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A new £44million train station – previously dubbed a “mugger’s paradise” – will now be staffed seven days a week. Thanet Parkway, in Cliffsend, opened in July last year and offers high-speed, 75-minute journeys to London St Pancras and easy parking. But the isolated nature of the new station, between Ramsgate and Minster, saw safety concerns raised by councillors. It is currently staffed Monday to Friday, but starting March 1, this will increase to seven days a week. A spokesman for Southeastern said: “The opening of Thanet Parkway is an important part of our goal to deliver a better, more rel…

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