Moulsecoomb railway station
Moulsecoomb Southern | |
|---|---|
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | MCB |
| Classification | DfT category E |
| History | |
| Opened | May 1980 |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 |  0.427 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.429 million |
| 2020/21 |  0.103 million |
| 2021/22 | 0.292 million |
| 2022/23 | 0.320 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Moulsecoomb railway station serves
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
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
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
All 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
East Coastway Line | ||||
See also
- Transport in Brighton
References
- ISBN 0-7117-0331-0).
- ^ Table 189, 190 National Rail timetable, May 2023
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Moulsecoomb railway station.
- Train times and station information for Moulsecoomb railway station from National Rail
50°50′47″N 0°07′08″W / 50.84639°N 0.11889°W
