| Ash | |
| Symbol Location: | gb |
| Symbol: | rail |
| Borough: | Ash, Guildford |
| Country: | England |
| Grid Name: | Grid reference |
| Manager: | South Western Railway |
| Platforms: | 2 |
| Code: | ASH |
| Classification: | DfT category E |
| Years: | 20 August 1849 |
| Events: | Opened as Ash |
| Years1: | July 1855 |
| Events1: | Renamed Ash and Aldershot |
| Years2: | September 1858 |
| Events2: | Renamed Aldershot (Ash) |
| Years3: | June 1859 |
| Events3: | Renamed Ash and Aldershot |
| Years4: | June 1863 |
| Events4: | Renamed Ash Junction |
| Years5: | 1 December 1926 |
| Events5: | Renamed Ash |
| Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Ash railway station serves the village of Ash in Surrey, England. The station is served by South Western Railway, who manage the station, and by Great Western Railway. It is situated on the Ascot to Guildford line and the North Downs Line, 36miles from .
Ash station was opened by the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway, then operated by the South Eastern Railway. The London and South Western Railway had running powers over this section of line, to North Camp, but it had never used them. After the construction of the direct line from Pirbright Junction, the LSWR built a spur to Aldershot, part of the lines to Alton, enabling its trains to call at Ash station.[1] [2]
The South Eastern Railway 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.
The station had four platforms when it was built, which were later reduced to two after the Second World War. The other two platforms were where the station car park and Network Rail offices now stand. The station is 49miles from (measured via); platform 1 can accommodate an eight-coach train, but platform 2 only accommodates four coaches. To the east is the former Ash Junction, 48chain34chain from Charing Cross, where the former route via left the North Downs Line 35chain50chain from Waterloo (via and milepost at).[3]
When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the Privatisation of British Railways.
Construction of a new road bridge to replace the A323 level crossing at the southeastern end of the station, began in September 2023.[4]
Services at Ash are operated by South Western Railway and Great Western Railway using and DMUs and EMUs.
The typical off-peak service is two trains per hour in each direction between and via, operated by South Western Railway, and one train per hour in each direction between and via Guildford, operated by Great Western Railway.
During the peak hours, the service between Reading and Gatwick Airport is increased to two trains per hour in each direction.
On Sundays, the South Western Railway services are reduced to hourly in each direction with westbound services running to and from instead of Farnham. In addition, the westbound Great Western Railway services run only as far as .