Margate Railway Station

Margate railway station serves the town of Margate in Thanet in Kent, England. Train services are provided by Southeastern. Trains from the station generally run to London Victoria via, or to via Ramsgate, Canterbury West and Ashford International. Peak hour trains run to St Pancras via Chatham and Gravesend and to. HistoryTrains first reached Ramsgate in April 1846 when the South Eastern Railway (SER) opened a line from Canterbury. It terminated at Ramsgate SER, later to be called Ramsgate Town. Later the same year the line opened across Thanet to Margate, to Margate SER, (later Margate Sands). Trains from Canterbury for Margate had to reverse at Ramsgate Town; a chord was built bypassing the station, but not often used. St Lawrence station was opened in 1864 just before this chord but closed in 1916. The London Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) reached Margate from Herne Bay in 1863. This called at Margate LC& DR (later Margate West), East Margate (later Margate East), Broadstairs and via a 1630yd tunnel terminated at Ramsgate LC& DR (later Ramsgate Harbour), located near the harbour and beach. This arrangement was inherited by Southern Railway on grouping in 1923. To simplify the arrangement in 1926 a new line was opened connecting the SER line from the site of St Lawrence for Pegwell Bay to the LCDR line just south of Broadstairs. The current Ramsgate station and a new station at Dumpton Park were built on this new line. The Ramsgate Harbour station, line through the tunnel, and the Ramsgate Town station and old SER line across to Margate Sands were all closed in July 1926. Margate West station was renamed Margate in 1926. Margate East closed in 1953.

Margate railway station serves the town of Margate in Thanet in Kent, England. Train services are provided by Southeastern. Trains from the station generally run to London Victoria via, or to via Ramsgate, Canterbury West and Ashford International. Peak hour trains run to St Pancras via Chatham and Gravesend and to. HistoryTrains first reached Ramsgate in April 1846 when the South Eastern Railway (SER) opened a line from Canterbury. It terminated at Ramsgate SER, later to be called Ramsgate Town. Later the same year the line opened across Thanet to Margate, to Margate SER, (later Margate Sands). Trains from Canterbury for Margate had to reverse at Ramsgate Town; a chord was built bypassing the station, but not often used. St Lawrence station was opened in 1864 just before this chord but closed in 1916. The London Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) reached Margate from Herne Bay in 1863. This called at Margate LC& DR (later Margate West), East Margate (later Margate East), Broadstairs and via a 1630yd tunnel terminated at Ramsgate LC& DR (later Ramsgate Harbour), located near the harbour and beach. This arrangement was inherited by Southern Railway on grouping in 1923. To simplify the arrangement in 1926 a new line was opened connecting the SER line from the site of St Lawrence for Pegwell Bay to the LCDR line just south of Broadstairs. The current Ramsgate station and a new station at Dumpton Park were built on this new line. The Ramsgate Harbour station, line through the tunnel, and the Ramsgate Town station and old SER line across to Margate Sands were all closed in July 1926. Margate West station was renamed Margate in 1926. Margate East closed in 1953.