Thanet Parkway train station
You can reach 57 stations directly from Thanet Parkway on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Ramsgate, with 93 trains a day.
Thanet Parkway is the nearest station for postcodes in CT12. Check your own postcode.
- 57 direct destinations
- 1,650th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 293 parking spaces
- 2 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Thanet Parkway
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsgate | 93 | 106 | 128 |
| Ashford International | 92 | 106 | 92 |
| Canterbury West | 78 | 106 | 92 |
| Headcorn | 43 | 67 | 58 |
| Marden | 43 | 67 | 58 |
| Minster | 43 | 68 | 59 |
| Paddock Wood | 43 | 67 | 58 |
| Pluckley | 43 | 67 | 58 |
| Staplehurst | 43 | 67 | 58 |
| Tonbridge | 43 | 67 | 58 |
| Broadstairs | 42 | 37 | 63 |
| Margate | 42 | 37 | 63 |
| Chilham | 41 | 68 | 59 |
| Chartham | 41 | 68 | 59 |
| Sturry | 41 | 68 | 59 |
| Wye | 41 | 68 | 59 |
| London Bridge | 40 | 32 | 28 |
| Sevenoaks | 39 | 64 | 56 |
| Stratford International | 39 | 36 | 31 |
| London St. Pancras International | 39 | 36 | 31 |
| Charing Cross | 38 | 32 | 28 |
| Waterloo East | 38 | 32 | 28 |
| Ebbsfleet International | 35 | 36 | 31 |
| Deal | 15 | 0 | 36 |
| Dover Priory | 15 | 0 | 36 |
| Martin Mill | 15 | 0 | 36 |
| Sandwich | 15 | 0 | 36 |
| Walmer | 15 | 0 | 36 |
| Folkestone Central | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Folkestone West | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Sandling | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Westenhanger | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Birchington-on-Sea | 3 | 0 | 31 |
| Chestfield & Swalecliffe | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dumpton Park | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Faversham | 3 | 0 | 31 |
| Herne Bay | 3 | 0 | 31 |
| Westgate-on-Sea | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitstable | 3 | 0 | 31 |
| London Cannon Street | 2 | 0 | 0 |
and 17 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Thanet Parkway
Thanet Parkway is on the Ashford to Ramsgate Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Thanet Parkway station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Thanet Parkway 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 Thanet Parkway station is
123,724 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,650th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 824 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Thanet Parkway and London St Pancras International than any other pair: 62,484 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: 35 stations instead of 57, a drop of about 39%. Saturday runs to 24.
Nearest other stations
- Minster 1.9 miles
- Ramsgate 2.0 miles
- Dumpton Park 2.9 miles
- Westgate-on-Sea 3.6 miles
- Broadstairs 3.7 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Thanet Parkway, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Ebbsfleet and Cliffsend Halt · 0.3 miles
- Ramsgate Town · 2.3 miles
- Ramsgate Harbour · 2.7 miles
- Richboro Port · 2.8 miles
- Richborough Castle Halt · 2.9 miles
- Margate Sands · 3.1 miles
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Facilities at Thanet Parkway station
Thanet Parkway is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Toilets
Parking at Thanet Parkway station
- Station Car park 293 spaces, 16 accessible
From National Rail's station record, last updated 3 August 2026.
Getting to Thanet Parkway station
Thanet Parkway station is in Thanet, South East, and is run by Southeastern.
The nearest motorway junction is M20 J13 (Castle Hill), 18.3 miles south-west.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Thanet Parkway.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Thanet Parkway 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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