Broadstairs and John Derby, principally involved. Their coaches connected Broadstairs to Whitstable station where a railway service had begun as early as 1830 (one of the first in England, with its pioneering Stephenson's engine Invicta). By 1851, the region's network was still more complete, being supplemented by the London to south coast route, including the coastal link from Chichester to Ramsgate, the cross-country service between London and Dover and the Mid-Kent line that linked Redhill, Tonbridge and Ashford to London's first Eurostar terminal at Waterloo (opened in 1848). Broadstairs station (unlike neighbouring Margate) is a 10-minute walk from the beach. Although
9: The Last Resort in the closing credits as ""9 - The Last Resort"", leading most people to refer to the game as ""9: The Last Resort"". The title is always written as '9', the numeral, not the word. The name ""9"" refers to the nine muses which inhabit the resort (from Greek mythology). The muses are represented by various characters in the game. The name ""The Last Resort"" is the title of the building in which the game is set. It is a luxury hotel which belonged to a man called Thurston Last, but is also a pun on the term "last resort".