Broadstairs railway station
General information | |
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Location | Broadstairs, District of Thanet England |
Grid reference | TR391679 |
Managed by | Southeastern |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | BSR |
Classification | DfT category E |
History | |
Opened | 5 October 1863 |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 0.799 million |
2019/20 | 0.747 million |
2020/21 | 0.188 million |
2021/22 | 0.495 million |
2022/23 | 0.631 million |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Broadstairs railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the seaside town of Broadstairs, Kent. It is 77 miles 9 chains (124 km) down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Margate and Dumpton Park.
The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern. Trains to London can run either way through the station, depending on the route either via Margate or Ramsgate.
History
The first proposal for a station at Broadstairs was by the South Eastern Railway (SER) in November 1859, who wanted to extend their existing station at Ramsgate towards Broadstairs at an estimated cost of £20,000. However, the scheme was refused permission by the station master at Ramsgate.[1]
Instead, the station was built by the Kent Coast Railway as part of an extension from Margate to
The station was run by the
Electric services began at Broadstairs on 15 June 1959.[4] Goods services were withdrawn from the station on 3 June 1963.[5] A high-speed service to London St Pancras began on 13 December 2009.[6]
Incidents
In 2015, a woman was killed by a train at the station.[7]
Services
All services at Broadstairs are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 and 395 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[8]
- 1 tph to Chatham and Gravesend
- 1 tph to London St Pancras International via Ramsgate and Canterbury West
- 1 tph to London Victoria via Chatham
- 1 tph to Margate
- 2 tph to Ramsgate
Additional services including trains to and from London Bridge and London Cannon Street call at the station in the peak hours.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Southeastern | ||||
Southeastern | ||||
Disused railways | ||||
Margate East Line open, station closed
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London, Chatham & Dover Railway
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Ramsgate Harbour Line and station closed
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References
Citations
- ^ Gray 1990, p. 34.
- ^ a b McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, p. 30.
- ^ Butt 1995, p. 45.
- ^ a b McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, p. 66.
- ^ McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, p. 121.
- ^ "High Speed". Southeastern. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ Collins, Julia (11 August 2015). "Woman dies at Broadstairs rail station after being hit by train". kentonline.co.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ Table 194, 207, 212 National Rail timetable, December 2021
Sources
- OL 11956311M.
- Gray, Adrian (1990). South Eastern Railway. Middleton Press. ISBN 978-0-906520-85-7.
- McCarthy, Colin; McCarthy, David (2007). Railways of Britain : Kent and Sussex. Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-3222-4.
External links
- Train times and station information for Broadstairs railway station from National Rail