Brighton Station

The station is beautiful, I believe it is Victorian. If you like architecture then I would recommend a visit. You don’t really take in the full grandness or beauty when your in a rush or merely passing through. Which is a shame!!! I guess that’s like most circumstances. Not many people really take in their surroundings! Anyhow this is not a review about life. It’s about the station.
It’s spacious, clean and has a good range of shops etc to help you start or end your journey. Personally I’m a big fan of marks and Spencer’s being there. I’m a strong believer that if your going to take a journey — especially to London. You might as well get a alcoholic bev! COCKTAIL in a CAN! I mean thankkkk you! Marks and Spencer’s do them and I’m most obliged to buy one or two.
The station has got a piano, thus very fitted for Brighton with its cosmopolitan ways — not talking about the cocktail … So if your feeling like Mozart is within you, try some piano. I’ve yet to release my skills for passers by. Mind you… I can only play chop sticks!!! So I wouldn’t get much of a crowd.
FYI, the staff are bloody rude– my experience today. I approached two men… They carried on their conversation despite acknowledging me… I had to butt in. They then were very short, rude and abrupt! Basically they couldn’t be bothered to help me!!!
Pricks.

Pretty station that is well located in the centre of Brighton. Not sure why or how but it aways feel like I am on holiday when arriving!
Well worth a visit when you are in the mood for a day trip. It cost less than £10 on Thames-​link which I think is great value!

First time I have ever came to this station but it’s nice.
Really close to the seaside and there are lots of devices like hotels and taxies available.
The layout of the station is simple and this makes navigating fast.

Brighton railway station is the principal railway station in the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, on the south coast of the United Kingdom. The station was built by the London & Brighton Railway in 1840, initially connecting Brighton to Shoreham-​by-​Sea, westwards along the coast, and shortly afterwards connecting it to London Bridge 51 miles to the north, and to the county town of Lewes to the east. In 1846, the railway became the London Brighton and South Coast Railway following mergers with other railways with lines between Portsmouth and Hastings.

It’s easy to find the train you need, there are always 3 or 4 nice National Rail guys in fluorescent jackets to point you in the right direction if not.
The station building is impressive, Victorian and huge.
There’s a new waiting room! (well heated, like actually warm) complete with tables and chairs, a bar and even salt and pepper should you for some reason decide to eat your main meal here. I’ve never been in a better waiting room. It’s so handy if you have friends that are always late or don’t have a boyfriend into the frost bitten and mucousy look.
Much like other big stations there’s a piano. However the performers are classic brighton; 6 year old boys in animé tshirts improving jazz to old chaps playing As Time Goes By to people like me who, when a little tipsy, will play the first 20 seconds of A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton then walk away smuggly while the station groans.
The M and S is handy. Toilets are 20/​30p and v clean indeed. Bit pigeony but then they’re not seagulls so really who cares.
It takes 10 minutes to walk to the centre and the route couldn’t be easier; walk out of the station, you can already see the sea. Just walk straight down the road in front of you towards the sea. Unless you’re here for the beach, in which case obvs keep walking, you’ll meet a clock tower (see picture). You’re kinda in the centre here.
I always feel excited when I’m walking from my train into Brighton station. Dinner dates, nights out and lazy days on the beach. It’s the best.

I am marking the station down a star. Travelling to the Midlands today and booked my tickets online well in advance. Went to the ticket machine to print them and no tickets came out. I am now in a ridiculously long queue with a bizarre ticketed system in order to get my journey sorted. As a result of the wait I have missed my trains!
There is now a large touch screen machine whereby you have to select your type of query, take a ticket and then wait! Its a very convoluted process and would be very confusing to any visitors. Disappointing.

Not at all a complicated to find your train. After all, one can only head north from here.
Capital Connect from St Pancras runs every 14 minutes on weekdays. Journey time is just over an hour.
Going the other way there are two trains: the semi-​express to London Bridge/​Blackfriars could take about an hour; add 20 minutes if you find yourself on the local one.

This train station reminds me a lot of Glasgow Queen Street for some reason — I think just the layout. A simple layout, with one lot of platforms directly in front of you, numbered 1 — 6. I like this. Not too big, easy to get to every train or platform, no dashing around (unlike Edinburgh Waverely).
There’s a M&S Simply Food, that’s fairly big and good for stocking up on lunch /​train snack supplies. A WHSmith that sell headphones (what I was after) and a few quick lunch stops too with the usual sandwich fare.
The train station is also located at the top of a big long street that’s easy to find (win for a tourist!) And everytime I’ve been there, there’s always been plenty of taxis. All round, it’s been a pretty good, serviceable station for me!

I utilized this train station many times during my study abroad at University of Sussex. It is the closest train station that will take you into London.
The staff here are all very nice. I have asked several staff on numerous occasions on stuff like which track is the one I need to go to and how to purchase tickets, etc.
The train station itself has a historic feel to it and it has a lot of natural lighting coming in. Very clean and spacious.
The trains are usually on time and I have yet to experience a delay.
MIND THE GAP.

Five and nine! The Brighton line! Toot toot!
So goes the bingo call for the number 59. Today, a variety of train companies will deliver to this little bijou town on the south coast and is one of the rare occasions when privatisation of the rail industry has led to consumer choice rather than the imposition of a private rather than public monopoly
You’ll arrive in a nice Victorian station with high ceilings admitting a lot of natural sunlight. It’s not the biggest in terms of facilities but there’s a toilet (fee required), a newsagent and some places for coffee and a snack. Limited seating is available
However, you’re only steps from the fun of Brighton as the station is conveniently located close to the centre of town. So, walk on through into town
The staff were helpful with information when I clarified which trains I could catch with my off peak saver ticket
Toot toot!

This is the beautiful, Victorian (?) train station in Brighton. It is large and airy with enough natural light seeping through the cracks of the wrought iron decorations.
The waiting area before heading to your departure platform is very large, although with few seats. There are enough food establishments inside to keep your tummy well satisfied for any journey. There is also a fresh fruit/​vegetable and bread stand right outside the station.
What I like best is that all platforms are on the same level — no need to take stairs/​elevators to access your platform. The information board displaying the upcoming departures is very interesting. It gets updated from right to left, and only displays the upcoming trains in order of departure. I noticed all trains, with the exception of the London arrival one, were departing on time.
The attendants in this train station are not necessarily friendly and helpful as I got confused and mixed up my English when I asked where I could take the bus and instead of giving me a response, laughed =\

I’ve been here soooo many times now. Great station, easy to use, massive board telling you where to go, or else go into the ticket office and get advice.
You have to pay 20p to use the toilets, and there are hardly any trash cans.

Like most people I can’t stand train stations, however this is one of the more pleasurable experiences. The station is spacious and has plenty of seats, it never seems to be overcrowded and buying a ticket is usually a doddle.
The location is perfect as you can go from the station to the sea front in roughly 5 minutes. Better still the journey is all down hill (bad times on the way back!).
You can get to London Farringdon in 50 minutes which is a decent commute. This is one of the only ways you can combine a beach lifestyle with the benefits of a London salary.
There are a few shops to get a paper and a snack, and as far as stations go I give this 8 out of 10.

The station has a good bit of history attached to it. The original façade was based on ideas of the Renaissance and was designed by Henry Morcatta. This was back when Trafalgar Street didn’t have the bridge. The whole station was massively enlarged by the Victorians who added all the wrought iron and platform covers that dominate the station today.
These days it’s a busy port of call and is on the line to all major cities in the country. They have a range of services and shops dotted around the forecourt. There is a good mix of ticket office and self service machines and a massive information board clearly informs you about departures.
The station is kept clean and it has the feel of a London terminal in many ways. A pretty good welcome into the city if you have arrived by rail with enough available to start off your time in Brighton.

Most visitors to Brighton start here: Brighton’s massive, airy and busy station. Being one of the hubs for London traffic, Brighton Station is much larger than is really necessary, with 9 platforms and a pretty big concourse with plenty of shopping opportunities. It is telling that for a station of this size, there are only ever 2 – 3 manned ticket offices, but this isn’t a huge problem: the big problems here are the general service offered.
I don’t think this is really the place to have to heavy a rant against the overpriced, often-​late and purposefully incomprehensible train system in this country, but it does need to be said: as one of the easiest, safest and used transport opportunities in this country, why is it so difficult and expensive to get the right train? Why are there not people telling you which trains your tickets are valid on? Is it just to catch people out?
Besides the train company’s already abominable service, things are quite nice here. Staff are often surly, but past that the other services on offer here are very nice indeed, with various different types of food, from baguettes to M&S, to sate anyone’s wallet and appetite. The huge taxi rank outside, as well as the proximity to various bus services, is really great, as is the closeness to the centre of town. In the end, it’s a train station, and does what it says on the tin. The train services in this country need sorting out, but everything here is in the right place when they finally sort that mess out.

As train stations go I guess this one isn’t bad. It has plenty of trains going to plenty of different destinations but I have to say, the staff here, on the whole, are miserable and most of the time rude. The cues for tickets are huge and the machines are often out of order. I would comment on the disgusting price of tickets to London in rush hour when you have to stand all the way but that has nothing to do with the poor old station.
It is a pretty clean train station with everything you need. M&S is very handy if you come home from work late and fancy something nice and easy to pop into the oven.

I quite like this train station, although, I wish the tellers in the ticket booth would speak a little bit louder. Buying a departure and return ticket to and from London involved the teller and I leaning into the window and yelling at each other (politely, of course), for a good 5 minutes. Now that I think of it, I think his microphone was broken. But I ended up receiving my ticket in the end, so I can’t complain.
As a tourist who is completely unfamiliar with the train system, it’s refreshing and wonderful to know that it’s so easy to visit other cities. Although I missed my planned train to London, I was glad to find there was another departing only 40 minutes later. It’s very impressive, and makes the public transportation system we have back in North America seem dismal in comparison.
And since I’m new here, I didn’t realize that it costs money to go to the bathroom in these train stations. I was none too happy with that, and to show my rebellious streak, decided to hold it in. That’ll teach ‘em! I suppose I should also come up with a slogan to really drive the point home: «Make it free because I gotta pee.»
Or not… Hey, I’m new here. Paying to go to the bathroom is a new concept to me.

As stations go, this isn’t a bad one at all.
It’s really a smaller version of some of the big London stations, with the same Victorian high roof of glass and steel. There seem to be a lot of films shot here — I assume because it would be easy on camera to make it look as if it were a large national station, but without the crowds to deal with.
There is a reasonable selection of little shops and food stalls, including an M&S food which is a great help for tired commuters who can’t be bothered to cook!

I hate to get all romantic on your asses but catching the train from Brighton Station always makes me think of Brief Encounter.
I know that was filmed at Carnforth Station not Brighton but there’s something about the arched ceilings, the grand architecture and the freezing platforms that conjures images of heartache and heartbreak. In the summertime, the station is usually jam-​packed with tourists and weekenders flocking to Brighton for a few days of sunshine. The rest of the time however, it always feels quite a emotive place with hundreds of strangers passing through looking for love, lust or company.

I completely agree with Joseph– as soon as the train pulls into this station. I feel so glad to be home. The station is very beautiful and acts as a great indication of the oncoming coolness of Brighton. I love the green painted iron work and the opaque roof which lets in a soft light. There are the usual problems with electrical failures and such but generally the whole place runs very smoothly, the staff is friendly and they are quite quick to signal any delays. There are lots of ticket desks as well as lots of ticket machines– making easier to grab a ticket and go. Be warned though, it gets very busy at rush hour and despite the numerous ticket vendors, there are still queues. There is a great florist’s stand, a small M&S, a Smith’s, a Millie’s Cookies, a few other’s I’ve forgotten! And cash machines!