Wye railway station
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Wye, Ashford England | ||||
| Grid reference | TR048469 | ||||
| Managed by | Southeastern | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | WYE | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 6 February 1846 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.258 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  77,282 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.169 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.185 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.202 million | ||||
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Wye railway station serves Wye in Kent, England, on the Ashford to Ramsgate line. The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern.
History
[edit]The first plan for a station near Wye was in 1812, when John Rennie the Elder proposed building a canal to connect the River Medway in North Kent with the River Rother in East Sussex. A tramway would connect Wye to the canal. The proposal was abandoned in favour of through railways.[1]
The station was opened by the South Eastern Railway in 1846, along with the rest of the line from Ashford to Canterbury West.[2][3] It was a constructed next to a level crossing with the main road, on the grounds that Parliament believed trains would not be frequent.[4] A crane for goods traffic was installed in 1852.[5] The station began serving local gravel goods traffic in 1919.[6] Freight facilities were closed on 10 June 1963.[7]
Racecourse station
[edit]On the opposite side of the level crossing a separate station was opened in March 1882 to serve the racecourse. It was closed in May 1974 (with the last horse racing meeting) and subsequently demolished.[8]
Facilities
[edit]The platforms were connected by a concrete footbridge in 1960. This was replaced with a 12.5-metre (41 ft) steel footbridge in 2015.[9] The staffed level crossing at the south end of the station required manual operation of the gates and was formerly a local traffic bottleneck[10] but was replaced with automated crossing gates in December 2022.[11]
The station is staffed for part of the day. There is a passenger-operated ticket machine located on the Ashford-bound platform, by the footbridge.[12]
The station buildings on the Ashford-bound platform contain the booking office. There is a shelter on the Canterbury-bound platform.[13]
Services
[edit]All services at Wye are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[14]
- 1 tph to London Charing Cross via Tonbridge
- 1 tph to Ramsgate
Additional services, including trains to and from London Cannon Street and London St Pancras International call at the station during the peak hours.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Southeastern | ||||
References
[edit]Citations
- ^ Gray 1990, p. 6.
- ^ Butt 1995, p. 256.
- ^ McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, p. 53.
- ^ Gray 1990, p. 244.
- ^ Gray 1990, p. 248.
- ^ Gray 1998, p. 125.
- ^ McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, p. 128.
- ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 486
- ^ "Wye Station Footbridge". Nusteel Structures. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Wye level crossing closure to cause diversions and traffic in Ashford". Kent Online. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ Castle, Liane (3 January 2023). "Villagers welcome new automated level crossings in Wye and Chartham as traffic reduced". Kent Online. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ "Wye". SouthEastern. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Wye". National Rail. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ Table 197, 207 National Rail timetable, December 2023
Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Gray, Adrian (1990). South Eastern Railway. Middleton Press. ISBN 978-0-906520-85-7.
- Gray, Adrian (1998). South Eastern and Chatham Railway. Middleton Press. ISBN 1-901706-08-7.
- McCarthy, Colin; McCarthy, David (2007). Railway of Britain : Kent and Sussex. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7110-3222-4.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Wye railway station from National Rail