Ascot railway station

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Ascot

Location

Place

Ascot

Local authority

Windsor and Maidenhead

Operations

Station code

ACT

Managed by

South West Trains

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Passenger Usage

2002/03 *

0.858 million

2004/05 **

0.940 million

History

Key dates

Opened 1856

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Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ascot.

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Ascot railway station is a railway station in the town of Ascot in Berkshire, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by South West Trains. It is situated at the junction of the line from Waterloo to Reading with the Ascot to Guildford line.

The station has three tracks and four platform faces. The London-bound track is a single track with platform faces on either side, both of which are called Platform 1. Platform 2 serves the Reading-bound line, and Platform 3 serves the Guildford line for trains starting and terminating their journeys at Ascot. Where trains are running from London to through to Guildford, or vice versa, they use Platform 2.

[edit] History

The station was opened when the Staines, Wokingham and Woking Junction Railway reached here on 4 June 1856; on 9 July the line was extended to Wokingham. On 18 March Ascot became a junction when the line towards Ash Vale was opened.

In the days when race traffic for the nearby Ascot Racecourse warranted it, there was a separate racecourse station situated nearby. There were also four signal boxes.

A fire at in 1983 severely damaged the station buildings.

[edit] Services

Ascot is served by trains between London Waterloo and Reading every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday, and every 60 minutes on Sundays. Trains to Guildford via Aldershot operate at the same frequency. Most of these trains start or terminate at Ascot, but there are through trains from London Waterloo to Aldershot during Monday to Friday peak periods.