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)
Ashford Station
LocationAshford, Spelthorne
England
Grid referenceTQ065719
Managed bySouth Western Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeAFS
ClassificationDfT category C2
History
Opened22 August 1848
Passengers
2015/16 1.067 million
2016/17 1.057 million
2017/18 1.033 million
2018/19 1.076 million
2019/20 0.986 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 Railways.

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

References
  1. National Rail - Station Facilities: Ashford (Surrey) Archived 4 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. South West Trains - Station information: Ashford (Surrey)
  3. National Rail - Live departures: Ashford (Surrey)

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