Wye railway station

Wye railway station serves Wye in Kent, England, on the Ashford to Ramsgate line. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Southeastern.

Wye
Location
Place	Wye
Local authority	Ashford
Grid reference	TR048469
Operations
Station code	WYE
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	0.171 million
2015/16	0.189 million
2016/17	0.196 million
2017/18	0.221 million
2018/19	0.256 million
History
Key dates	Opened 6 February 1846 (6 February 1846)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Wye from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

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]

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.[8] There is a manned level crossing at the south end of the station. This is a local traffic bottleneck, causing delays when it is closed for maintenance.[9]

The station is manned for part of the day. There is a passenger-operated ticket machine located on the Ashford-bound platform, by the footbridge.[10]

The station buildings on the Ashford-bound platform contain the booking office. There is a shelter on the Canterbury-bound platform.[11]

Services

As of December 2019 the typical off peak services from this station in trains per hour is:[12]

• 1 tph to London Charing Cross via Tonbridge
• 1 tph to London Victoria via Maidstone East
• 1 tph to Canterbury West
• 1 tph to Ramsgate via Canterbury West

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Ashford International		Southeastern Ashford to Ramsgate line		Chilham or Canterbury West

References

Citations

1. Gray 1990, p. 6.
2. Butt 1995, p. 256.
3. McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, p. 53.
4. Gray 1990, p. 244.
5. Gray 1990, p. 248.
6. Gray 1998, p. 125.
7. McCarthy & McCarthy 2007, p. 128.
8. "Wye Station Footbridge". Nusteel Structures. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
9. "Wye level crossing closure to cause diversions and traffic in Ashford". Kent Online. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
10. "Wye". SouthEastern. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
11. "Wye". National Rail. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
12. "Timetable 3 - London to Ashford International and Canterbury West via Maidstone East. Strood to Maidstone West, Paddock Wood and Tonbridge" (PDF). SouthEastern. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2020.

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (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.
• Gray, Adrian (1990). South Eastern Railway. Middleton Press. ISBN 978-0-906520-85-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Gray, Adrian (1998). South Eastern and Chatham Railway. Middleton Press. ISBN 1-901706-08-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• McCarthy, Colin; McCarthy, David (2007). Railway of Britain : Kent and Sussex. Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-3222-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• Train times and station information for Wye railway station from National Rail