Margate East railway station

For the current station, see Margate railway station.

Margate East
General information
Location	Margate, Kent England
Grid reference	TR 3492 7065
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Kent Coast Railway
Key dates
5 October 1863 (1863-10-05)	Opened
2 July 1926 (1926-07-02)	Closed
Ramsgate and Margate Legend Chatham Main Line to London Victoria Margate West Margate Sands Margate Sands Goods line closed north and south of Margate Sands Goods in 1926 Margate East Tivoli Broadstairs Dumpton Park St Lawrence for Pegwell Bay Ramsgate to Ashford & Dover Ramsgate Town Ramsgate Harbour 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. This diagram: view talk edit

Margate East was a railway station in Margate, Kent, United Kingdom. It opened in 1863 and was closed in 1926 as part of the remodelling of railways in the Isle of Thanet by the Southern Railway.

History

In 1857, the Herne Bay and Faversham Railway was granted approval to construct a 10 miles 48 chains (17.06 km) long railway line from Faversham to Herne Bay via Whitstable, despite severe opposition from the South Eastern Railway. ^[1] In 1859, permission was granted to extend to Margate and the company changed its name to the Margate and London Railway. ^[2] It was arranged that the London, Chatham and Dover Railway would work the line. By 1861, permission had been granted to extend to Ramsgate, and a further change of name to the Kent Coast Railway had taken place. The line between Herne Bay and Ramsgate opened on 5 October 1863. ^[1]

Margate East was 24.5 miles (39.43 km) from Faversham, and thus about 76.5 miles (123.11 km) from London Victoria station. ^[3] In July 1922, service was six trains per day from London, and five trains per day to London. ^[4] Margate East was one of four stations in the Isle of Thanet closed on 2 July 1926 by the Southern Railway's remodelling scheme. ^[5]

External Links

• Photographs of Margate East via Margate Historical Society.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Margate West Line and station open		London, Chatham and Dover Railway Chatham Main Line		Ramsgate Harbour Line and station closed

References

1. Dendy Marshall 1963, p. 338.
2. Kidner 1963, p. 58.
3. Kidner 1963, p. 76-77.
4. Bradshaw 1986, pp. 231–36.
5. Dendy Marshall 1963, p. 411.

Sources

• Bradshaw (1986) [1922]. Bradshaw's Railway Guide, July 1922. London: Guild Publishing.
• Dendy Marshall, C. F. (1963). History of the Southern Railway. Vol. 2nd Enlarged and Revised. London: Ian Allan Ltd.
• Kidner, R. W. (1963). The South Eastern and Chatham Railway. London: The Oakwood Press.