Ascot railway station
Ascot 
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| Location | |
| Place | Ascot |
| Local authority | Windsor and Maidenhead |
| Grid reference | SU921682 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ACT |
| Managed by | South West Trains |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1.140 million |
| – Interchange |
0.299 million |
| 2012/13 |
1.144 million |
| – Interchange |
0.300 million |
| 2013/14 |
1.179 million |
| – Interchange |
0.310 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.226 million |
| – Interchange |
0.319 million |
| 2015/16 |
1.256 million |
| – Interchange |
 0.318 million |
| History | |
| 4 June 1856 | Station opens |
| 1 February 1857 | Name changed to Ascot and Sunninghill |
| 10 July 1921 | Name changed to Ascot |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ascot from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Ascot railway station is a railway station in the town of Ascot in Berkshire, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by South West Trains. It is at the junction of the Waterloo to Reading line with the Ascot to Guildford line.
The station has three tracks and four platform faces. The London-bound track is a single track with platform faces on either side, both of which are called Platform 1. Until some time prior to 2008, both faces could be used to board London-bound trains, but now only the doors on the ticket office side of the train open, possibly due to safety worries relating to the third rail being on the other side or the ability of staff to monitor both sides of departing trains. Platform 2 serves the Reading-bound line, and Platform 3 serves the 2 line for trains starting and terminating their journeys at Ascot. Where trains are running from London through to Guildford, or vice versa, they use Platform 2. All lines are bi-directional.
The Staines, Wokingham and Woking Junction Railway opened the station when it reached Ascot on 4 June 1856. On 9 July the line was extended to Wokingham. On 18 March 1878 Ascot became a junction when the line towards Ash Vale was opened. Later the London and South Western Railway took over the SWWJR. In the Grouping of 1923 the L&SWR became part of the Southern Railway, which electrified both lines using a third rail system on 1 January 1939. Under nationalisation in 1948 Ascot station became part of the Southern Region of British Railways.
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