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.

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.
The station was opened by the South Eastern Railway on 6 February 1846, along with the rest of the line from Ashford to. It was a constructed next to a level crossing with the main road, on the grounds that Parliament believed trains would not be frequent. A crane for goods traffic was installed in 1852. The station began serving local gravel goods traffic in 1919. Freight facilities were closed on 10 June 1963.

Facilities

The platforms were connected by a concrete footbridge in 1960. This was replaced with a steel footbridge in 2015. 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.
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.
The station buildings on the Ashford-bound platform contain the booking office. There is a shelter on the Canterbury-bound platform.

Services

the typical off peak services from this station in trains per hour is: