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[[File:LRB Station 01.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The station building on Ditchling Rise in 2007]]▼
'''London Road (Brighton) railway station''' is a [[railway station]] located in [[Round Hill, Brighton|Round Hill]], an inner suburb of [[Brighton]] in [[East Sussex]]. It is the first intermediate station on the Brighton branch of the [[East Coastway Line]], {{convert|57|chain|km}} down the line from {{rws|Brighton}} station. The station is managed by [[Southern (train operating company)|Southern]], who operate all services on the line.
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== History ==
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London Road (Brighton) station was designed by [[David Mocatta]] (the designer of [[Brighton railway station|Brighton]] station) and opened on 1 October 1877, following housing development in the surrounding area. It was originally to be called Ditchling Rise, a more accurate name as London Road is 370m southwest. Until the [[Kemp Town branch line]] closed in 1971, trains to [[Kemp Town railway station|Kemp Town]] diverged from the Brighton – Lewes line here.
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