A new £44 million Kent railway station branded a costly white elephant has been hailed a success – despite failing to hit passenger targets. Train bosses are celebrating the first anniversary of Thanet Parkway near Ramsgate today, but admit the station has not quite reached the projected 100,000 passenger journeys in its first 12 months of operation. A combined scheme between Network Rail, Southeastern, Kent County Council and Thanet District Council, the station offers high-speed services to London St Pancras in one hour and 12 minutes, as well as regular mainline trains. But it has been unde…
