Ramsgate railway station

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Ramsgate
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General information
Location Ramsgate, District of Thanet
England
Grid reference TR371657
Managed by Southeastern
Platforms4
Other information
Station codeRAM
Classification DfT category D
History
Opened2 July 1926
Passengers
2018/19Increase2.svg 1.380 million
 Interchange Decrease2.svg 86,077
Ramsgate and Margate
Legend
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 Margate Sands
Margate West
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Chatham Main Line
to London Victoria
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Line closed north and south of
Margate Sands Goods in 1926.
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Margate Sands Goods
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 Margate East
Tivoli
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 Broadstairs
To Ashford and Dover
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 Dumpton Park
St Lawrence
for Pegwell Bay
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 Ramsgate
Ramsgate Town
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 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.

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, which, unlike the present-day station, was in the town centre. Later the same year the line opened across Thanet to Margate, to Margate SER (later Margate Sands). Trains from Canterbury to 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 & 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 1630 yd tunnel terminated at Ramsgate LC&DR (later Ramsgate Harbour), near the harbour and beach.

This arrangement was inherited by Southern Railway on grouping in 1923. In 1926 a new line was opened connecting the SER line from east of Ramsgate Town 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. This change made for operational convenience, but has the disadvantage that the town centre is no longer served.

Motive power depot

The SER opened a motive power depot near Ramsgate Station in April 1846. This was closed by the Southern Railway in 1926 and replaced by a larger facility in 1930. This closed to steam locomotives in 1959 and was converted for use servicing electric multiple units introduced by the Southern Region following the British Railways Kent Coast Electrification. [4]

The depot ( 51°20′32″N1°24′06″E / 51.3421°N 1.4018°E / 51.3421; 1.4018 (Ramsgate depot) ) was modernised in 2007 [5] and opened in late 2008. [6]

Connections

The station is situated in the northern Ramsgate parish of St Lawrence, a 10-minute walk away from Ramsgate town centre. The "Loop" bus service operated by Stagecoach South East connects the station with Ramsgate town centre and nearby Thanet settlements, including those not served by rail such as Westwood.

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References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Ramsgate Railway Station (1086060)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Ramsgate Station (British Rail), Ramsgate", www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk
  3. ↑ Table 194, 207, 212 National Rail timetable, December 2023
  4. ↑ Roger Griffiths and Paul Smith, The directory of British engine sheds: 1, Oxford, OPC, 1999. p. 65.
  5. ↑ "Fitzpatrick Contractors Ltd - News from Fitzpatrick: new depots, new division", www.railwaystrategies.co.uk, 11 March 2008
  6. ↑ "New Ramsgate depot opens" (PDF), Railway Herald (154): 6, 3 November 2008, ISSN   1751-8091

51°20′27″N1°24′22″E / 51.3408°N 1.4060°E / 51.3408; 1.4060

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