Heritage railway stations · South East England
Ramsgate railway station
In or near Westwood.
Ramsgate railway station — a Grade II*-listed railway station in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
Mike Quinn — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Ramsgate · 0.1 km
- Free entry
- Wheelchair accessible
Getting there & planning your visit
Ramsgate railway station is located at postcode CT11 1DE and is just 0.1 km from the nearest station, Ramsgate. Entry to the station is free, and it is wheelchair accessible.
About
Ramsgate railway station is a Grade II*-listed building in england-south-east, United Kingdom. Grade II* status is conferred by Historic England (or Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland or NIEA equivalents) on buildings of exceptional national interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for full historical and architectural details.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Thanet Coast SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
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 station is managed by Southeastern, which (including Southeastern High Speed) operates all trains serving it.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
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, which, unlike the present-day station, was in the town centre. Later the same year the line opened across Thanet to Margate, to Margate SER (later Margate Sands). Trains from Canterbury to 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 & Dover Railway (LCDR) reached Margate from Herne Bay in 1863. This called at Margate LC&DR (later Margate West), East Margate…
Architecture
Ramsgate railway station is a 1920s brick-built station thought to have been designed by James Robb Scott and Edwin Maxwell Fry, and built between 1924 and 1926. Margate station and the demolished Dumpton Park station are of a similar design. The building is Grade II listed.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.3408, 1.4060
- County
- Kent
- District
- Thanet
- Parish
- Ramsgate
- Postcode
- CT11 1DE
- Parliamentary constituency
- East Thanet
- Established
- 1926
- Nearest railway station
- Ramsgate — 0.1 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q1897319 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Ramsgate railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Ramsgate railway station?
- Ramsgate railway station is in Kent, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode CT11 1DE), in the parish of Ramsgate.
- What is Ramsgate railway station?
- Ramsgate railway station — a Grade II*-listed railway station in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Ramsgate railway station?
- The nearest railway station is Ramsgate, about 0.1 km away. Drivers can use postcode CT11 1DE.
- When was Ramsgate railway station built?
- Built or established in 1926.
- Who owns Ramsgate railway station?
- Ramsgate railway station is owned by Southeastern.
- Is Ramsgate railway station a listed building?
- Ramsgate railway station is officially recognised as Grade II* listed.
- Is Ramsgate railway station a protected site?
- Yes — Ramsgate railway station is part of the Thanet Coast SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Ramsgate railway station free to visit?
- Yes, Ramsgate railway station is free to enter.