Ramsgate train station
You can reach 70 stations directly from Ramsgate on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Ashford International, with 122 trains a day.
Ramsgate is the nearest station for postcodes in CT11. Check your own postcode.
- 70 direct destinations
- 406th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 44 parking spaces
- 3 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Ramsgate
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashford International | 122 | 145 | 95 |
| Broadstairs | 116 | 117 | 99 |
| Margate | 116 | 117 | 99 |
| Thanet Parkway | 93 | 106 | 128 |
| Stratford International | 84 | 99 | 31 |
| London St. Pancras International | 84 | 99 | 31 |
| Ebbsfleet International | 80 | 99 | 31 |
| Canterbury West | 79 | 106 | 92 |
| Birchington-on-Sea | 77 | 79 | 67 |
| Faversham | 77 | 79 | 67 |
| Herne Bay | 77 | 79 | 67 |
| Whitstable | 77 | 79 | 67 |
| Gillingham | 65 | 77 | 1 |
| Rainham | 65 | 77 | 36 |
| Sittingbourne | 65 | 77 | 36 |
| Chatham | 64 | 77 | 1 |
| Rochester | 64 | 77 | 1 |
| Chestfield & Swalecliffe | 53 | 47 | 36 |
| Dumpton Park | 53 | 47 | 36 |
| Westgate-on-Sea | 53 | 47 | 36 |
| London Bridge | 45 | 33 | 28 |
| Deal | 44 | 39 | 39 |
| Dover Priory | 44 | 39 | 39 |
| Headcorn | 44 | 69 | 58 |
| Marden | 44 | 69 | 58 |
| Minster | 44 | 68 | 59 |
| Martin Mill | 44 | 39 | 39 |
| Paddock Wood | 44 | 69 | 58 |
| Pluckley | 44 | 67 | 58 |
| Sandwich | 44 | 39 | 39 |
| Staplehurst | 44 | 69 | 58 |
| Tonbridge | 44 | 69 | 58 |
| Walmer | 44 | 39 | 39 |
| Folkestone Central | 43 | 39 | 3 |
| Folkestone West | 43 | 39 | 3 |
| Chilham | 42 | 68 | 59 |
| Chartham | 42 | 68 | 59 |
| Sturry | 42 | 68 | 59 |
| Wye | 42 | 68 | 59 |
| Sevenoaks | 40 | 66 | 56 |
and 30 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Ramsgate
Ramsgate is on the Chatham Main Line (Ramsgate Branch) and the Ashford to Ramsgate Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Ramsgate station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Ramsgate 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 Ramsgate station is
1,375,656 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 406th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 186,228 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Ramsgate and London St Pancras International than any other pair: 338,284 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: 48 stations instead of 70, a drop of about 31%. Saturday runs to 56.
Nearest other stations
- Dumpton Park 0.9 miles
- Broadstairs 1.8 miles
- Thanet Parkway 2.0 miles
- Margate 3.4 miles
- Minster 3.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Ramsgate, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Ramsgate Town · 0.4 miles
- Ramsgate Harbour · 1.0 miles
- Ebbsfleet and Cliffsend Halt · 2.3 miles
- Margate Sands · 2.4 miles
- Tivoli · 2.8 miles
- Richboro Port · 4.3 miles
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Facilities at Ramsgate station
Ramsgate is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:15 to 20:00 · Saturday: 06:15 to 20:00 · Sunday: 06:15 to 16:30
Toilets
Parking at Ramsgate station
- Station Car Park 44 spaces, 3 accessible
£5.60 off-peak, £6.20 a day, £25.20 a week
Cycle parking: 30 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 3 August 2026.
Getting to Ramsgate station
Ramsgate station is in Thanet, South East, and is run by Southeastern.
The nearest motorway junction is M20 J13 (Castle Hill), 19.9 miles south-west.
3 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Ramsgate Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Ramsgate 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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