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Ascot railway station serves the town of Ascot in Berkshire, England. It is 28 miles 79 chains (46.7 km) down the line from London Waterloo. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by South Western Railway. It is at the junction of the Waterloo to Reading line with the Ascot to Guildford line. The station has three active platforms.
The Ascot–Ash Vale line is an 11-mile-58-chain (18.9 km) railway line in Berkshire and Surrey, England. It runs from Ascot station, on the Waterloo–Reading line, to Ash Vale, on the Alton line. There are intermediate stations at Bagshot, Camberley and Frimley, all three of which are in the Borough of Surrey Heath.
The 2006 Network Rail South West Main Line Route Utilisation Strategy recommended building an extended section of double track from Chard Junction to Axminster, and a passing loop at Whimple. However, Network Rail's 2008 Route Plan [7] was silent on the Whimple loop. The Axminster Loop is centred on Axminster station, and does not extend to ...
The west curve to Farnborough Junction was only traversed from 1 June 1901, by a Waterloo—Ascot—Basingstoke train. It was reduced to Saturdays only in October 1908, and it ran for the last time on 26 December 1914. However the curve was heavily used by special trains during Ascot race week. [15]
The stations between Waterloo and Staines, unless prohibited by bridges, are having platforms lengthened for 10-coach trains, which use converted Class 458 units. [21] Platform 20 at the former Waterloo International Terminal re-entered service in October 2013. [22] Additional trains were purchased in the early 2010s. [23]
The Chicago "L" is a rapid transit system that serves the city of Chicago and seven of its surrounding suburbs. The system is operated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). On an average weekday, 759,866 passengers ride the "L", [ 1 ] making it the second-busiest rapid transit system in the United States, behind the New York City Subway .
Services to Ascot via Aldershot depart from either this platform or platform 6. Platforms 6 and 7 are on opposite sides of the same single line. Automatic train doors only open on the platform 6 side. Today doors are not opened on platform 7 due to the live rail being on that side, hence rendering that platform disused.
It is on the Ascot–Ash Vale line, 35 miles 30 chains (56.9 km) from London Waterloo. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by South Western Railway . Opened in 1878 by the London and South Western Railway (when it was known as Camberley & York Town ), the station gained a second platform fifteen years later when the line ...