The Brighton Belle train is making a nostalgic journey home - to be honoured near the spot where it made its journeys to and from Victoria.

The grand lady of rail travel is to be remembered as a part of the Brighton Walk of Fame, with a plaque cemented to the concourse at Brighton station, close to platform 4 where the service departed.

The famous train carried the rich and famous between Brighton and Victoria from January 1933 and April 1972 and became synonymous with style and opulence.

People still talk about the service provided by the six-coach train on which stars such as Lord Olivier and Dame Flora Robson regularly travelled. Even the Royal Family used the train.

On Tuesday, two of the original pullman carriages, Audrey and Vera, will arrive on platform 4 at 11.18am, just as they did in their glory days.

The restored carriages are now part of the Orient Express service, which goes on regular trips around Britain as the British Pullman.

Audrey and Vera were always coupled together as part of the Brighton Belle and the two will be taken out of their formation on the British Pullman so they can return home for a few hours.

The public will be allowed to visit one of the carriages as it stands in Brighton station after the ceremony to honour the Belle has taken place.

David Courtney, the businessman who set up the walk, which is now laid down as part of the the Waterfront development at Brighton Marina, said: "The Belle was so much part of Brighton life that it is important to remember it as part of the Walk of Fame.

"I originally wanted the plaque at the entrance to Brighton station but I was told by Brighton and Hove City Council, which owns the land at that spot, I could not because it would be advertising.

"Luckily both Network Rail and South Central, who are responsible for the concourse, were delighted to co-operate and the Brighton Belle will now have a permanent memorial yards from where it started its journeys."