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 | |||||
| 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.
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]
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.
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Southeastern | ||||
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