 By 1933 Merrie England , now under the ownership of Ramsgate Olympia , had become extremely popular , and Ramsgate Olympia began to lobby the Southern Railway to reopen the line through the tunnel , with a new junction station between Dumpton Park and Broadstairs . However , the Southern Railway rejected the proposal as too costly and impractical . Ramsgate Olympia and the Southern Railway were keen to make the attractions near the harbour accessible from the railway main line and to provide a service from the seafront to the greyhound stadium at Dumpton Park . The two companies eventually agreed on a scheme by which a new line would use the 780 yards ( 710 m ) of the tunnel nearest the beach , before branching off into a new 364 @-@ yard ( 333 m ) tunnel to emerge at a new station at Hereson Road , a 250 @-@ yard ( 230 m ) walk from Dumpton Park station . Ramsgate Olympia planned the construction of a large @-@ scale housing estate , charabanc parking facilities , and a 10 @,@ 000 @-@ seat stadium at Dumpton Park to increase passenger numbers and encourage people to use the new rail line . 
