Ashurst (New Forest) railway station
Ashurst (New Forest)  | |
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Ashurst station platforms | |
| Location | |
| Place | Ashurst |
| Local authority | District of New Forest |
| Grid reference | SU333101 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ANF |
| Managed by | South West Trains |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2010/11 |
 0.101 million |
| 2011/12 |
0.104 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.110 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.117 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.124 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Southampton and Dorchester Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| 1 June 1847 | Opened as "Lyndhurst Road" |
| June 1997 | Renamed "Ashurst (New Forest)" |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ashurst (New Forest) from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
Ashurst (New Forest) railway station is in Ashurst, Hampshire, England, on the South Western Main Line from London Waterloo to Weymouth.
History
Opened by the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, then absorbed 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.
For much of its history the station was called Lyndhurst Road, renamed Ashurst (New Forest) on 24 September 1995, and was the location of a Camping coach.
When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Railways.
Services
The station is some 200 to 300 yards from the village of Ashurst, and is used by visitors to the New Forest. It is served hourly by the London Waterloo to Poole stopping services operated by South West Trains, with some additional fast trains to London Waterloo in peak hours. The majority of services are formed of Class 444 electric multiple units, with some Class 450 units. Services were previously operated by Class 442 Wessex Electrics, which were withdrawn at the start of February 2007.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Totton | South West Trains London-Poole stopping services |
Beaulieu Road or Brockenhurst | ||
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ashurst (New Forest) railway station. |
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
Coordinates: 50°53′24″N 1°31′37″W / 50.890°N 1.527°W