Ashford International railway station

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Ashford International
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General information
Location Ashford, Borough of Ashford, Kent,
England
Coordinates 51°08′37″N0°52′30″E / 51.1435°N 0.8750°E / 51.1435; 0.8750
Grid reference TR011421
Managed by Southeastern (HS1 Ltd for international services)
Platforms6
Other information
Station codeAFK (ASI for Eurostar services)
Classification DfT category B
Key dates
1 December 1842Opened as "Ashford"
9 July 1923Renamed "Ashford (Kent)"
8 January 1996Commencement of Eurostar services
28 February 1996Rebuilt and renamed "Ashford International"
13 December 2009Commencement of High Speed 1 domestic services
September 2020Eurostar services suspended
Passengers
2018/19Increase2.svg 4.103 million
 Interchange Increase2.svg 0.907 million
London St Pancras International or Ebbsfleet International   Eurostar
(Suspended)
  Calais-Frethun or Lille Europe
   Paris Nord
Disused railways
Waterloo International   Eurostar   Calais-Fréthun
Pluckley   British Rail Southern Region
  Smeeth
Hothfield   British Rail Southern Region
 Terminus

Incidents

The first fatality on the South Eastern Railway occurred at Ashford in May 1843. A guard had stepped onto a running board to look for lost luggage, when the train suddenly started. He was decapitated when his head hit a sentry box. [10]

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