Sandgate railway station

Sandgate railway station was a railway station on the Sandgate Branch line serving the town of Sandgate in Kent. The station was positioned just after the railway crossed Hospital Hill and had two platforms and a brick built station building.

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

History

The station was planned as part of the South Eastern Railway's attempt to connect the military base at Shorncliffe with the railway network. A secondary reason was to develop the village of Seabrook as a coastal holiday resort.[2]

It was ceremonially opened on 9 October 1874, and opened fully the next day.[3] An extension to Folkestone Harbour was planned, but this was never implemented. By 1910, the station was being served by 15 trains a day from Sandling, with the journey taking around 8 minutes.[4]

Being inland of the town it served, the station was never popular and with increased bus traffic cutting the already small passenger numbers, it was closed on April Fool's Day 1931.[3] The station building was demolished a few months after closure and a bus depot was built on the site which operated until 6 September 1980. The station area has since been completely redeveloped with housing.[5]

References

Citations

1. Marshall, CDF (1931). A history of the Southern Railway, The Southern Railway Company. p. 413.
2. Course 1974, p. 159.
3. Searle 1983, p. 36.
4. McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, p. 54.
5. Catford, Nick (26 May 2017). "Sandgate". Disused Stations. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

Sources

• Course, Edwin (1974). The Railways of Southern England : Secondary and branch lines. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-2835-X.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• McCarthy, Colin; McCarthy, David (2007). Railways of Britan - Kent and East Sussex. Ian Allen. ISBN 978-0-7110-3222-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Searle, MV (1983). Lost Lines: Anthology of Britain's Lost Railways. New Cavendish Books.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• Station site on 1947 OS Map

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