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Volks Electric Railway (Brighton)

Description: The world's oldest operating electric railway. The railway runs just over a mile along Brighton seafront between ... more

Volks Electric Railway (Brighton) ... Aquarium (for Brighton Pier) and Black Rock (for the Marina).

Newest Review: ... a popular attraction. There are only three stations along its route; the Aquarium at the eastern end of the line close to the pier, Black Rock Station at the western end, close to the vibrant Brighton Marina and an intermediate station called Halfway Station. There are a total of five different trains, each of which are lovingly cared for and frequently restored although only two trains ... more

... operate along the route at any one time. During my recent trip to Brighton I walked from the pier to the marina and then feeling a bit lazy caught the train back. The cost of a single adult fare from the marina to the pier was £1.70, which is about the sa...more

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Volks Electric Railway (Brighton): The oldest electric railway sytem in the world (560 words)
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Running for a length of around two kilometres along Brighton's seafront Volk's Electric Railway is the oldest operating electric railway system in the world. Established in 1883 it was not the first electric rail system of its kind, that award goes to a similar system at Lichterfelde, Berlin that predates this one by a couple of years. However that one no longer operates so Brighton's version qualifies as the oldest one still in use. Brighton's electric railway is a narrow gauge railway that was the brainchild of Magnus Volk. It operates between the Aquarium, adjacent to the pier to the marina and the length of the queues at the stations at both end during the ... Read the complete review

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