Interlocking

Premise

The routes which spread east and west from Brighton were consituted as nominally independent railway companies from the LB&SCR, and this layout presumes that the eastward route (the “Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway”) absorption into the LB&SCR was deferred or blocked long enough for that railway to require its own station facilities, and these were sited at the approximate location of the real-life Brighton Goods Yard.

This meant the original Brighton station did not to be rebuilt substantially, and after the absorption of the BLHR into the the LBSCR, the two termini act in concert to service the traffic from east, north and west, the Trafalgar station typically dealing with less prestigious and overflow traffic.

Track-plan

It is based on CJ Freezer’s Minories design with a few alterations:

1. There is an additional crossover between the rear and middle roads
2. An additional siding on the throat becomes a runaround for the front road, on which a double slip provides access to a carriage siding and hard standing area

Design Inspiration

Great inspiration was taken from the pre-rebuild of the London & Brighton’s main building prior to the rebuild and extension in the late 19th century:

Early Construction