Broadstairs train station
You can reach 57 stations directly from Broadstairs on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Margate, with 120 trains a day.
Broadstairs is the nearest station for postcodes in CT10. Check your own postcode.
- 57 direct destinations
- 655th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 39 parking spaces
- 8 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Broadstairs
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margate | 120 | 117 | 99 |
| Ramsgate | 116 | 117 | 99 |
| Birchington-on-Sea | 81 | 79 | 67 |
| Faversham | 81 | 79 | 67 |
| Herne Bay | 81 | 79 | 67 |
| Whitstable | 81 | 79 | 67 |
| Gillingham | 69 | 77 | 1 |
| Rainham | 69 | 77 | 36 |
| Sittingbourne | 69 | 77 | 36 |
| Chatham | 68 | 77 | 1 |
| Rochester | 68 | 77 | 1 |
| Stratford International | 65 | 67 | 30 |
| London St. Pancras International | 65 | 67 | 30 |
| Ebbsfleet International | 61 | 67 | 30 |
| Chestfield & Swalecliffe | 54 | 47 | 36 |
| Westgate-on-Sea | 54 | 47 | 36 |
| Dumpton Park | 53 | 47 | 36 |
| Ashford International | 42 | 38 | 32 |
| Thanet Parkway | 42 | 37 | 63 |
| Canterbury West | 40 | 37 | 32 |
| Bromley South | 36 | 44 | 1 |
| London Victoria | 36 | 44 | 1 |
| Gravesend | 27 | 32 | 0 |
| Strood | 27 | 32 | 0 |
| Longfield | 15 | 19 | 0 |
| Meopham | 15 | 19 | 0 |
| Newington | 12 | 2 | 4 |
| Teynham | 12 | 2 | 4 |
| London Bridge | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| London Cannon Street | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Minster | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Chilham | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Chartham | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Deal | 3 | 1 | 31 |
| Dover Priory | 3 | 1 | 31 |
| Martin Mill | 3 | 1 | 31 |
| Sandwich | 3 | 1 | 31 |
| Sturry | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Walmer | 3 | 1 | 31 |
| Wye | 3 | 1 | 0 |
and 17 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Broadstairs
Broadstairs is on the Chatham Main Line (Ramsgate Branch). That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Broadstairs station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Broadstairs station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Broadstairs station is
794,074 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 655th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Broadstairs and London St Pancras International than any other pair: 249,574 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 29 stations instead of 57, a drop of about 49%. Saturday runs to 44.
Nearest other stations
- Dumpton Park 1.1 miles
- Ramsgate 1.8 miles
- Margate 3.1 miles
- Thanet Parkway 3.7 miles
- Westgate-on-Sea 4.3 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Broadstairs, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Ramsgate Town · 1.7 miles
- Ramsgate Harbour · 2.0 miles
- Margate Sands · 2.3 miles
- Tivoli · 2.6 miles
- Ebbsfleet and Cliffsend Halt · 4.0 miles
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Facilities at Broadstairs station
Broadstairs is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:15 to 19:30 · Saturday: 06:15 to 19:30 · Sunday: 08:10 to 15:40
Toilets
Parking at Broadstairs station
- Station Car Park 39 spaces, 2 accessible
£4.50 off-peak, £4.90 a day, £19.50 a week
Cycle parking: 22 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 3 August 2026.
Getting to Broadstairs station
Broadstairs station is in Thanet, South East, and is run by Southeastern.
The nearest motorway junction is M20 J13 (Castle Hill), 21.7 miles south-west.
8 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Broadstairs station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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