Sands station 1862-1926

In 1860 the Eastcliff undercliffe looked like this

 below picture is from 1830

This one above shows the coastguard cottages.

In 1862 plans were put forward to open a station just behind the popular Ramsgate main sands.
Wiki says the following
"The Herne Bay & Faversham Railway company was founded in 1857. In 1859 it became the Margate & London Railway, and two years later took the name Kent Coast Railway, by which it was known for the rest of its independent existence. It built a line from Faversham to Whitstable Town in 1860, extended it to Herne Bay & Hampton-on-Sea in 1861 and opened the section from there to a station called Ramsgate on 5 October 1863. This was much closer to the seafront at Ramsgate than its predecessor, Ramsgate Town, which was opened by the South Eastern Railway in 1846.^{"
Wiki article here}   

 ^{Until 1926 many people used the Sands to get to Ramsgate Main Sands but as the Wiki article says re-organisations in the Railway system meant the station was closed in 1926. It is rumoured it became unsafe to use however I can find only 2 accidents the result od one can be seen below}

^{In 1926 after it closed the station and tunnel was bought by Ramsgate Corporation.}

^{What happened to the site will be subject of further blogs but for many years it became leisure facilities}