Margate (MAR)
Managed by Southeastern
Station facilities
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Station seating facilities
Station seating facilities Heated waiting room on platforms 1 and 3 Only available when staff present -
Trolleys
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Refreshments
Note Buffet and Selecta vending machines -
ATM machine
ATM machine Next to the ticket office
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Toilets
Toilets Waiting Room- Available during staffing hours -
Pay phone
Pay phone Cards and Coins -
Internet
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Post box
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Tourist information office
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Shops
Shops newspapers
Margate
Getting to and from the station

Bicycle parking
Stands
- Storage sheltered
- Yes
- Storage location
- Platform 1 country end
- Storage spaces
- 60
- You may leave your cycle in the rack provided however you do so at your own risk.
- Storage CCTV
- No
- Car Park
Station Car Park
- Operator
- APCOA Parking
- Phone number
- 0330 333 9232
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Note
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From 1st June - new off peak evening rate (after 18:00) - £1.50
Number of accessible spaces: 7
Parking is free for disabled customers displaying a valid Blue Badge in any car parking space
- Opening hours
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Monday - Friday 24 Hours a Day
Saturday 24 Hours a Day
Sunday 24 Hours a Day
- Number of spaces
- 110 with 7 accessible spaces available
- Parking is free for disabled customers displaying a valid Blue Badge in any car parking space
- Free of charge
- No
- Daily rate
- £3.70
- Off peak rate
- £2.80
- Saturday rate
- £1.50
- Sunday rate
- £2.20
- Weekly rate
- £16.40
- Monthly rate
- £57.90
- 3 Monthly rate
- £173.70
- 6 Monthly rate
- £348.40
- Annual rate
- £631.40
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From 1st June - new off peak evening rate (after 18:00) - £1.50
- CCTV Coverage
- Yes
- Onward travel information
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Information to plan your onward journey is available in a printable format here
- Taxi
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station front
- Accessible taxis
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Accessible taxis are available to book
- Impaired mobility set down / pick up points available
- Yes
Ticket buying and collection
- Ticket Office
Yes
- Opening hours
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Monday - Friday 06:15 - 19:30
Saturday 06:15 - 19:30
Sunday 09:10 - 16:40
Assistance/Help available from station staff from First to Last trains.
- Location
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On way in to access trains
- Height adjusted ticket office counter
Height adjusted ticket counter is available at this station
- Height adjusted ticket office counter note
- There are standing height and wheelchair height ticket counters available.
- Induction loop
- This office has an induction loop
- Ticket machines
Yes
- Accessible ticket machines
- There are accessible ticket machines at this station
- Accessible ticket machines note
- station forecourt
- Collection of pre-purchased tickets
Yes, from ticket machine
- Smartcards
- Smartcards issued
Yes
- Smartcards top-up
Yes, at either ticket office or self-service ticket machine
- Smartcards validators
No
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Seasons, Single and Return tickets are now available digitally on The Key. To find out more or apply online, go to www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/tickets/the-key or get a smartcard from all staffed Southeastern ticket offices.
- Penalty fares
- Penalty fares apply for Southeastern
Staffing and general services
- Information available from staff
Yes - from help point
- Information services - opening times
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Monday - Friday 24 Hours a Day
Saturday - Sunday 24 Hours a Day
Train running Information and advice on how to get assistance available through the Help Point.
- Passenger Information Systems
- Departure screens, Announcements
- Customer help points
Yes
- On platform
- Lost Property
- Yes
- Southeastern Customer Services
- 0345 322 7021
- Customer Services
- 0345 322 7021
- Ticket gates
No
- CCTV
- Yes
- Location for Rail Replacement Services
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Front of the station, next to the Premier Inn.
Facilities
- ATM Machine
Yes
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Next to the ticket office
- Pay phones
Yes
- Pay phones type
- Cards and Coins
- Accessible public telephones
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Public telephones are not wheelchair accessible
- Refreshment facilities
Yes
- Buffet and Selecta vending machines
- Shops
Yes
- Type of shops available
- newspapers
- Toilets
Yes
- Toilets Location
- Waiting Room- Available during staffing hours
- Accessible toilets
- Yes
- Baby changing facilities
No
- National key toilets
- Yes
- National key toilets location
- Waiting Room- Available during staffing hours
- Waiting Rooms
Yes
- Waiting rooms location
- Heated waiting room on platforms 1 and 3 Only available when staff present
- Waiting rooms opening hours
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Only available when staff present
Accessibility and mobility access
- Helpline Contact
- 0345 322 7021 or Text relay 18001 0345 322 7021 Freephone 0800 783 4524 or Text Relay 18001 0800 783 4524
- Assisted travel
- Assistance navigating through the station and getting on and off trains (by ramp if required) is available all the time trains are running. There are also staff able to offer assistance on all Southeastern trains from this station. You can now book assistance up to 2 hours before your journey. You can also travel without booking, just make yourself known to staff as far in advance as possible of the train you would like to get - we recommend at least 20 minutes. The meeting point for assisted travel is the office on platform 1 or you can use the help point.
- Helpline opening hours
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*Helpline closed on Christmas Day
- Staff help available
Yes
- Staff help available opening times
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Monday - Friday 24 Hours a Day
Saturday 24 Hours a Day
Sunday 24 Hours a Day
- Ramp for train access
Yes
- Step free access coverage
Yes
- Step free access note
- Category A. This station has step free access to all platforms - Step free access from booking hall to platform 1 for services towards Ramsgate. Step free access to all other platforms and interchange via lifts. Stepped access to platforms 2,3 and 4 via subway.
- Wheelchairs available
Yes
- Wheelchairs available open hours
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Monday - Friday 24 Hours a Day
Saturday 24 Hours a Day
Sunday 24 Hours a Day
Assistance/Help available from station staff from First to Last trains.