[2] In December 1846 the SER opened its line from Ramsgate to a terminus at Margate Sands.

[3] The Tivoli Gardens lay alongside the railway line, approximately 940 yards (860 metres) south of Margate Sands station and the manager of the gardens, a Mr Divers, negotiated with the SER to open a station to serve the gardens.

The station, a single platform with steps down to the gardens opened on 20 July 1848 and was located on the opposite side of Tivoli Road from the gardens.

[4][5] The station was not served by scheduled passenger trains but only by excursions to the gardens and race meetings at Margate Racecourse, situated nearby at Shottendane.

The Railway Magazine for June 1906 stated that it had been over 30 years since the station closed.