Thanet: Pre-1926 and Post-1926

Drawn by David Glasspool

10th March 2006

 

This spectacular station building suits what was formerly a popular Victorian seaside resort well. Today, the beach at Margate still becomes packed on hot summer days. The brickwork is akin to the equally pleasing example at Ramsgate, but the styles are noticeably different. Hastings, East Sussex, formerly boasted a station building which was of similar design and heritage to Margate, although utilised red brick rather than the yellow / brown of the latter. © David Glasspool

10th March 2006

 

An eastward view back towards the station on 10th March 2006 reveals some interesting features. From left to right: note the broken siding, which formerly ran to serve the ''dock'' platform, this still retaining its canopy. Next, the Class 375 is stabled in a line which obviously was a complete loop in the past, this arrangement being modified to the present during the mid-1980s. Finally, the abandoned face of platform 5 is evident, the adjacent track bed of which has succumbed to nature. Beyond the vegetation on the right were formerly sidings; the site is now a housing estate. © David Glasspool

10th March 2006

 

The signal box is a very large brick structure, located on the ''down'' side to the west of the platforms. It was commissioned by the SE&CR in 1913, at the same time modifications were being made to the station layout. An obvious modification from recent times has been the installation of a metal staircase, replacing the original timber flight. © David Glasspool