Margate railway station

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Margate
Location
Place	Margate
Local authority	Thanet
Operations
Station code	MAR
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms in use	4
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	0.584 million
2005/06 *	0.595 million
History
Key dates	Opened 5 October 1863
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Margate from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Margate railway station serves the town of Margate in Thanet in Kent, England. Train services are provided by Southeastern.

Trains from the station run to London Victoria and London Charing Cross via Chatham and Bromley South, or via Ramsgate, Canterbury West or Dover Priory and Ashford International.

Contents 1 Architecture 2 In the Media 3 Services 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Architecture

Margate railway station is a grade II listed building,^[1] constructed in 1926 by Edwin Maxwell Fry[1].

[edit] In the Media

The station was featured in Only Fools and Horses, in the 1989 episode The Jolly Boys' Outing.

[edit] Services

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Westgate-on-Sea		Southeastern Chatham Main Line - Ramsgate Branch		Broadstairs
Broadstairs		Southeastern Kent Coast Line		Terminus
		Southeastern Ashford to Ramsgate (via Canterbury West) line
Birchington-on-Sea		Southeastern High Speed 1 London-Broadstairs (not yet operational)		Broadstairs
Broadstairs		Southeastern High Speed 1 London-Margate (not yet operational)		Terminus

[edit] References

Coordinates: 51°23′7.04″N, 1°22′19.85″E

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Margate railway station from National Rail