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Wye railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in Kent, England}}{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Wye

| symbol_location = gb

| symbol = rail

| image = Wye railway station in 2009.jpg

| borough = Wye, Ashford

| country = England

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|TR048469|25|TR048469}}

| manager = Southeastern

| platforms = 2

| code = WYE

| classification = DfT category E

| opened = 6 February 1846

| mpassengers =

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{increase}} 0.258 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 77,282}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.169 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.185 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.202 million}}

| footnotes = 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.{{sfn|Gray|1990|p=6}}

The station was opened by the South Eastern Railway in 1846, along with the rest of the line from Ashford to {{rws|Canterbury West}}.{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=256}}{{sfn|McCarthy|McCarthy|2007|p=53}} It was a constructed next to a level crossing with the main road, on the grounds that Parliament believed trains would not be frequent.{{sfn|Gray|1990|p=244}} A crane for goods traffic was installed in 1852.{{sfn|Gray|1990|p=248}} The station began serving local gravel goods traffic in 1919.{{sfn|Gray|1998|p=125}} Freight facilities were closed on 10 June 1963.{{sfn|McCarthy|McCarthy|2007|p=128}}

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.Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 486

Facilities

The platforms were connected by a concrete footbridge in 1960. This was replaced with a {{convert|12.5|m|adj=on}} steel footbridge in 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.nusteelstructures.com/footbridges/wye-station-footbridge/|title=Wye Station Footbridge|work=Nusteel Structures|access-date=7 March 2020}}{{Dead link|date=January 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The staffed level crossing at the south end of the station required manual operation of the gates and was formerly a local traffic bottleneck{{cite news|url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/10-mile-diversion-as-crossing-to-shut-222492/|title=Wye level crossing closure to cause diversions and traffic in Ashford|work=Kent Online|date=21 February 2020|access-date=7 March 2020}} but was replaced with automated crossing gates in December 2022.{{cite web |last1=Castle |first1=Liane |title=Villagers welcome new automated level crossings in Wye and Chartham as traffic reduced |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/end-of-an-era-as-historic-landmarks-replaced-279662/ |website=Kent Online |date=3 January 2023 |access-date=3 January 2023}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/travel-information/more-travel-help/station-information/stations/wye|title=Wye|work=SouthEastern|access-date=7 March 2020}}

The station buildings on the Ashford-bound platform contain the booking office. There is a shelter on the Canterbury-bound platform.{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/wye/details.html|title=Wye|work=National Rail|access-date=7 March 2020}}

Services

All services at Wye are operated by Southeastern using {{brc|375}} EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:{{NRtimes|December 2023|197, 207}}

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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{{s-rail-national|previous=Ashford International|next=Chilham|toc=Southeastern|route={{smalldiv|Ashford to Ramsgate Line}}}}

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References

Citations

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Sources

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  • {{butt-stations}}
  • {{cite book|last=Gray|first=Adrian|title=South Eastern Railway|publisher=Middleton Press|year=1990|isbn=978-0-906520-85-7}}
  • {{cite book|last=Gray|first=Adrian|title=South Eastern and Chatham Railway|publisher=Middleton Press|year=1998|isbn=1-901706-08-7}}
  • {{cite book|last1=McCarthy|first1=Colin|last2=McCarthy|first2=David|title=Railway of Britain : Kent and Sussex|publisher=Ian Allan Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-0-7110-3222-4}}

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External links

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Category:Railway stations in Kent

Category:DfT Category E stations

Category:Transport in the Borough of Ashford

Category:Former South Eastern Railway (UK) stations

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1846

Category:Railway stations served by Southeastern