Moulsecoomb railway station

Moulsecoomb
The platforms at Moulsecoomb, looking northeast
General information
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
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 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. 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:

• 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
London Road		Southern East Coastway Line		Falmer

See also

• Transport in Brighton

External links

• Train times and station information for Moulsecoomb railway station from National Rail