Margate railway station
Margate  | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Margate, District of Thanet England |
| Grid reference | TR347705 |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Platforms | 4 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | MAR |
| Classification | DfT category D |
| History | |
| Opened | 5 October 1863 |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 |  1.114 million |
| Interchange | 8,233 |
| 2019/20 | 1.140 million |
| Interchange |  7,817 |
| 2020/21 | 0.353 million |
| Interchange | 1,157 |
| 2021/22 | 0.884 million |
| Interchange | 4,197 |
| 2022/23 | 1.026 million |
| Interchange | 8,333 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Feature | Margate Railway Station |
| Designated | 25 August 1987 |
| Reference no. | 1260321[1] |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Margate railway station serves the town of Margate in Thanet, Kent, England. It is 73 miles 69 chains (118.9 km) down the line from London Victoria. The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern.
Trains from the station generally run to Victoria via
History
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The arrangement inherited by the Southern Railway in 1923 with the lines and stations closed in 1926 shown in pink (Tivoli had closed c.1867 and St Lawrence for Pegwell Bay had closed in 1916). The dotted line represent the new surface lines and stations. Ramsgate and Dumpton Park both opened in 1926. Margate Sands Goods closed in 1972. The diagram shows the position as of 1926.
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Trains 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.[2] 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 in 1864, costing £13,707.[3] St Lawrence for Pegwell Bay railway station was opened in 1864 just before this chord but closed in 1916.[4]
The
This arrangement was inherited by
Until 1967 a service operated between Margate and
Architecture
The station was rebuilt in 1926 by the SR's chief assistant architect,
Cultural references
The station was featured in Only Fools and Horses, in the 1989 episode The Jolly Boys' Outing. Del Boy and Rodney discover the station is closed due to a strike, after being stuck in Margate following their coach blowing up.[9]
Services
All services at Margate are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 and 395 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[10]
- 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
- 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
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Following station | ||
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References
Citations
- ^ a b Historic England. "Margate Station (1260321)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ Gray 1990, p. 245.
- ^ Gray 1990, p. 246.
- ^ a b McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, p. 126.
- ^ McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, p. 125.
- ^ McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, p. 30.
- ^ "Margate". Kent Rail. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, pp. 30, 32.
- ^ "Film & TV". Network Southeast. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ Table 194, 207, 212 National Rail timetable, December 2021
Sources
- 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. ISBN 978-0-7110-3222-4.
51°23′7.04″N 1°22′19.85″E / 51.3852889°N 1.3721806°E
External links
- Train times and station information for Margate railway station from National Rail