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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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.
All services at Moulsecoomb are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: [2]
During the peak hours,a number of additional services between Brighton,Hastings and Ore also call at the station.
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