Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway

c. cxix), which establishing the London and Brighton Railway (LBR), authorised the construction of branch lines to Shoreham and to Newhaven, but only the first of these was built.

A new company was created in 1844 to build the second such a line, with an extension to join the South Eastern Railway at Hastings, which would be operated by the LBR.

[2] The line involved constructing the London Road viaduct at Brighton, together with a long bank and tunnel at Falmer.

Construction started in September 1844 and the section between Brighton and Lewes was opened on 8 June 1846.

The company ceased to exist when it was merged with others to form the London Brighton and South Coast Railway the following month.