Ashurst railway station is on the branch of the
Oxted line
The Oxted line is a railway in southern England and part of the Southern franchise. The railway splits into two branches towards the south and has direct trains throughout to London termini.
It was opened jointly by the London, Brighton and S ...
in southern England and serves
Ashurst in
Kent
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(very close to the
East Sussex
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border). It is from . The station is managed by
Southern
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Businesses
* China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China
* Southern Airways, defunct US airline
* Southern Air, air cargo transportation company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, US
* Southern Airways Express, M ...
.
History
Opened by the
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR; known also as the Brighton line, the Brighton Railway or the Brighton) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1922. Its territory formed a rough triangle, with London at its ...
, it became part of the
Southern Railway during the
grouping
Grouping may refer to:
* Muenchian grouping
* Principles of grouping
* Railways Act 1921, also known as Grouping Act, a reorganisation of the British railway system
* Grouping (firearms), the pattern of multiple shots from a sidearm
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of 1923. The station then passed on to the
Southern Region of British Railways
The Southern Region was a region of British Railways from 1948 until 1992 when railways were re-privatised. The region ceased to be an operating unit in its own right in the 1980s. The region covered south London, southern England and the south ...
on
nationalisation in 1948.
The station was destaffed around 1970 following which all the station buildings were demolished in 1983.
When
sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by
Network SouthEast
Network SouthEast (NSE) was one of the three passenger sectors of British Rail created in 1982. NSE mainly operated commuter rail trains within Greater London and inter-urban services in densely populated South East England, although the net ...
until the
privatisation of British Rail
The privatisation of British Rail was the process by which ownership and operation of the railways of Great Britain passed from government control into private hands. Begun in 1994, it had been completed by 1997. The deregulation of the indust ...
ways.
Facilities
Ashurst station is unstaffed and tickets must be bought from the self-service
ticket machine
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at the station.
The station has passenger
help points and covered seating areas available on both platforms. The station also has a small car park and cycle rack at the station entrance.
The
Uckfield
Uckfield () is a town in the Wealden District of East Sussex in South East England. The town is on the River Uck, one of the tributaries of the River Ouse, on the southern edge of the Weald.
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'Uckfield', first recorded in writing as ...
bound platform is accessible without steps however the
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
bound platform is only reachable by the stepped footbridge so isn't accessible.
Services
All services at Ashurst are operated by
Southern using
DMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
* 1 tph to via
* 1 tph to
Services increase to 2 tph in each direction during the peak hours.
On Sundays, the northbound service runs as far as Oxted only.
References
External links
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Railway stations in Royal Tunbridge Wells
Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1888
Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway