |
Canal Junction - New Cross SECR v Up Line for details see EL005. |
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LB040 | London Bridge - Coulsdon North datum London Bridge low level 0m13c London Bridge station, platforms 10-13(1) London Bridge West until 1879. (2) New Cross Gate from 1923. (3) previously New Cross Station. (4) Norwood Junction until 1879. (5) East Croydon Yard until 1875; East Croydon from 1955. (6) Stoats Nest until 1889. (7) Stoats Nest until 1911, then Coulsdon until 1918; then Coulsdon West Central, Coulsdon North Central, Coulsdon North No.1 all in 1923, then Coulsdon North 1937. (8) Stoats Nest until 1911, then Coulsdon until 1918; then Coulsdon West Shunting, Coulsdon North Shunting, Coulsdon North Shunting all in 1923. (9) Stoats Nest until 1911, then Coulsdon until 1918; then Coulsdon West South, Coulsdon North South, Coulsdon North No.2 all in 1923. LBW: London Bridge - Windmill Bridge Junction VTB2: Windmill Bridge Junction - Stoats Nest Junction RED1: Stoats Nest Junction - LBSCR/SER boundary Via Fast Line alignment between Norwood Fork Junction and Windmill Bridge Junction. Between Norwood Fork and Windmill Bridge three different alignments have applied since Three Bridges ASC took over - Down Slow (LB061) / Fasts (LB040) / Up Slow (LB049). |
G3 | LBW VTB2 RED1 |
LB041 | Willow Walk Goods Yard
Willow Walk GoodsBranch is 11c long. |
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LB042 | North Kent West Junction SECR - Bricklayers Arms Junction
North Kent West Junction SE006 |
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LB043 | Deptford Wharf - East London Up (& Down) Junction's v Wharf Roads
0m00c Deptford Wharf North LB0440m00c - 1m43c, structures listed to 2m47c |
DWF | |
LB044 | Deptford Lift Bridge - East London Up Junction v Incline Road datum Deptford Wharf North Deptford Lift Bridge LB043 |
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LB045 | Deptford Lift Bridge - Old Kent Road Junction datum Deptford Lift Bridge |
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LB046 | East London Up Junction - Old Kent Road Junction datum East London Up Junction |
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LB047 | Sydenham Junction - Crystal Palace Tunnel Junction datum London Bridge 6m41c Sydenham Down Junction LB040 Note - down and up alignments are different between Sydenham Junctions and Crystal Palace end of down flyover where the lines merge. |
SCP | |
LB047a | Sydenham Junction Up Alignment from Crystal Palace datum 6m51c Sydenham Up Junction LB040 |
SCP | |
LB048 | Norwood Spur Junction - Norwood Junction North
0m50c Norwood Spur Junction SE111Note - 1908 RCH map shows this running independently into Norwood Junction with no connection at Norwood North Junction. Branch length 50c. Still independent on 1967 Control diagram. |
NJS | |
LB049 | Norwood Fork Junction - Cottage Junction datum London Bridge 9m52c Cottage JunctionUp Slow Line only. |
LBW | |
LB050 | East Croydon - Central Croydon (later Fairfield Yards) datum London Bridge 10m43c Fairfield Junction LB040 |
G4 | |
LB060 | Norwood Junction South - Epsom Junction datum London Bridge 09m25c Norwood Fork Junction LB040NFE: Norwood Fork Junction - Sutton East Junction. BTH2: Sutton East Junction - Epsom Junction. |
NFE BTH2 |
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LB061 | Norwood Junction - Windmill Bridge Junction datum London Bridge 9m33c Norwood Fork Junction LB040Down Slow and Down Goods alignment (Perturbation Siding) only. |
LBW | |
LB062 | Norwood Fork Junction - Selhurst Junction (Fork Lines) datum London Bridge 9m25c Norwood Fork Junction LB040 |
SNF | |
LB063 | Gloucester Road Junction (connection to local lines) datum Gloucester Road JunctionSlow (Local) Lines alignment dating from 19th century; removed when Three Bridges ASC took over and alignment now largely buried under houses in Tait Road. |
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LB064 | West Croydon (Bay) - Mitcham Junction datum Wimbledon West Junction 6m12c West Croydon (Wimbledon Bay)Article: Railway Magazine 1927 March. Article: Railway Magazine 1951 November. |
CMJ | |
LB065 | Sutton East Junction - Epsom Downs datum London Bridge via Norwood Fork Junction 14m66c Sutton East Junction LB020 LB060 |
NFE | |
LB066 | Wimbledon West Junction - Sutton West Junction datum Waterloo 07m27c Wimbledon West Junction LB026This line was also included in the LSWR Diagram of System book, additional page issued by Southern Railway. Article: Backtrack 2016 June. Article: Railway Magazine 1966 December. |
SMS2 | |
LB067 SW012 |
Epsom - Leatherhead datum Waterloo 14m11c Epsom Junction LB060Note - 1903 RCH map shows LBSCR-Joint boundary at west end of LSWR station, not east end where one would expect. |
BTH3 | |
LB070 | Quarry Line datum London Bridge 15m02c Coulsdon North station LB040(1) Earlswood Junction 1889-1932. |
G3 | VTB2 |
LB070a | Brighton Line datum London Bridge via Redhill 21m31c Earlswood Junction LB070 LB071(1) Horley until 1889. (2) Gatwick North until 1907; then Gatwick Racecourse from 1936 and Gatwick from 1958. (3) Three Bridges Central from 1932, Three Bridges from 1952. (4) Copyhold until 1916. (5) Haywards Heath from 1932. (6) Hassocks Gate until 1881. (7) Preston North until 1879. (8) Preston South until 1879; Preston Park from 1932. (9) Brighton North until 1882. (10) Brighton Yard until 1882; Brighton from 1932. VTB3: Earlswood Junction - Brighton CJA1: Copyhold Junction - Haywards Heath 36m34c-37m00c (Ardingly Branch line) BPJ : Lovers Walk Sidings & Depots 49m66c-50m27c. 1875 OS map shows a 1mp from Brighton just south of Preston Park station. This is an odd one out as the maps further north all show London mileages. |
G3 | VTB3 CJA1 BPJ |
LB071 | Redhill Junction - Earlswood Junction datum London Bridge via Redhill Redhill Tonbridge Line Junction SE072 |
G5 | RED2 |
LB072 | Cliftonville Spur datum London Bridge via Redhill 49m43c Preston Park Junction LB070a |
PPH | |
LB073 Opened 1847 (A) |
Keymer Junction - Lewes Main Junction datum London Bridge via Redhill 40m69c Keymer Junction LB070a Map(A) Opened to Lewes West Junction 1847; Lewes West Junction to Lewes Main Junction 1889. |
H1 | KJE1 |
LB074 | Lewes West Junction - Lewes East Junction, original route datum London Bridge via Redhill Lewes West ('A') Junction LB073(1) originally to Friars Walk terminal station. (2) aka Friars Walk (Pinwall platforms). (3) Lewes East until 1889. |
H2 | |
LB075 | Brighton Lower Goods datum |
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LB076 | Brighton Lower Goods (original connecting line) datum |
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LB077 | Ouse Valley Line (never completed)
Western SectionArticle: Railway Magazine 1951 September. |
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LB080 | Three Bridges Junction - Arundel Junction North datum London Bridge via Redhill 29m27c Three Bridges Junction LB070a(1) renamed Parsonage Road in 1977. (2) box named Christ's Hospital "A", previously North. |
TBH1 | |
LB081 | Stammerham Junction - Peasmarsh Junction LSWR datum London Bridge via Redhill 39m79c Stammerham Junction LB080remiled after closure to 41m50c-32m06c datum Waterloo via ??? Why do this after closure? Article: Railway Magazine 1966 March & April. |
GCH | |
LB082 | Itchingfield Junction - Shoreham Junction datum London Bridge via Three Bridges 40m54c Itchingfield Junction LB080BVS1 Itchingfield Junction - Beeding Sidings BVS2 Beeding Sidings - Shoreham Junction at time of coding BVS1 closed, BVS2 open Article: Railway Archive No.47, 2015. |
BVS | |
LB083 | Hardham Junction - Chichester datum London Bridge via Redhill 50m68c Hardham Junction LB080PSM Hardham Junction - Midhurst FCL2 Midhurst - Lavant 61m00c-68m55c FCL1 Lavant - Lavant Junction 32m23c-29m27c datum Brighton BR Residual still has 52m49c Fittleworth Road, 54m17c Shopham and others further along with no mileage figures quoted. 1931 distance book shows milepost mileages in continuous run from Hardham Junction <51mp to Chichester >72mp. Presumably Lavant end remiled after closure north of Lavant. |
PSM FCL |
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LB084 | Leatherhead Joint - Horsham datum Waterloo via Worcester Park 18m10c Leatherhead Junction LB067 SW012 |
BTH3 | |
LB085 | Deepdene Spur
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LB086 | Itchingfield South Fork
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LB087 | reserved for Midhurst link line between LBSCR & LSWR.
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LB090 | Brighton - Portcreek Junction (West Branch)
0m00c Brighton LB070aBLI1: Brighton - Littlehampton Junction. TBH2: Littlehampton Junction - Havant Junction. WPH2: Havant Junction - Portcreek Junction. Arundel Junction North to Ford Junction originally miled from London Bridge via Redhill & Horsham (59m25c to 60m25c). Havant - Portcreek Junction originally miled from Portsmouth (OS maps 1869-1878 period) |
BLI1 TBH2 WPH2 |
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LB091 | Dyke Branch datum Dyke Junction 0m00c Dyke Junction LB090 |
BDD | |
LB092 | Arundel Junction South - Littlehampton datum Brighton 19m03c Arundel Junction South LB090 |
BLI2 | |
LB093 | Ford Junction - Littlehampton Junction
0m00c (60m25c) Ford Junction LB090Possibly dual miled. Traditional mileages shown in brackets, datum London Bridge via Redhill and Horsham. |
FJL | |
LB094 | Bognor Regis Branch datum Brighton 22m35c Barnham Junction LB090 |
BBR | |
LB095 | Hayling Island Branch
0m00c Havant (Bay platform) |
HHI | |
LB096 | Cosham Spur datum Brighton (also Waterloo via Eastleigh) 40m38c (91m09c) Farlington Junction LB090dual miled |
FJJ | |
LB097 | original alignment before Arundel Junctions datum Brighton |
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LB100 CO001 |
South Croydon Junction - Crowhurst Junction South See Croydon & Oxted Joint Railway CO001 for detail. |
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LB101 SE019 WS001 |
Woodside Junction - Selsdon Road Junction See Woodside & South Croydon Railway WS001 for detail. |
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LB102 | Hurst Green Junction - Ashurst North Junction datum London Bridge via Oxted 21m35c Hurst Green Junction CO001(1) Edenbridge until 1896. |
H10 | SCU1 |
LB103 | Three Bridges - Grove Junction datum London Bridge via Redhill 29m21c Three Bridges station (Bay)TBG Three Bridges Junction - Ashurst Junction SCU1 Ashurst Junction - Ashurst Junction TBG Ashurst Junction - Groombridge Junction GJB2 Groombridge Junction - Grove Junction At some point between 1967 and 1970 Groombridge Junction to Grove Junction was altered to be down from Grove Junction. |
H13 | TBG SCU1 TBG GJB2 |
LB104 | Ashurst South Junction - Birchden Junction datum London Bridge via Three Bridges 45m49c (33m56c) Ashurst Junction LB103Mileages in brackets probably apply from the 1987 resignalling, datum London Bridge via Oxted. Amendment to London mileages appears in periodical operating notice 46/87 for 6 February 1988. |
SCU1 | |
LB104a | Birchden Junction - Lewes Main Junction datum Brighton 27m75c (34m56c) Birchden Junction LB104(1) Rotherfield until 1880. 14m48c - 13m45c now Lavender Line. SCU1: Birchden Junction - Uckfield SCU2: Uckfield - Lewes Main Junction Signalling Notice 23 (1879) indicates that the line was originally Down from Lewes to Groombridge. Mileages in brackets probably apply from the 1987 resignalling, datum London Bridge via Oxted. April 1987 Appendix shows Brighton mileages from Birchden Junction and amendment to London mileages appears in periodical operating notice 46/87 for 6 February 1988. |
H11 | SCU1 SCU2 |
LB105 | Groombridge Junction - Birchden Junction datum Brighton 28m60c Groombridge Junction LB103 |
GJB1 | |
LB106 | Redgate Mill Junction - Polegate West Junction Cuckoo Line datum Brighton 38m59c Redgate Mill Junction LB104aculvert near Redgate Mill 38m47c, Knowles Road Bridge (Mayfield) 33m77c, Heathfield Station culvert 30m20c, 74 gatehouse Sayerlands Lane (Polegate), 73 gatehouse Otham Court Lane (Polegate). |
H12 | EHP |
LB107 | Crowhurst Junction North - East Grinstead Low Level datum London Bridge via Forest Hill and Oxted 23m29c Crowhurst Junction North CO001 |
H7 | HGG1 |
LB108 | St. Margarets Junction - East Grinstead 'A' datum London Bridge via Forest Hill and Oxted 29m46c St Margarets Junction LB107The mileage for East Grinstead West is subject to verification. |
EGH | |
LB109 | Horsted Keynes - Copyhold Junction
Horsted Keynes Junction LB110CJA3 Horsted Keynes - Ardingly CJA2 Ardingly - Copyhold Junction Horsted Keynes to Ardingly now owned by Bluebell Railway |
CJA2 CJA3 |
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LB110 | East Grinstead Low Level - Culver Junction
17m09c East Grinstead Low Level LB107 MapEast Grinstead to Sheffield Park now Bluebell Railway. Article: Railway Magazine 1954 October. Article: Railway Magazine 1962 April. |
H8 | HGG2 |
LB111 | East Grinstead Low Level - East Grinstead High Level Yard
Through Siding in East Grinstead Yard |
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LB112 | Hamsey Spur (original alignment)
Hamsey Spur deviation point LB104a |
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LB113 | Original alignment of Hailsham line at Polegate datum Brighton |
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LB120 Opened (A) |
Montpelier Junction - Bo-peep Junction datum Brighton Station 0m13c Montpelier Junction LB070a(1) Lewes East SB opened March 1878 (notice 14 1878). (2) Polegate West Crossing until 1881. (3) Polegate Junction until 1881. (4) Bexhill Central from 1923. (A) Opened: Brighton - Lewes South 1846; Lewes South - Lewes East 1889; Lewes East - St Leonards 1846. BTL Brighton - Lewes Main Junction KJE1 Lewes Main Junction - Lewes East Junction KJE2 Lewes East Junction - Southerham Junction KJE3 Southerham Junction Polegate Junction PSC Polegate Junction - Stone Cross Junction 19m64c-21m45c WJB Stone Cross Junction - Bo-Peep Junction Lewes Main Junction to Southerham Junction is dual miled with mile posts from Brighton and London Bridge via Redhill, the latter being in brackets. References to a "Lewes Short Mile" almost certainly arise from Railtrack staff not appreciating that the mile post mileages went via the original route through Lewes Friars Walk station and what became the goods sidings. It is, therefore, not a short mile but a 'change of mileage'. |
H3 | BTL KJE1 KJE2 KJE3 PSC WJB |
Lewes historical background and chronology (still being researched) here. | |||
LB121 | Southerham Junction - Seaford datum London Bridge via Redhill 50m70c Southerham Junction LB120(1) Newhaven Town until 1917; Newhaven Town 1934-1940 and from 1955. (2) Newhaven Harbour South 1886-1920. |
H5 | STS |
LB122 | Eastbourne Branch datum Brighton 19m68c Polegate Junction LB120(1) Willington until 1903. |
H6 | KJE3 |
LB123 | Willingdon Junction - Stone Cross Junction datum Brighton via Stonecross Junction (reverse) 20m36c Willingdon Junction LB1221875 OS maps show mileposts from Hastings. |
WJB | |
LB124 | Kemp Town Branch datum Brighton 0m76c Kemp Town Junction LB120Article: Railway World, August 1970. |
H4 | KTB |
LB125 | Newhaven Marine Branch datum London Bridge via Redhill 56m55c Newhaven Harbour Junction LB121Phil Deaves gives NHB as 56m77-57m78 + wharves |
NHB | |
LB126 | Newhaven North Quay Branch
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LB127 | Newhaven West Quay Branch
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LB128 | original alignment of Eastbourne Branch at Polegate
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LB129 | Crumbles Branch
Branch Junction LB122About 2 miles in length, worked using train staff. Article British Railway Journal 2013 issue 77. |
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LB140 SW082 |
Portcreek Junction - Portsmouth Harbour datum Brighton 41m03c Portcreek Junction LB090 LB096 SW073WPH2: throughout PAS: 44m17-44m47 (Low Level station approach and platforms) |
WPH2 PAS |
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LB141 SW073 |
Cosham - Portcreek Junction datum Waterloo via Earlsfield & Eastleigh 90m01c LSWR - Joint boundary (Cosham LC) SW072 |
SDP2 | |
LB142 SW083 |
Fratton West Junction - East Southsea
0m00c Fratton West Junction LB140 |
FES | |
LB143 | Watering Island Jetty Branch datum Brighton 45m24c Portsmouth Harbour Junction LB140 |
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LB144 IW001 SW211 |
Ryde Pier Head - Ryde St. Johns Road See Isle of Wight Railway IW001 for detail. |
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