Wye
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Wye, Ashford England | ||||
| Grid reference | TR048469 | ||||
| Managed by | Southeastern | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | WYE | ||||
| Classification | DfT categoryE | ||||
| 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 | ||||
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Wye railway station serves WyeinKent, England, on the Ashford to Ramsgate line. The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern.
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]
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]
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]
All services at Wye are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[14]
Additional services, including trains to and from London Cannon Street and London St Pancras International call at the station during the peak hours.
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Following station | ||
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Railway stations in Kent
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| London Charing Cross to Gillingham |
Other alternative routes from London to Dartford via Sidcup and via Bexleyheath. | ||
| London Victoria to Ramsgate via Chatham |
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| London Victoria to Dover via Chatham |
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| London Victoria to Ashford via Maidstone East |
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| London St Pancras to Paris & Brussels High Speed 1 |
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| London Charing Cross to Dover via Tonbridge |
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| London Charing Cross to Hastings |
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| London Bridge to Uckfield |
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| Ashford to Ramsgate via Canterbury West |
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| Dover to Margate |
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| Redhill–Tonbridge |
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| Sittingbourne to Sheerness-on-Sea |
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| Ashford to St Leonards Marshlink |
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| Strood to Paddock Wood Medway Valley Line |
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| East Kent Railway |
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| Kent & East Sussex Railway |
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| Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway |
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| Spa Valley Railway |
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Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only. | |
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51°11′06″N 0°55′44″E / 51.185°N 0.929°E / 51.185; 0.929
