South East England
Kent
Thanet District

Margate railway station

Margate railway station serves the town of in Thanet, , England. It is 73 miles 69 chains down the line from . The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern.
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Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Margate, Thanet, Kent, England, UK
  • Also known as: “MAR”, “Margate Railway Station”, “Margate Station”, and “Margate West”
  • Address: Station Approach, Margate
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dreamland Margate and Scenic Railway.

Theme park
Photo: Ruth Johnston, CC BY 2.0.
is an amusement park and entertainment centre based on a traditional English seaside funfair located in , Kent, England. The site of the park was first used for amusement rides in 1880, although the Dreamland name was not used until 1920 when the park's Grade II* listed Scenic Railway wooden rollercoaster was opened. is situated 1,300 feet east of Margate railway station.

Roller coaster
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The is a wooden roller coaster located at the in , . It first opened in 1920 and is the oldest roller coaster in the UK. is situated 1,300 feet east of Margate railway station.

Hotel
Photo: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 590 feet northwest of Margate railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westbrook and Margate.

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.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a seaside resort on the north coast, with a population in 2021 of more than 64,000. It's suffered the usual decline of English seaside towns but its beach is still thronged on warm summer weekends, and there are several places of interest for cold wet days.

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.

Margate railway station

Latitude
51.38516° or 51° 23′ 7″ north
Longitude
1.37195° or 1° 22′ 19″ east
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
Operator
Southeastern
Network
National Rail
Abbreviation
“MAR”
Open location code
9F3399PC+3Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7159042685
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6945253
Wiki­data ID
Q4296894
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Polish—“Margate railway station” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “estació de tren de Margate”
  • Dutch: “station Margate”
  • Dutch: “Station Margate”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة مارجات”
  • French: “gare de Margate”
  • French: “Margate”
  • Japanese: “マーゲイト駅”
  • Korean: “마게이트 철도역”
  • Polish: “Margate”

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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 “Margate railway station”. Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0.