Broadstairs railway station

Broadstairs
View of Main Platform
Location
Place	Broadstairs
Local authority	District of Thanet
Grid reference	TR391679
Operations
Station code	BSR
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13	0.556 million
2013/14	0.580 million
2014/15	0.606 million
2015/16	0.663 million
2016/17	0.710 million
History
Key dates	Opened 5 October 1863 (5 October 1863)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Broadstairs from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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View NNW, towards Margate in 1963. Crampton Tower on the left

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.

The station and all trains that call are operated by Southeastern.

Trains to London can run either way through the station, depending on the route either via Margate or Ramsgate.

History

Broadstairs station under British Rail with two 4 CEPs in 'Jaffa cake' livery in 1990.

The station opened on 5 October 1863.^[1]

A high-speed service to London St Pancras began on 13 December 2009. In 2015, a woman was killed by a train at the station, in what was believed to have been a suicide.^[2]

Services

As of December 2015 the typical off-peak service from the station is:

• 1 tph to London St Pancras via Chatham and Ebbsfleet International (High Speed)
• 1 tph to London St Pancras via Ramsgate, Deal, Dover Priory, and Ashford International (High Speed)
• 1 tph to London St Pancras via Ramsgate, Canterbury West, Ashford International and Ebbsfleet International (High Speed)
• 1 tph to Margate (High Speed)
• 1 tph to London Victoria via Chatham and Bromley South (Main Line)
• 1 tph to Ramsgate (Main Line)

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Margate		Southeastern Chatham Main Line - Ramsgate Branch		Dumpton Park
Margate		Southeastern High Speed 1 St Pancras International to St Pancras International Circular		Ramsgate
Margate		Southeastern High Speed 1 London-Margate via Ashford		Ramsgate
	Disused railways
Margate East Line open, station closed		London, Chatham and Dover Railway Chatham Main Line - Ramsgate Branch		Ramsgate Harbour Line and station closed

References

External links

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

Coordinates: 51°21′38″N 1°26′1″E / 51.36056°N 1.43361°E / 51.36056; 1.43361