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===Railway=== [[File:Brighton Station - geograph.org.uk - 435851.jpg|thumb|Brighton station concourse]] Frequent trains operate from [[Brighton railway station]]. Many Brighton residents commute to work in London<ref name="Argus-10785898">{{cite news |title=Commuting effect means Brighton and Hove population drops by 2.5% every working day |url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10785898.Commuting_effect_means_Brighton_and_Hove_population_drops_by_2_5__every_working_day/ |last=Vowles |first=Neil |work=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]] |date=6 November 2013 |access-date=23 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225083055/http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10785898.Commuting_effect_means_Brighton_and_Hove_population_drops_by_2_5__every_working_day/ |archive-date=25 December 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> and destinations include {{rws|London Victoria}}, {{rws|London Bridge}} and {{rws|St Pancras}}. Most trains serve {{rws|Gatwick Airport}} and those operated by [[Govia Thameslink Railway|Thameslink]] continue to {{rws|St Albans City}}, {{rws|Luton}}, {{rws|Luton Airport Parkway}}, {{rws|Bedford}} and {{rws|Cambridge}}. The fastest service from London Victoria takes 51 minutes.<ref name="Indy-02042005">{{cite news |url=http://travel.independent.co.uk/uk/article8880.ece |title=Bedside the seaside |last=Dolan |first=Siobhan |work=[[The Independent]] |location=London |date=2 April 2005 |access-date=23 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611200630/http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/uk/bedside-the-seaside-530734.html |archive-date=11 June 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[West Coastway Line]] serves stations to [[Portsmouth]], and [[Southampton]]; the [[East Coastway Line]] runs via [[Lewes]] to [[Newhaven, East Sussex|Newhaven]], [[Eastbourne]], and [[Hastings]], crossing the landmark [[London Road viaduct]] en route and providing "a dramatic high-level view" of Brighton.<ref name="Indy-02042005" /> A wider range of long-distance destinations was served until 2007β08 when rationalisation caused the ending of [[InterCity (British Rail)|InterCity]] services via {{rws|Kensington Olympia}} and {{rws|Reading}} to [[Birmingham New Street railway station|Birmingham]], [[Manchester Piccadilly railway station|Manchester]] and [[Edinburgh Waverley railway station|Edinburgh]].<ref name="Indy-02042005"/>
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