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.
Broadstairs  | |||||
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 Southbound view of platforms from station footbridge | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Broadstairs, District of Thanet England | ||||
| Grid reference | TR391679 | ||||
| Managed by | Southeastern | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | BSR | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 5 October 1863 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.747 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 0.188 million | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.495 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.631 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.714 million | ||||
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The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern. Trains to London can run either way through the station, depending on the route either via Margate or Ramsgate.
History
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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Electric services began at Broadstairs on 15 June 1959.[4] Goods services were withdrawn from the station on 3 June 1963.[5] A high-speed service to London St Pancras began on 13 December 2009.[6]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
editIn 2015, a woman was killed by a train at the station.[7]
Services
editAll services at Broadstairs are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 and 395 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[8]
- 1 tph to London St Pancras International via Chatham and Gravesend
- 1 tph to London St Pancras International via Ramsgate and Canterbury West
- 1 tph to London Victoria via Chatham
- 1 tph to Margate
- 2 tph to Ramsgate
Additional services including trains to and from London Bridge and London Cannon Street call at the station in the peak hours.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Southeastern | ||||
| Southeastern | ||||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Margate East Line open, station closed
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London, Chatham & Dover Railway |
Ramsgate Harbour Line and station closed
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References
editCitations
- ^ Gray 1990, p. 34.
- ^ a b McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, p. 30.
- ^ Butt 1995, p. 45.
- ^ a b McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, p. 66.
- ^ McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, p. 121.
- ^ "High Speed". Southeastern. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ Collins, Julia (11 August 2015). "Woman dies at Broadstairs rail station after being hit by train". kentonline.co.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ Table 194, 207, 212 National Rail timetable, December 2021
Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
- 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
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- Train times and station information for Broadstairs railway station from National Rail