| Ash Vale | |
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| Ash Vale railway station | |
| Location | |
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| Place | Ash Vale |
| Local authority | Guildford |
| Operations | |
| Station code | AHV |
| Managed by | South West Trains |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail | |
| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 0.395 million |
| 2005/06 * | 0.398 million |
| 2006/07 * | 0.407 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 2 May 1870 |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ash Vale from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |
Ash Vale is a railway station serving the village of Ash Vale in Surrey, England. It is situated at the junction of the London to Alton line and the line from Ascot to Guildford. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by South West Trains.
The station is on an embankment and is adjacent to the Basingstoke Canal. The station opened in May 1870 under the name of "North Camp and Ash Vale", changing to its present name on 30 March 1924. The original main station building of the south side had to be demolished due to subsidence, the current replacements dating from 1972.
It is approximately half a mile from Ash Vale to North Camp station on the North Downs Line (the line between Gatwick Airport, Guildford and Reading), a distance passengers are expected to walk to make any connection. Only disabled passengers may make the argument that to do so would not be "reasonable" - the National Routeing Guide which defines route validity allows for the less able taking circuitous routes at the discretion of staff.
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Opened by the London and South Western Railway, it became part of the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the Privatisation of British Railways.
On weekdays, there are trains approximately every 30 minutes between London Waterloo and Alton, and between Ascot and Guildford. On Sundays, trains are every 30 minutes between London and Alton, and every 60 minutes between Ascot and Guildford.
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 A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Farnham railway station |
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Brookwood | South West Trains Alton Line |
Aldershot | ||
| Frimley | South West Trains Ascot to Guildford line |
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