Branching Routes
From Victoria, the following other services use the line, but branch off where shown:
- at Battersea Park, the South London Line to London Bridge
- at Balham, where the line via Crystal Palace diverges
- at South Croydon, the Oxted Line
- at Purley, the Caterham and Tattenham Corner Lines
- at Redhill, the branch to Reigate and the North Downs Line to the west; and the Tonbridge line to the east
- at Three Bridges, the Arun Valley Line services to Portsmouth and Horsham; here was also a line to East Grinstead, closed in 1967
- at Haywards Heath, the line via Ardingly and Horsted Keynes, closed in 1963: Currently Network Rail Sidings to Ardingly only; Horsted Keynes section is now part of the Bluebell Railway
- at Wivelsfield (Keymer Junction), the East Coastway Line to Eastbourne and Hastings via Lewes
- at Preston Park, the West Coastway Line service to Littlehampton, avoiding Brighton
- at Brighton, the West Coastway Line; and the East Coastway Line to Eastbourne and Hastings and also to Seaford all via Falmer
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