Sandgate railway station
{{Short description|Disused railway station in Kent}}
{{about||the station in New South Wales of the same name|Sandgate railway station, New South Wales|the station in Brisbane of the same name|Sandgate railway station, Brisbane}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Sandgate
| status = Disused
| image = Sandgate railway station.jpg
| country = England
| grid_name = Grid reference
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|TR188350|25|TR188350}}
| platforms = 2
| pregroup = South Eastern Railway
| postgroup = Southern Railway (UK)
| years = 9 October 1874{{cite book| author=Marshall, CDF| year=1931| title=A history of the Southern Railway, The Southern Railway Company| page=413}}
| events = Station opens
| years1 = 1 April 1931
| events1 = Station closes
}}
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.
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.{{sfn|Course|1974|p=159}}
It was ceremonially opened on 9 October 1874, and opened fully the next day.{{sfn|Searle|1983|p=36}} An extension to {{rws|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.{{sfn|McCarthy|McCarthy|2007|p=54}}
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.{{sfn|Searle|1983|p=36}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/s/sandgate/index.shtml|title=Sandgate|first=Nick|last=Catford|work= Disused Stations|date=26 May 2017|access-date=14 October 2019}}
References
Citations
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Sources
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- {{cite book|title=The Railways of Southern England : Secondary and branch lines|first=Edwin|last=Course|year=1974|publisher=Batsford|isbn=0-7134-2835-X}}
- {{cite book |first1=Colin|last1=McCarthy|first2=David|last2=McCarthy|title=Railways of Britain - Kent and East Sussex|publisher=Ian Allan|year=2007|isbn=978-0-7110-3222-4}}
- {{cite book| last=Searle|first=MV| year=1983| title=Lost Lines: Anthology of Britain's Lost Railways| publisher=New Cavendish Books}}
{{refend}}
External links
- [http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#619,134,1 Station site on 1947 OS Map]
{{Disused Rail Start}}
{{rail line|previous=Hythe
Line and station closed|route=Sandgate Branch|col=8f691e}}
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{{Closed stations Kent}}
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Category:Disused railway stations in Kent
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1874