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The international terminal concourse. The station is to the southeast of the town centre at the convergence of several important lines. These are High Speed 1 from London St Pancras International to the Channel Tunnel, the South Eastern Main Line from London Charing Cross to Dover Priory, the Maidstone line from London Victoria via Maidstone East, the Ashford to Ramsgate line via Canterbury ...
Chart Leacon Traction and Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot was at one time a railway depot located in Ashford, Kent, England. The depot was situated 1.5 mi (2.4 km) to the west of Ashford International station on the south side of the line to Pluckley railway station. [4] The depot code is AF.
Also in that year, permission was obtained to build a railway from Ashford to Hastings, which opened on 13 February 1851. [20] Tunbridge station was renamed Tunbridge Junction on 1 February 1852. [21] Both Dover and Folkestone provided access to the English Channel, and thus to the French ports of Calais and Boulogne. [22]
German submarine U-629 was sunk in the English Channel by a B-24 of No. 53 Squadron RAF. Japanese destroyer Hayanami became the second ship to be torpedoed and sunk in the Sibutu Passage by USS Harder in as many days. American destroyer Meredith struck a mine in the English Channel and was severely damaged. Salvage efforts would be abandoned on ...
From 2001, there were proposals to build an additional station at Park Farm, between Ashford International and Ham Street. These were strengthened by the development of the new Finberry estate to the southeast of Ashford. [102] In December 2018, Ashford Borough Council concluded it was not economically viable or practical to build the station ...
Ashford railway station serves the town of Ashford, Surrey, in the borough of Spelthorne in South East England. It is 17 miles 40 chains (28.2 km) down the line from London Waterloo . Although the station signage displays only Ashford , the station is referred to in timetables and is printed on railway tickets as Ashford (Surrey) in order to ...
T.A. Huddlestone 1918-1924 [6] (afterwards station master at Ecclesfield) F. Smith 1924–1926 [7] (afterwards station master at Beauchief) J. Townson 1926–1931 [8] (also station master at Hassop afterwards station master at Duffield) J.H. Adams 1944–1947 [9] (afterwards station master at Radway Green) Horace Gundry ca. 1948–ca. 1950
2 Ownership of Ashford International Station. 1 comment. 3 Eurostar route map (Waterloo International) 2 comments. 4 Ashford International to Bedford Peak Only service.