Ashford railway station serves the town of Ashford, Surrey, in the borough of Spelthorne in South East England. It is 17 miles 40 chains (28.2 km) down the line from London Waterloo.
Ashford (Surrey)  | |
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.jpg) Ashford Station | |
| General information | |
| Location | Ashford, Spelthorne England |
| Grid reference | TQ065719 |
| Managed by | South Western Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | AFS |
| Classification | DfT category C2 |
| History | |
| Opened | 22 August 1848 |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 |  1.076 million |
| 2019/20 |  0.986 million |
| 2020/21 | 0.237 million |
| 2021/22 | 0.616 million |
| 2022/23 | 0.725 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Although the station signage displays only Ashford, the station is referred to in timetables and is printed on railway tickets as Ashford (Surrey) in order to differentiate it from Ashford International railway station in Kent.[1][2][3]
History edit
The station was opened in 1848 by the Windsor Staines and South Western Railway Company. Absorbed by the London and South Western Railway, it became part of the Southern Railway during the grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Rail.
At the east end of the main station building is the station house (known as White Lodge), built in 1857 to accommodate Prince Albert on his visit to open the nearby Welsh School (now St. James' School for Senior Boys), although it is unclear whether he actually stayed there.[4] The station also previously had a goods yard to the north which is now an aggregates yard and builders' merchant.
In 2015 the station was refurbished, and a ramp was installed to improve disability access to the ticket office and waiting room.[5]
Services edit
The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by South Western Railway, who provide all train services from the station. The station is between Staines and Feltham on the line from Waterloo to Windsor.
The typical off-peak service from the station is:
- 4tph (trains per hour) to London Waterloo
- 2tph to Windsor and Eton Riverside
- 2tph to Weybridge
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feltham | South Western Railway Waterloo to Reading Line |
Staines | ||
Gallery edit
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Station building (centre) and White Lodge (left) -
Looking towards London -
Looking towards Staines -
Platform signage
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References edit
- ^ National Rail - Station Facilities: Ashford (Surrey) Archived 4 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Trains to Ashford (Surrey) station". South Western Railway. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ National Rail - Live departures: Ashford (Surrey)
- ^ Barker, D. M.; Barker, J. L. (2006). Aspects of Ashford. Addlestone, Surrey: Borough Books. ISBN 978-0-9537547-1-7.
- ^ Strudwick, Matt (17 February 2015). "Ashford railway station to get £60,000 revamp". getsurrey.co.uk. Surrey Live. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
External links edit
- Train times and station information for Ashford railway station (Surrey) from National Rail