Moulsecoomb railway station

Moulsecoomb National Rail
Location
Place Moulsecoomb
Local authority Brighton and Hove
Grid reference TQ325069
Operations
Station code MCB
Managed by Southern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Increase 0.407 million
2013/14 Increase 0.420 million
2014/15 Increase 0.426 million
2015/16 Decrease 0.422 million
2016/17 Decrease 0.332 million
History
Key dates Opened May 1980 (May 1980)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Moulsecoomb from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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:

Preceding station National Rail Following station
London Road (Brighton)   Southern
East Coastway Line		   Falmer

See also

References

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

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

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