The number of passengers using Rye railway station has returned to pre-Covid levels according to new research.
Almost half a million people arrive or leave from Rye each year according to the Office of Rail and Road – an increase of just over 21,000 on the year.
The newly released data also shows numbers using the Marshlink line have risen at all nine stations between Hastings and Ashford International for the second year running.
Rye has this year joined Three Oaks and Winchelsea stations with estimated use now above pre-Covid levels.
The data also shows how journeys at Winchelsea have risen by a third in the past year – a rise of 5,000 reflecting improved services at the station.
Research from On Time Trains says Rye had an average 1,316 passenger entries/exits each day in 2025.
Marshlink community rail partnership line chair Kevin Boorman said, “It’s really great news for everybody. I’m really pleased to see so many more people travelling by train. I’m especially grateful to those partners and stakeholders who are making the stations such great and welcoming places. Thank you very much.”
The Marshlink is one of the lines which form Southeast Communities Rail Partnership (SCRP). The organisation is a Community Interest Company which works to connect
people, places and opportunities on railway lines.
More details about the work of SCRP at www.southeastcrp.org
Image Credits: Chris Lawson , SECRP , On Time Trains .