Sandgate railway station

For the station in New South Wales of the same name, see Sandgate railway station, New South Wales. For the station in Brisbane of the same name, see Sandgate railway station, Brisbane.

Sandgate

Location
Place	Seabrook
Area	Shepway
Grid reference	TR188350
Operations
Pre-grouping	South Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway (UK)
Platforms	2
History
9 October 1874^[1]	Station opens
1 April 1931	Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Sandgate railway station was a railway station serving the town of Sandgate in Kent and was positioned just after the railway crossed Hospital Hill. On the Sandgate Branch line the station had two platforms, and a brick built station building.

It was ceremonially opened on 9 October 1874, and opened fully the next day. Being inland of the town it served the station was never popular and with increased bus traffic cutting the already small passenger numbers and it was closed on April Fool's Day 1931.^[2] The station building was demolished a few months after closure and until the 1950s a bus depot was built on the site.^[3]

The station area has been completely redeveloped.

References

↑ Marshall, CDF (1931). A history of the Southern Railway, The Southern Railway Company. p. 413.
↑ Searle, MV (1983). Lost Lines: Anthology of Britain's Lost Railways. New Cavendish Books. p. 36.
↑ http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/s/sandgate/index.shtml

External links

Station site on 1947 OS Map

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Hythe Line and station closed		Sandgate Branch		Terminus

Closed railway stations in Kent

Canterbury and Whitstable Railway	Whitstable Harbour Tankerton South Street Blean and Tyler Hill Canterbury North Lane

Elham Valley Railway	Canterbury South Bridge Bishopsbourne Barham Elham Lyminge Cheriton Halt

Hawkhurst Branch Line	Horsmonden Goudhurst Cranbrook Hawkhurst

Hundred of Hoo Railway	Milton Road Halt Denton halt Milton Range Halt Uralite Halt Cliffe High Halstow Halt Sharnal Street Beluncle Halt Middle Stoke Halt Stoke Junction Halt Allhallows-on-Sea Grain Crossing Halt Grain Port Victoria

Kent and East Sussex Railway	Frittenden Road Biddenden High Halden Road Tenterden St. Michael's

Sheppey Light Railway	Sheerness East East Minster Minster on Sea Brambledown Halt Eastchurch Harty Road Halt Leysdown

East Kent Light Railway	Richboro Port Sandwich Road Roman Road Poison Cross Woodnesborough Eastry Eastry South Knowlton Tilmanstone Colliery Halt Ash Town Staple Wingham Colliery Wingham Town Canterbury Road

Westerham Valley Branch Line	Westerham Brasted Chevening Halt

Gravesend West Line	Gravesend West Rosherville Halt Southfleet Longfield Halt

Sandgate Branch	Hythe Sandgate

South Eastern Main Line	Smeeth Folkestone East Folkestone Warren Halt Shakespeare Cliff Halt

Dover area	Dover Harbour Dover Town Admiralty Pier Dover Marine

Marshlink Line Dungeness branches	Brookland Halt Lydd Town Lydd-on-Sea Halt Greatstone-on-Sea Halt New Romney and Littlestone-on-Sea Dungeness (SER)

Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway	Prince of Wales Halt Botolph's Bridge Halt Golden Sands Halt Greatstone Dunes War Department Halt Lade The Pilot (Inn) Britannia Points Halt

SER & LCDR merger remodelling	Ashford (LCDR) Ramsgate Harbour (LCDR Ramsgate) Ramsgate Town (SER Ramsgate) Margate Sands (SER Margate) Rochester Bridge (LCDR Strood) Rochester Common (SER Rochester) Chatham Central (SER Chatham) Strood (1st)

Other lines	Ashford to Margate via Canterbury West Chislet Colliery Halt Grove Ferry and Upstreet Ebbsfleet and Cliffsend Halt St Lawrence for Pegwell Bay Chatham Main Line Stonehall and Lydden Halt Margate East Maidstone East Line Ashford West Hothfield Medway Valley Line Teston Crossing Halt Tovil Sheerness Line Kings Ferry Bridge North Halt Queenborough Pier Sheerness Dockyard

Coordinates: 51°04′21″N 1°07′21″E / 51.0724°N 1.1224°E / 51.0724; 1.1224

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