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Location | Ashford, Borough of Ashford, Kent, England | ||||
Coordinates | 51°08′37″N 0°52′30″E / 51.1435°N 0.8750°E | ||||
Grid reference | TR011421 | ||||
Managed by | Southeastern (HS1 Ltd for international services) | ||||
Platforms | 6 | ||||
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Station code | AFK (ASI for Eurostar services) | ||||
Classification | DfT category B | ||||
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1 December 1842 | Opened as "Ashford" | ||||
9 July 1923 | Renamed "Ashford (Kent)" | ||||
8 January 1996 | Commencement of Eurostar services | ||||
28 February 1996 | Rebuilt and renamed "Ashford International" | ||||
13 December 2009 | Commencement of High Speed 1 domestic services | ||||
September 2020 | Eurostar services suspended | ||||
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Ashford International railway station is a National Rail station in the town of Ashford, Kent, England. It connects several railway lines, including High Speed 1 and the South Eastern Main Line. Services are operated by Southeastern and Southern.
The station opened in 1842 as Ashford by the South Eastern Railway (SER) as a temporary terminus of the line from London to Dover via Croydon. Connections to Folkestone, Canterbury and Hastings opened within ten years. It was renamed Ashford (Kent) in 1923. There have been two significant rebuilds; in the 1960s for the South Eastern Main Line electrification, and to accommodate international services in the 1990s. The station was renamed as Ashford International in 1996. International services were reduced following the completion of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link and the opening of Ebbsfleet International in 2007, but were partially restored before being suspended indefinitely in 2020. Domestic services along High Speed 1 to St Pancras have been running since 2009.
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