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Brighton has excellent rail connections from all over the country, with 39 direct services every weekday from Brighton Station [map] to London Victoria just for starters.

The majority of these are express services that take around 50 minutes to reach their destination. From London Victoria you can get connections to many cities in the UK either directly or by hopping on the tube to London Euston or King’s Cross.

In addition to this there are a further 49 direct services every week from Brighton to London Bridge, Blackfriars, Farringdon and King's Cross, which are run by Thameslink that also has services to Gatwick and Luton airports.

Southern offers regular services to Kensington Olympia and Watford Junction for connections to the West Midlands, North West and Scotland.

If you’re travelling into Brighton from the local area there are frequent train services with direct links to Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath, Three Bridges, Shoreham, Worthing, Littlehampton, Chichester, Lewes, Eastbourne and Hastings.

There are also direct services to Reading, Portsmouth, Southampton, Salisbury, Exeter, Torquay, Bath, Bristol and Cardiff run by a number of operators including South West Trains and Wessex Trains. Virgin provides a service to Oxford, Birmingham and Manchester.

For more information on any of these service telephone National Rail Enquiries on +44 (0) 8457 484950 or visit the website at www.nationalrail.co.uk