Construction started in September 1844 and the section between Brighton and Lewes was opened on 8 June 1846.
The first murder came to light on 17 June 1934, when an unclaimed plywood trunk was noticed by William Joseph Vinnicombe at the left luggage office of Brighton railway station as he investigated a smell.
Most of the settings in the novel are real places in Brighton and Eastbourne including: the West Pier and the Palace Pier, West Street, North Street and East Street (the stationers Marianne visits on East Street is most likely based on a shop called Beals which was later converted into a clothes shop), Brighton Station, Beachy Head and Belle Tout lighthouse.
Route 42X originally operated from Brighton Station to Falmer Station, with hopes to expand the operation with more routes.
The game simulated a journey of the Southern Belle steam passenger train from London Victoria to Brighton, while at the same time the player must comply with speed limits, not to go too fast on curves and keep to the schedule.
Brighton | Canadian Pacific Railway | International Space Station | Great Western Railway | station | Shanghai Railway Bureau | Canadian National Railway | Midland Railway | Grand Trunk Railway | London and North Western Railway | Northern Pacific Railway | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | Great Central Railway | Riccarton Junction railway station | Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. | Border Union Railway | Fuji Station | Border Counties Railway | London King's Cross railway station | Great Eastern Railway | Southern Railway | BNSF Railway | London and North Eastern Railway | Shōnandai Station | Independent station (North America) | independent station | Central railway station, Sydney | London Victoria station | College Station, Texas | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
The units were also known as 3Cop units, which denoted their intended use, i.e. dedicated to East Coastway and West Coastway services out of Brighton.
South Brighton railway station is a former railway station on the current Noarlunga Centre line in Adelaide, Australia.