Ashford West railway station
Ashford West | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Ashford, Kent England |
| Coordinates | 51°08′51″N 0°51′59″E / 51.1476°N 0.8663°E |
| Grid reference | TR 005 426 |
| Platforms | 3 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | London, Chatham and Dover Railway |
| Pre-grouping | South Eastern and Chatham Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 July 1884 | Station opened |
| 1 January 1899 | Closed to passengers |
| 1990s | closed for all traffic |
Ashford West railway station is a former railway station in
History
Opening
The station opened on 1 July 1884 as the new terminus of the
Facilities comprised three platforms. There was a carriage shed and an engine shed,
Closure
From 1 January 1899, passenger services were transferred to the former SER station. The engine shed closed on this date.[6] was later converted into a works for cleaning cloths used in locomotive cleaning. Over a million were processed annually, with the reclaimed oil being re-used in the lubrication of points and point rodding.[7] The platform canopies were intact in the mid-1930s,[4] but had been removed by July 1957.[8]
The station site was largely intact as late as 1985.[9] The main station building was used for railway offices and residential accommodation, and was still standing as of 1994.[10] Much of the track around the station was used by the engineers department until the 1990s. The remaining buildings and track were removed in 1999 for the construction of HS1.[11]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminus | Maidstone Line
|
Hothfield |
References
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 1994, Historical Background.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Smith 1994, Ashford West.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 1994, Illustration 117.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Smith 1994, Illustration 112.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 1994, Illustration 115.
- ^ "Ashford". Kentrail. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 1994, Illustration 116.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 1994, Illustration 113.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 1994, Illustration 119.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 1994, Illustration 114.
- ^ Ashton, Ben. "The second abandoned Ashford railway station everyone has forgotten about". Kent Live. Local World. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- Sources
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1994). Swanley to Ashford. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1 873793 45 6.