Tivoli railway station was a non-public timetable railway station[lower-alpha 1] operated by the South Eastern Railway (SER) between 1848 and c. 1873.

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Margate Sands Margate West Chatham Main Line to London Victoria Line closed north and south of Margate Sands Goods in 1926. Margate Sands Goods Margate East Tivoli Broadstairs To Ashford and Dover Dumpton Park St Lawrence for Pegwell Bay Ramsgate Ramsgate Town Ramsgate Harbour
The arrangement inherited by the Southern Railway in 1923 with the lines and stations closed in 1926 shown in pink (Tivoli had closed c.1867 and St Lawrence for Pegwell Bay had closed in 1916). The dotted line represent the new surface lines and stations. Ramsgate and Dumpton Park both opened in 1926. Margate Sands Goods closed in 1972. The diagram shows the position as of 1926.

History

The Tivoli Gardens in Margate opened in 1829.[2] In December 1846 the SER opened its line from Ramsgate to a terminus at Margate Sands.[3] The Tivoli Gardens lay alongside the railway line, approximately 940 yards (860 metres) 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.[4][5] 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.[6]

The gardens closed in 1867[1] and the last recorded race meeting was in 1871.[7][8] 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.[6]

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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