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{{Short description|Railway station in Kent, England}}
{{about|the station in Kent|the station in Hampshire|Ashurst New Forest railway station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox station
| name                = Ashurst
| symbol_location     = gb
| symbol              = rail
| image               = Ashurst railway station 1.jpg
| borough             = [[Ashurst, Kent]], [[Borough of Tunbridge Wells]]
| country             = England
| grid_name           = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position       = {{gbmapscaled|TQ507387|25|TQ507387}}
| manager             = [[Southern (train operating company)|Southern]]
| platforms           = 2
| code                = AHS
| classification      = [[United Kingdom railway station categories|DfT category]] F1
| opened              = 1 October 1888
| mpassengers =
<!-- {{Rail pass box |pass_year=2018/19 |passengers={{increase}} 38,190}} -->
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{increase}} 45,624}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 6,094}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 18,842}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 26,488}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 27,422}}
| footnotes           = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]]
}}

'''Ashurst railway station''' is on the {{rws|Uckfield}} branch of the [[Oxted line]] in southern England and serves [[Ashurst, Kent|Ashurst]] in [[Kent]] (very close to the [[East Sussex]] border). It is {{miles-chains|32|mi|8|chain|km}} from {{stn|London Bridge}}. The station is managed by [[Southern (train operating company)|Southern]].

==History==

Opened by the [[London, Brighton and South Coast Railway]], it became part of the [[Southern Railway (Great Britain)|Southern Railway]] during the [[Railways Act 1921|grouping]] of 1923. The station then passed on to the [[Southern Region of British Railways]] on [[nationalisation]] in 1948.
The station was destaffed around 1970 following which all the station buildings were demolished in 1983.

When [[British Rail brand names|sectorisation]] was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by [[Network SouthEast]] until the [[privatisation of British Rail]].

==Facilities==
Ashurst station is unstaffed and tickets must be bought from the self-service [[ticket machine]] at the station.

The station has passenger [[Passenger information system|help points]] and covered seating areas available on both platforms. The station also has a small car park and cycle rack at the station entrance.

The [[Uckfield]] bound platform is accessible without steps, however the London bound platform is only reachable by the stepped footbridge.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.southernrailway.com/travel-information/plan-your-journey/station-information/stations/ashurst-kent|title= Ashurst Station Information|work= Southern, July 2020}}</ref>

==Services==
All services at Ashurst are operated by [[Southern (Govia Thameslink Railway)|Southern]] using {{brc|171}} [[Diesel multiple unit|DMUs]].

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:<ref>{{NRtimes|May 2022|182}}</ref>
* 1 tph to {{stn|London Bridge}} via {{stnlnk|Oxted}}
* 1 tph to {{stnlnk|Uckfield}}
 
Services increase to 2 tph in each direction during the peak hours.
 
On Sundays, the northbound service runs as far as Oxted only.

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==References==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:Railway stations in Royal Tunbridge Wells]]
[[Category:DfT Category F1 stations]]
[[Category:Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1888]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway]]