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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.
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 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]
Ramsgate developed as one of South East England's main seaside resorts in the 19th century. It became a natural target during the "Railway Mania" period of the 1840s, and the South Eastern Railway company was the first to reach it when it built a route which branched off from the South Eastern Main Line at Ashford. [1]
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 .
Ramsgate Harbour railway station was a railway station in Ramsgate, in the Thanet district of Kent, England.Opened in 1863 as part of the Kent Coast Railway company's extension of its line from Herne Bay, it was conveniently situated for the seaside resort's beach, but it closed in 1926 after a reorganisation of railway lines in the Thanet area.
To the east is the junction station for the SER branch line to Deal via Sandwich - itself opened on 1 July 1847. [3] [4] Originally there was no connection for trains running from Ramsgate SER Station to Deal and services were provided from a bay platform. Services from Sandwich and Deal terminated at Minster, where passengers then had to ...
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 .