Wye railway station serves Wye in

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, on the

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. The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by

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History

The first plan for a station near Wye was in 1812, when

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proposed building a canal to connect the

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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

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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.

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.

Facilities

The platforms were connected by a concrete footbridge in 1960. This was replaced with a steel footbridge in 2015. There is a staffed 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 staffed 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

All services at Wye are operated by

using

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. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 1 tph to London Charing Cross via * 1 tph to During the peak hours, the station is also served by trains to

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. The station is also served by a single early morning service to

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, operated by a EMU.

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