Falmer railway station

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Falmer

Falmer railway station in 2005

Location

Place

Falmer

Local authority

Lewes

Operations

Station code

FMR

Managed by

Southern

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

0.771 million

2005/06 *

0.838 million

History

8 June 1848

Opened

1 August 1865

Resited

1890

Rebuilt

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Falmer from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Eastbound Connex slam-door electric multiple unit at Falmer station, 20 October 2002

Falmer Railway Station is operated by Southern and lies on the East Coastway Line.

The station serves the village of Falmer as well as the University of Sussex campus and the University of Brighton Falmer Campus. It is also intended to serve Falmer Stadium, the new home of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. planned for Falmer (Due to open August 2010). The buildings on the down (eastbound) platform side include a well-preserved, unusual example of a signal-box.

The original station was approximately 1 mile east of its present location, and opened on 8 June 1846. It was moved to its present location, much closer to the village, on 1 August 1865, and rebuilt in 1890 ^[1] The buildings on the down (eastbound) platform date from this time, but modern replacements have been installed on the westbound side.