Ash railway station
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Ash railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Ash |
| Local authority | Guildford |
| Grid reference | SU899508 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ASH |
| Managed by | South West Trains |
| Number of platforms | 2 (Originally 4) |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.273 million |
| – Interchange |
 37,291 |
| 2012/13 |
0.284 million |
| – Interchange |
33,379 |
| 2013/14 |
0.275 million |
| – Interchange |
32,994 |
| 2014/15 |
0.289 million |
| – Interchange |
31,889 |
| 2015/16 |
0.288 million |
| – Interchange |
34,523 |
| History | |
| 20 August 1849 | Station opens as Ash |
| July 1855 | Name changed to Ash and Aldershot |
| September 1858 | Name changed to Aldershot (Ash) |
| June 1859 | Name changed to Ash and Aldershot |
| June 1863 | Name changed to Ash Junction |
| 1 December 1926 | Name changed to Ash |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ash from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Ash railway station serves the village of Ash in Surrey, England. The station is served by South West Trains, who manage the station, and by Great Western Railway. It is situated on the Ascot to Guildford line and the North Downs Line 6¼ miles (10 km) west of Guildford. There is a Level Crossing south-east of the station.
Opened by the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway, then operated by the South Eastern 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.
The station had four platforms when it was built, which were later reduced to two after the second world war. The other two platforms were placed over where the station car park and the Network Rail offices now stand. The station is 49 miles 18 chains (79.2 km) from Charing Cross (measured via Redhill); platform 1 can accommodate an eight-coach train, but platform 2 only accommodates four coaches. To the east is the former Ash Junction, 48 miles 34 chains (77.9 km) from Charing Cross, where the former route via Tongham left the North Downs Line 35 miles 50 chains (57.3 km) from Waterloo (via Worplesdon and milepost 30 1⁄4 at Guildford).
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