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The project is funded with £14 million from the South East Local Enterprise Partnership via the Local Growth Fund, £12 million from the UK Government Getting Building Fund, £3.4 million from the New Stations Fund, £2 million from Thanet District Council, £700,000 from the East Kent Spatial Development Company and £5.8 million from Kent ...
The full extent of the railway network in Kent, showing the twin lines from London to Ramsgate and Margate. The coastal resort and port town of Ramsgate was historically served by a complex network of unconnected railway lines, the legacy of competition between two rival companies to provide links to London and to neighbouring Margate.
Ramsgate railway station serves the town of Ramsgate in Thanet in Kent, England. The station lies on the Chatham Main Line , 79 miles 21 chains (127.6 km) down the line from London Victoria , the Kent Coast Line , and the Ashford to Ramsgate (via Canterbury West) line .
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. [8] Margate West station was renamed Margate in 1926. Margate East closed on 4 May 1953. [4]
The Kent Coast Line is the railway line that runs from Minster East Junction to Buckland Jn connecting Ramsgate and Dover Priory in the English county of Kent. It was electrified (750 V DC third rail) by BR under the 1955 Modernisation Plan .
Community non-commercial station Academy FM Thanet on 107.8FM and online and via mobile app it broadcasts from within Marlowe Academy, Ramsgate. The county-wide Heart Kent; BBC Radio Kent; National TV stations carry regional news: The ITV1 service is provided currently by Meridian Broadcasting; and the BBC South East Today.
The Ramsgate Tunnel section of the A299. The original Thanet Way project, and hence the A299, used to end near Monkton, where the A253 once continued to Ramsgate. [7] This section of road has been renumbered as an extension of the A299 to Ramsgate Harbour, including a 1-mile tunnel under the Pegwell area constructed in the 1990s. [8] [9]
The A256 is a major road running along the east coast of Kent between the Isle of Thanet and Dover.It is operated by Kent County Council as a primary route, and has seen investment in the past to connect traffic to the Port of Ramsgate, and to the Pfizer research centre in Sandwich.