Ramsgate Approach Railway Station

&nbsp The Short Lived Ramsgate Approach Railway Station was a small, curved 1 platform station just to the east of Ramsgate Railway Station and was used for all Local Northern Rail Services departing Ramsgate to the east.



History
Due to high passenger demand and works being undertaken on Ramsgate's footbridges, Ramsgate Approach was born, as a temporary station. One train (Ramsgate-Furnival Road shuttle) would occasionally terminate here to allow people not catching another train to get off. The shuttle services would also stop here to allow people to travel to Ramsgate to catch connecting Virgin, CrossCountry and TransPennine Express services which would not stop at the station

Accidents

 * During the opening ceremony of the temporary station, a person fell onto the railway tracks, forcing the local 08:27 Ramsgate-Manchester Victoria to brake severely. No-one was killed, but 12 people were injured. The train was formed of 142045