Margate railway station
Margate 
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| Location | |
| Place | Margate |
| Local authority | District of Thanet |
| Grid reference | TR347705 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | MAR |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| DfT category | D |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.648 million |
| – Interchange |
 1,930 |
| 2012/13 |
0.620 million |
| – Interchange |
2,132 |
| 2013/14 |
0.627 million |
| – Interchange |
2,148 |
| 2014/15 |
0.679 million |
| – Interchange |
2,404 |
| 2015/16 |
0.829 million |
| – Interchange |
6,258 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 5 October 1863 |
| Listed status | |
| Listed feature | Margate Railway Station |
| Listing grade | II |
| Entry number | 1260321 |
| Added to list | 25 August 1987 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Margate from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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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 generally run to London Victoria via Chatham, or to London St Pancras via Ramsgate, Canterbury West and Ashford International. Peak hour trains run to St Pancras via Chatham and Gravesend and to London Cannon Street.
The arrangement inherited by the Southern Railway in 1923 with the lines and stations closed in 1926 shown in pink (St Lawrence for Pegwell Bay had closed in 1916). The dotted line represents the new surface line and stations. Ramsgate and Dumpton Park both opened in 1926.
Trains first reached Ramsgate in April 1846 when the South Eastern Railway (SER) opened a line from Canterbury. It terminated at Ramsgate SER, later to be called Ramsgate Town. Later the same year the line opened across Thanet to Margate, to Margate SER, (later Margate Sands). Trains from Canterbury for Margate had to reverse at Ramsgate Town; a chord was built bypassing the station, but not often used. St Lawrence station was opened in 1864 just before this chord but closed in 1916.
The London Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) reached Margate from Herne Bay in 1863. This called at Margate LC&DR (later Margate West), East Margate (later Margate East), Broadstairs and via a 1,630 yards (1,490 m) tunnel terminated at Ramsgate LC&DR (later Ramsgate Harbour), located near the harbour and beach.
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