Moulsecoomb railway station
Railway station in East Sussex, England
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The platforms at Moulsecoomb, looking northeast
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General information | |
Location |
Moulsecoomb
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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 | |
2017/18 |
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2018/19 |
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2019/20 |
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2020/21 |
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2021/22 |
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Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the
Office of Rail and Road
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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 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 |
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Following station | ||
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Southern |
See also
References
- ↑ Surrey and Sussex by Rail (1988), p.29 ( ISBN 0-7117-0331-0 ).
- ↑ Table 189, 190 National Rail timetable, May 2023
External links
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- 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 / 50.84639; -0.11889
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Railway stations in
East Sussex
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Bedford and London to Brighton | |
London to Eastbourne | |
London to Hastings | |
Brighton to Hastings
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East Coastway |
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Hastings to Ashford
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Marshlink |
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Brighton to Seaford | |
Southampton to Brighton
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West Coastway |
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London to Uckfield | |
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Bluebell Railway | |
Kent and East Sussex Railway |
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Lavender Line | |
Spa Valley Railway |
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Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.
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