Of
all the new grounds built in this country in the last 20 years, Brighton's is
undoubtedly the worst from the view of access and facilities. The American
Express Community Stadium (or Amex Stadium for short) is around 4 miles from the
town centre in Falmer, next door to the University of Sussex campus. There was
obviously nowhere else that Brighton could possibly have obtained permission to
build, because if there had have been the ground wouldn't be here! There is no
parking at the ground for home or away fans other than coaches and minibuses by
prior arrangement. Access is therefore primarily by train or Park & Ride. In
either case it can take up to 50 minutes to get away from the ground, and it
therefore seems utter madness that the club are looking to increase the ground's
capacity from 22,500 to over 30,000.If driving down then there is absolutely no parking in any of the roads around the ground. It seems though that you can park in the streets in Coldean and Moulsecoombe, from where it's a 20-30 minute walk through Brighton Academy to the ground. You should be aware though that Moulsecoombe is a pretty rough council estate. Alternatively there are three Park & Ride schemes, although only the one based at Mill Road (by the A27/A270 intersection) is much use for away fans. The parking is free, but you have to pay for the bus transfer. You can pay on the bus, but it's much cheaper to buy a voucher in advance (phone 0845 8730251 or 0845 4961901). You can also book on-line here.
There are four trains an hour from Brighton or Lewes to the ground, with a journey time of less than 10 minutes from either, and additional trains immediately before and after the game. There's a more frequent and slightly quicker service from Victoria to Brighton than to Lewes. However, it's likely that it's going to much quieter (and therefore quicker) travelling from/to Lewes than Brighton.