Wye railway station
Railway station in Kent, England
Wye  | |
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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 | |
| 2018/19 |  0.256 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.258 million |
| 2020/21 |  77,282 |
| 2021/22 | 0.169 million |
| 2022/23 | 0.185 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
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
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 on 6 February 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
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
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
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
During the peak hours, the station is also served by trains to London Cannon Street.
The station is also served by a single early morning service to London St Pancras International, operated by a Class 395 EMU.
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southeastern | ||||
References
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. "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 2022
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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wye railway station.
- Train times and station information for Wye railway station from National Rail
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