South East England
Kent
Thanet District

Westgate-on-Sea railway station

Westgate-on-Sea railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of , Kent. It is 72 miles 35 chains down the line from and is situated between and .
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Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Westgate-on-Sea, Thanet, Kent, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Westgate-on-Sea Railway Station”, “Westgate-on-Sea Station”, and “WGA”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Carlton Cinema and Church of St Saviour.

Movie theater
Photo: Rick Ryder, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The , in , , England dates from 1910. The extension of the railway into East Kent in 1871 led to the creation of a number of seaside resorts along the Kent coast to the west of . is situated 510 feet northwest of Westgate-on-Sea railway station.

Church
Photo: Grevillelodge, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 610 feet northwest of Westgate-on-Sea railway station.

Church
Photo: JoshTilley, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 3,000 feet east of Westgate-on-Sea railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westgate-on-Sea and Garlinge.

Town
Photo: Rick Ryder, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a seaside town and civil parish on the north-east coast of , England. It is within the Thanet local government district and borders the larger seaside resort of .

Suburb
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and suburb of , in the Thanet district, in , England, situated 2 miles southwest of the centre of the town.

Suburb
Photo: JoshTilley, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Victorian seaside resort on the Thanet peninsula in the southeast corner of England. It is the westernmost part of and is part of the ribbon development of the north coast. lies to the west.

Westgate-on-Sea railway station

Latitude
51.38128° or 51° 22′ 53″ north
Longitude
1.33823° or 1° 20′ 18″ east
Elevation
62 feet (19 metres)
Operator
Southeastern
Network
National Rail
Abbreviation
“WGA”
Open location code
9F3398JQ+G7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6083526675
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6945252
Wiki­data ID
Q2515203
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Polish—“Westgate-on-Sea railway station” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Station Westgate-on-Sea”
  • Dutch: “Station Westgate-On-Sea”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة ويستجات اون سيا”
  • French: “gare de Westgate-on-Sea”
  • French: “Westgate-on-Sea”
  • Polish: “Westgate-on-Sea (stacja kolejowa)”
  • Polish: “Westgate-on-Sea”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Westgate-on-Sea railway station”. Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.