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Public transport in Brighton and Hove, on the south coast of England, dates back to 1840. The city has a major railway station, an extensive bus service, a large number of taxis, coach services, a Bus Rapid Transit system under construction and it has previously had trolley buses, ferries, trams, auto rickshaws and hydrofoils. ==Rail== Brighton railway station is the most important station in Sussex, where lines from the north, west and east terminate. Other railway stations in Brighton and Hove are: *North of Brighton: Preston Park. *West of Brighton: Hove; Aldrington; Portslade; Fishersgate (on the boundary with West Sussex). *East of Brighton: London Road; Moulsecoomb; Falmer. Brighton station opened in 1840 by the London and Brighton Railway, which also established one of the first railway-owned locomotive works (now the New England Quarter). The station provides fast and frequent trains to Gatwick Airport, several London main-line stations, Luton Airport, Bedford and Ashford International. Regular services also operate via Bristol to Wales. The express London Victoria service takes 51 minutes, compared with one hour in 1910, 80 minutes in 1859 and up to two hours when the service began in 1841. This route from the original platforms, below the current station, off Trafalgar Street, forms a walkable ''Greenway'' through the New England Quarter development and over the 1841 bridge over New England Road.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Briefing note – new England Quarter April 2005 )〕 In addition to the main line to London, trains run to Shoreham-by-Sea (1840) via the West Coastway Line, and Lewes (1846) by the East Coastway Line. The original Hove station (1840–80, ''Holland Road''1905–32) was at the junction of Davigdor, Holland and Cromwell Roads. Current Hove station opened as ''Cliftonville'' in 1865 and was joined to the London main line in 1879 by the ''Cliftonville tunnel''. Other stations within Brighton, with opening dates, are London Road (1877), between Ditching Rise and Springfield Road at some distance from London Road; Moulsecoomb (1980);〔Collett, Graham (ed.) (1988). ''Surrey and Sussex by Rail'', p.29. Jarrold and Sons Ltd, Norwich. ISBN 0-7117-0331-0〕 and Falmer (1846; moved to its present site nearer Brighton in 1890),〔Mitchell, Vic and Smith, Keith (1985). ''South Coast Railways – Brighton to Eastbourne'', plate 42. Middleton Press, Midhurst. ISBN 0-906520-16-9〕 all on the East Coastway Line. On the Brighton Main Line, non-express London trains stop at Preston Park (opened as ''Preston'' in 1869). ===Former lines=== From 1869 until 1932 (and for freight until 1971) there was a line ((view map )) to Kemptown: ''Lewes Road'' (actually on Mayo Road 1873–1932), ''Hartington Road Halt'' (1906–11) and Kemp Town terminus and goods yard. The line is closed and only the tunnel under Elm Grove remains (visible from the Freshfield Industrial Estate and below Elm Grove Primary School), and the commemorative locomotive sculpture on the Bingo Hall on Eastern Road (corner of Park Street). The Hughes Road Industrial Estate, Freshfield Industrial Estate, Enterprise Point and Bonchurch Road Park now occupy the alignment, and the bricks from (and alignment of) the Lewes Road viaduct were reused for the Sainsbury's store at the Vogue Gyratory, which has retained a viaduct theme. There was a branch line from Aldrington(then ''Dyke Junction''), to Devil's Dyke ((view map )) between 1887 and 1939 and the track is now a footpath and cycle track north of the Hangleton estate as far as the clubhouse of the Devil's Dyke golf-course. Briefly at the beginning of the 20th century a steep grade funicular railway ran from the bottom of the dyke and a cable car spanned the space above it. Remnants of the concrete piers used to support the cable car are visible on opposite sides of the dyke. There were also ''Rowan Halt'' near Rowan Avenue in 1932–38〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sussex Branch Lines – Two Branches and a Siding )〕 and ''Golf Club Halt'' on the city boundary. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Transport in Brighton and Hove」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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