Tivoli railway station
{{Short description|Disused railway station in Kent, England}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Tivoli railway station
| status = Disused
| image =
| borough = Margate, Thanet, Kent
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|51|22|44|N|1|22|49|E|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name = Grid reference
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|TR35316983|25|TR35316983}}
| platforms = 1
| original = South Eastern Railway
| years = {{Start date|1848|7|20|df=yes}}
| events = Opened{{Quick-stations-5|page=448}}
| events1 = Closed
| embedded = {{Ramsgate and Margate RDT}}
}}
Tivoli railway station was a non-public timetable railway station{{efn|Non-public timetable stations were stations that did not feature in the publicly advertised railway timetable and were, for example, for internal railway use only or only served by excursion trains rather than regular services.}} operated by the South Eastern Railway (SER) between 1848 and {{circa|1867}}.
History
The Tivoli Gardens in Margate opened in 1829.{{cite book |editor1-last=Wood |editor1-first=Jason |title=The amusement park: history, culture and the heritage of pleasure |date=2017 |isbn=978-1472423726 |page=254 |publisher=Routledge}} In December 1846 the SER opened its line from Ramsgate to a terminus at {{rws|Margate Sands}}.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000235/18461208/012/0002 |title=Opening of the Margate branch of the South-Eastern Railway |work=Kentish Gazette |date=8 December 1846 |page=2 |issue=7,483 |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}} The Tivoli Gardens lay alongside the railway line, approximately {{convert|860|m|yd|abbr=off|order=flip}} south of Margate Sands station and the manager of the gardens, a Mr Divers, negotiated with the SER to open a station to serve the gardens. The station, a single platform with steps down to the gardens opened on 20 July 1848 and was located on the opposite side of Tivoli Road from the gardens.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000235/18480725/020/0003 |title=Margate. Tivoli Gardens and New Railway Station |work=Kentish Gazette |date=25 July 1848 |page=3 |issue=7,564 |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}{{cite book |last=Whittingham |first=Chris |title=A centenary history of Margate lawn tennis club |date=2007 |url=https://www.margatelawntennisclub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MLTC-A-CENTENARY-HISTORY.pdf |page=2}} The station was not served by scheduled passenger trains but only by excursions to the gardens and race meetings at Margate Racecourse, situated nearby at Shottendane.
The gardens closed in 1867 and the last recorded race meeting was in 1871.{{cite web |url=http://www.greyhoundderby.com/Margate%20racecourse.html |title=Margate Racecourse |work=Racecourses: Here today and gone tomorrow |access-date=4 March 2020}}{{cite book |url=https://issuu.com/mroberts.champittet/docs/margate_tourism_overview/5 |title=Dreamland Margate |publisher=Margate Renewal Partnership |date=2009 |page=3}} Closure of the station was probably concurrent with these closures although the actual date of the station is unknown. The Railway Magazine for June 1906 stated that it had been over 30 years since the station closed.{{cite magazine |title=Pertinent Paragraphs |magazine=The Railway Magazine |issue=108 |date=June 1906 |volume=19 |page=473}}
The embankment of the former line to Tivoli station is still visible either side of the B2052, to the north of Tivoli Park Avenue.
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