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.
General information | |||||
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Location | Moulsecoomb, Brighton and Hove England | ||||
Grid reference | TQ325069 | ||||
Managed by | Southern | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | MCB | ||||
Classification | DfT category E | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | May 1980 | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2019/20 | 0.429 million | ||||
2020/21 | 0.103 million | ||||
2021/22 | 0.292 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.320 million | ||||
2023/24 | 0.373 million | ||||
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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 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
editAll services at Moulsecoomb are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[2]
- 3 tph to Brighton
- 2 tph to Seaford
- 1 tph to Eastbourne
During the peak hours, a number of additional services between Brighton, Hastings and Ore also call at the station.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Southern |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Surrey and Sussex by Rail (1988), p.29 (ISBN 0-7117-0331-0).
- ^ Table 189, 190 National Rail timetable, May 2023
External links
edit- Train times and station information for Moulsecoomb railway station from National Rail