Margate Station staffing

[NeilCr]

Recently I’ve been travelling from there at about 16:30 on a Thursday afternoon - every couple of weeks

There are so many platform staff - I reckon at least 10 today

Purely out of curiosity does anyone know why? I know they have some events at Dreamland on a Thursday night but - as far as I know- there isn’t one tonight

 

[ScotGG]

That's weird. Most stations within London that aren't London terminals are barely staffed at the best of times. Metro/Suburban and HS1/long distance are so very different.

 

[londonteacher]

Recently I’ve been travelling from there at about 16:30 on a Thursday afternoon - every couple of weeks

There are so many platform staff - I reckon at least 10 today

Purely out of curiosity does anyone know why? I know they have some events at Dreamland on a Thursday night but - as far as I know- there isn’t one tonight

The staff are brilliant at Margate. They catered well, above and beyond, my year 1 class a few weeks ago.

Dreamland, good weather, school holidays etc are all reasons as to why they are staffed well.

 

[Chriso]

I think a lot are revenue and enforcement officers. They are there checking people departing have a ticket and I welcome it massively . Unfortunately anti social behaviour in that part of Kent is horrendous

 

[NeilCr]

I think a lot are revenue and enforcement officers. They are there checking people departing have a ticket and I welcome it massively . Unfortunately anti social behaviour in that part of Kent is horrendous

Possibly

Have to say I’ve never seen them checking tickets

I haven’t taken much notice of anything that would identify their job. But my initial reaction was that they were platform staff

I’ll have a closer look next time I’m there

I mostly use Ramsgate where there are quite regular revenue blocks. That doesn’t seem to be what is happening at Margate

 

[godfreycomplex]

Recently I’ve been travelling from there at about 16:30 on a Thursday afternoon - every couple of weeks

There are so many platform staff - I reckon at least 10 today

Purely out of curiosity does anyone know why? I know they have some events at Dreamland on a Thursday night but - as far as I know- there isn’t one tonight

Margate platforms have a lovely big curve on them which means that they need multiple dispatchers to supervise the PTI (Platform-Train Interface) and dispatch process, as no one person can see the side of the whole train at any one time.

 

[Dumpton Park]

Thanet has had some awful incidents of (young) people trying to cross the tracks and getting killed, so I think that's a factor too. It was very noticeable that during Folk Week last year Broadstairs had up to half a dozen people in hi viz on the platforms - although it's one station that could still do with more staffing more often during the summer especially, in my opinion.

DP

 

[Horizon22]

Margate still regularly lock up/clear trains I believe. If so there's a few extra people there required.

As others have said, might be a few revenue/ non-platform staff on site too. Peak time there might be a few more departures which requires an extra dispatcher on hand. Or there may have just been a staff meeting. Endless potential reasons!