Broadstairs railway station

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Broadstairs
National Rail
Broadstairs Railway.jpg
View of Main Platform
LocationBroadstairs, District of Thanet
England
Grid referenceTR391679
Managed bySoutheastern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBSR
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Opened5 October 1863
Passengers
2015/16Increase 0.663 million
2016/17Increase 0.710 million
2017/18Increase 0.764 million
2018/19Increase 0.799 million
2019/20Decrease 0.747 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
View NNW, towards Margate in 1963. Crampton Tower on the left

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 call are operated by Southeastern. Trains to London can run either way through the station, depending on the route either via Margate or Ramsgate.

History[]

Broadstairs station under British Rail with two 4 CEPs in 'Jaffa cake' livery in 1990.

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 Ramsgate Harbour.[2] It opened on 5 October 1863.[3] From the beginning, the line was operated by the London, Chatham & Dover Railway (LCDR), who bought the Kent Coast Railway on 1 July 1871.[2]

The station was run by the Southern Railway (SR) following the Railways Act 1921. Having inherited lines from the LCDR and SER, the SR decided to simplify services by constructing a new line linking Broadstairs directly to the current Ramsgate station, thus joining the stations together and forming a loop along Kent. This opened on 2 July 1926.[4]

Electric services began at Broadstairs on 15 June 1959.[4] Goods services were withdrawn from the station on 3 June 1963.[5] A high-speed service to London St Pancras began on 13 December 2009.[6]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[]

As of December 2019 the typical off-peak service from the station is:[8][9]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Margate   Southeastern
Chatham Main Line - Ramsgate Branch 		  Dumpton Park
Margate   Southeastern
High Speed 1
St Pancras International to St Pancras International Circular 		  Ramsgate
Margate   Southeastern
High Speed 1
London-Margate via Ashford 		  Ramsgate
Disused railways

Line open, station closed 		  London, Chatham and Dover Railway
Chatham Main Line - Ramsgate Branch 		  Ramsgate Harbour
Line and station closed

References[]

Citations

  1. ^ Gray 1990, p. 34.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, p. 30.
  3. ^ Butt 1995, p. 45.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, p. 66.
  5. ^ McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, p. 121.
  6. ^ "High Speed". Southeastern. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  7. ^ Collins, Julia (11 August 2015). "Woman dies at Broadstairs rail station after being hit by train". kentonline.co.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  8. ^ "December 2019: London - Ashford, Folkestone, Dover and Margate" (PDF). Southeastern. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Timetable 2 - London to Medway Towns, Sittingbourne, Sheerness-on-Sea, Faversham, Dover and Ramsgate" (PDF). Southeastern. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2020.

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • 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[]

Coordinates: 51°21′38″N 1°26′1″E / 51.36056°N 1.43361°E / 51.36056; 1.43361

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