Ferry Services of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway BRAND NEW

From a small contractor\u2019s wharf at Shoreham Harbour the ferry services of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway (LBSCR) grew to become the fourth largest railway-owned passenger ferry service in the United Kingdom. Following early legal setbacks the LBSCR quickly set up a thriving cross-channel service in partnership with the Western Railway of France, and later, with the London & South Western Railway, Portsmouth-Isle of Wight ferries.\nIn the 83 years the LBSCR was in existence it chartered, shared or owned over 125 different vessels, ranging in size from the largest cross-channel passenger ships to tiny pinnaces for passing messages in Newhaven Harbour. Some, the passenger vessels, were the height of luxury, whilst a few, the non-revenue earning coal hulks, were rotten and barely afloat.\nIn their various guises the company\u2019s vessels carried over seven million passengers and 1.5 million tons of cargo on the Newhaven-Dieppe route alone. During the First World.