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Railway station in Kent, England

Birchington on Sea railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the village of Birchington on Sea, Kent. It is 70 mile (113 km) down the line from and is situated between and
The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern. The station is located at one end of the high street and a short distance from the village square. Buses operate from the station to Minnis Bay and Margate on weekdays during peak hours; at other times buses can be caught from the village square.

The station was opened on 5 October 1863 by the Kent Coast Railway (KCR). The KCR was operated by the London, Chatham & Dover Railway (LCDR), which absorbed the KCR on 1 July 1871, and the station was renamed Birchington on Sea by the LCDR in October 1878. A small goods yard was situated on the Up London bound side of the station which closed in the 1970s and operated by the signalbox located midway on the down platform closed about the same time during a resignalling programme. The wire and rod cutout can still be seen within the brick face of the down platform. The 2007 Budget plan of Network Rail allows for the removal of the remaining manual turnround and it is believed short residual siding occasionally used for storing tamping track maintenance units, 'tampers'. A junction existed to the west of the station to serve RAF Manston until the 1930s operated from a Ground Frame Birchington B located some upside of the station a plan of which can be seen in the RAF Manston Museum.