Birchington-on-Sea railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Birchington-on-Sea
code = BCH


manager = Southeastern.
locale = Birchington-on-Sea
borough = Thanet
usage0405 = 0.229
usage0506 = 0.250
usage0607 = 0.258
platforms = 2
start = 5 October 1863

Birchington-on-Sea railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in north Kent, and serves the town of Birchington-on-Sea. Train services are provided by Southeastern.

The station is located at one end of the High Street about 800m from the Village Square. Buses operate from here to Minnis Bay and Margate on weekdays during core hours, at other times buses can be caught from the village square. Taxi Services are available with numbers displayed on posters at the station.

History

A small goods yard was situated on the Up [London bound] side of the station which closed in the 1970s and operated by the signalbox located midway on the down platform closed about the same time during a resignalling programme. The wire and rod cutout can still be seen within the brick face of the down platform. The 2007 Budget plan of Network Rail allows for the removal of the remaining manual turnround and it is believed short residual siding [occasionally used for storing tamping track maintenance units, 'tampers'.

A junction existed here to serve RAF Manston until the 1930s operated from a Ground Frame [Birchington B] located some 400m upside of the station - a plan of which can be seen in the RAF Manston Museum..

ervices

The typical off-peak service from the station is two trains per hour to London Victoria via the Medway Towns and Bromley South, and two trains per hour to Ramsgate via Margate.

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