Moulsecoomb railway station

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Moulsecoomb
National Rail
Moulsecoomb Station 01.jpg
LocationMoulsecoomb, Brighton and Hove
England
Grid referenceTQ325069
Managed bySouthern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeMCB
ClassificationDfT category E
History
OpenedMay 1980
Passengers
2016/17Decrease 0.332 million
2017/18Increase 0.377 million
2018/19Increase 0.427 million
2019/20Increase 0.429 million
2020/21Decrease 0.103 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Moulsecoomb railway station serves Moulsecoomb and Hollingdean, both suburbs of Brighton in East Sussex, England. Train services from the station are provided by Southern, and the station is on the East Coastway Line 1 mile 65 chains (2.9 km) down the line from Brighton.

The station was opened in May 1980 — the first completely new station on the then Southern Region since the Beeching Axe.[1] It is located adjacent to the Moulsecoomb campus of the University of Brighton.

The station has separate entrances to each platform; these are connected by a footbridge which also serves as a public right of way. The entrance to Platform 1 (the westbound platform) is via a set of steps from Queensdown School Road, a steeply sloping cul-de-sac off the main A270 Lewes Road. Platform 2 is reached from a path leading from the end of Crespin Way, another cul-de-sac at the eastern edge of the Hollingdean estate.

Services[]

The typical off-peak service is:

  • 5tph (trains per hour) to Brighton
  • 2tph to Seaford
  • 1tph to Hastings via Eastbourne
  • 2tph to Lewes
Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
London Road (Brighton)   Southern
East Coastway Line
  Falmer

Gallery[]

See also[]

  • Transport in Brighton

References[]

  1. ^ Surrey and Sussex by Rail (1988), p.29 (ISBN 0-7117-0331-0).

External links[]

Coordinates: 50°50′47″N 0°07′08″W / 50.84639°N 0.11889°W / 50.84639; -0.11889

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