Ash railway station

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30+14 at Guildford). [3]

When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the Privatisation of British Railways.

Construction of a new road bridge to replace the A323 level crossing at the southeastern end of the station, began in September 2023. [4]

Services

Services at Ash are operated by South Western Railway and Great Western Railway using Class 165 and 166 DMUs and Class 450 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service is two trains per hour in each direction between Guildford and Farnham via Aldershot, operated by South Western Railway, and one train per hour in each direction between Reading and Gatwick Airport via Guildford, operated by Great Western Railway. [5]

During the peak hours, the service between Reading and Gatwick Airport is increased to two trains per hour in each direction.

On Sundays, the South Western Railway services are reduced to hourly in each direction with westbound services running to and from Ascot instead of Farnham. In addition, the eastbound Great Western Railway services run only as far as Redhill.

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Ash railway station
General information
Location Ash, Guildford
England
Grid reference SU899508
Managed by South Western Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeASH
Classification DfT category E
Key dates
20 August 1849Opened as Ash
July 1855Renamed Ash and Aldershot
September 1858Renamed Aldershot (Ash)
June 1859Renamed Ash and Aldershot
June 1863Renamed Ash Junction
1 December 1926Renamed Ash
Passengers
2019/20Decrease2.svg 0.246 million
 Interchange Decrease2.svg 21,645
Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Wanborough   South Western Railway
Farnham to Guildford
  Aldershot
Great Western Railway
Limited Service

Notes

  1. R A Williams, The London and South Western Railway: volume 2: Growth and Consolidation, David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1973, ISBN 0 7153 5940 1, pages 72 and 73
  2. H P White, A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: volume II: Southern England, Phoenix House, London, 1961, pages 129 and 130
  3. Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 23. ISBN   978-0-9549866-4-3.
  4. "Construction of £45M Ash bridge starts this month". The Construction Index. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  5. Table 148, 149 National Rail timetable, December 2023

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