The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) (known also as "the Brighton line", "the Brighton Railway" or simply the Brighton) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1922. Its territory formed a rough triangle, with London at its apex, practically the whole coastline of Sussex as its base, and a large part of Surrey. It was bounded on its western side by the lines of the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR), which provided an alternative route to Portsmouth in Hampshire. More information on the Wikipedia page [1]