Services
There are now many more trains from Victoria to Brighton than from London Bridge: a reversal of the original pattern. The line is four-tracked as far as Balcombe Tunnel junction, where it becomes a single pair through to Preston Park station. With the exception of a pair of platform loop lines at Haywards Heath station there are no passing places.
The fastest services from Brighton to Victoria call only at East Croydon and Clapham Junction, though some "express" services also call at Gatwick Airport. First Capital Connect services from Brighton to London Bridge continue via the Thameslink route across London to Blackfriars, City Thameslink, Farringdon and St Pancras, and then on to Luton and Bedford.
The Gatwick Express also uses the Brighton Mainline, with non-stop services running between London Victoria and Gatwick Airport. A train departs in both directions every 15 minutes, with a journey time of 30 minutes. Six weekday peak-hour Gatwick Express trains are extended to or from Brighton, up to London in the morning (calling at up to five other stations along the way) and down to Brighton in the evening.
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