Ashford railway station (Surrey)

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)
National Rail
Ashford Station
General information
LocationAshford, Spelthorne
England
Grid referenceTQ065719
Managed bySouth Western Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeAFS
ClassificationDfT category C2
History
Opened22 August 1848
Passengers
2017/18Decrease 1.033 million
2018/19Increase 1.076 million
2019/20Decrease 0.986 million
2020/21Decrease 0.237 million
2021/22Increase 0.616 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 as printed on railway tickets, either as Ashford (Surrey), or Ashford (Middlesex) (from the historic county), in order to differentiate it from Ashford International railway station in Kent.[1][2][3]

History

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, 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 of the station which is now an aggregates yard and builders' merchant.

Services

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:

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Feltham   South Western Railway
Waterloo to Reading Line		   Staines
  • Looking towards London
    Looking towards London
  • Looking towards Staines
    Looking towards Staines
  • Platform signage
    Platform signage

References
  1. National Rail - Station Facilities: Ashford (Surrey) Archived 4 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Trains to Ashford (Surrey) station". South Western Railway. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  3. National Rail - Live departures: Ashford (Surrey)
  4. Barker, D. M.; Barker, J. L. (2006). Aspects of Ashford. Addlestone, Surrey: Borough Books. ISBN 978-0-9537547-1-7.
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