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 Introduction & Benefits
Ashford International Station was envisaged at the time the Channel Tunnel Bill was being considered in 1985.
Ashford station is a railway centre for lines to Canterbury, Ramsgate, Folkestone, Dover, Hastings and Tonbridge.
The present layout of the station with 2 international platforms will not be changed with the arrival of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link in the centre of Ashford.
www.ctrl.co.uk /english/introduction/ashford.htm

  
 Eurostar Ashford International - Travel from Ashford International train station with Euro star
Ashford station is a railway centre for train lines to and from Canterbury, Ramsgate, Folkestone, Dover, Hastings and Tonbridge.
Eurostar Ashford International station is less than 10 minutes from junction 10 of the M20 and is easily reached from the M25.
Eurostar Ashford International station is a convenient time saving alternative to London Waterloo for many people making the journey to and from Kent, Sussex and other parts of the South or South East of England.
www.directrail.com /eurostar_ashford_international.html

  
 Land for Sale in Kent
Ashford International Railway station, which connects to range of European destinations, is just a 6 minute train journey from Charing Station.
Ashford International Rail Station is only 6 miles away and is regarded as a major European rail gateway with an exciting range of destinations including Paris, Brussels and Frankfurt.
The site is in close proximity to Charing Railway Station and the M20.
www.land-in-kent.com

  
 Ashford Kent, tourist information and visitors guide from TourUK
Railway station Ashford International for Channel Tunnel trains.
Originally Ashford was a market town based on farms on the Romney Marsh, it is still a market town, now expanded as a railway junction.
The 4 star Ashford International Classic Hotel is just off Junction 9 of the M20.
www.touruk.co.uk /kent/ken_ash.htm

  
 Hastings Diesels Limited - Ashford & Hastings line
After leaving the busy Ashford International station, the line passes through Ham Street and descends onto the Romney and Walland Marshes, land reclaimed from the sea at the foot of the cliffs and used mainly for keeping sheep.
With Tunbridge Wells leading, the 3-car version of 1001 pulls out of Ashford International station with the 14:52 to Hastings on 11 March 2003; not readily visible from this angle is motor coach Mountfield which was on its first day back in service.
The 26-mile railway from Ashford to Hastings is a rural branch line which runs through some pretty but varied countryside; it was opened in 1851 by the South Eastern Railway company.
www.hastingsdiesels.co.uk /ashford

  
 This is Ashford History of Ashford Kent
1996 continued the railway tradition in Ashford with the opening of Ashford International Passenger station, part of the high speed rail connection network between Britain and the continent, bringing the journey time from Ashford to Paris to about 2 hours 30 minutes.
The town also spent most of the '90's without a cinema due to the building of Ashford International Station, but now boasts one the largest cinema ' complex's ' in Kent.
By far one of the most important times for Ashford was in 1842, with the arrival of the railway and 1846 with the building of the railway works.
www.thisisashford.co.uk /tzhistory.htm

  
 Railway Technology - Channel Tunnel Rail Link Extension Project
A magnificent new international station has been created at St Pancras by upgrading and expanding the former Midland Railway station as an interchange between Eurostar, domestic CTRL, Midland Mainline and Thameslink services and several London Underground lines.
The entire area north and east of St Pancras station is being redeveloped, with several new connections from CTRL to the existing network to allow through working, new connections for Thameslink services and non-railway development.
Four civil engineering contracts were awarded for Section 1 - the East Thames to Medway Valley connection, River Medway crossing, North Downs Tunnel and the Ashford station area realignment.
www.railway-technology.com /projects/chunnel

  
 Petts Wood railway station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The station was built on the main line to the north of Orpington in 1928, and the community now surrounding it developed from that date: now the railway divides Petts Wood East and Petts Wood West.
Petts Wood railway station serves Petts Wood in the
Train times  ( http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/summary.aspx?T=PET) for Petts Wood railway station from National Rail
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Petts_Wood_railway_station

  
 Encyclopedia: 1952
February 20 - Emmett L. Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.
October 8 - Three-train crash in Harrow railway station in England - 110 dead.
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, in Romance languages: BIRD), better known as the World Bank, is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by WWII.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1952

  
 Ashford Tool Centre
The main railway station (Ashford International) is 5 minutes walk from Ashford Tool Centre.
Ashford International is served by fast, regular connections from London Charing Cross and Victoria.
Ashford Tool Centre car park is at the end of Queens Street, on the left hand side.
www.ashfordtoolcentre.co.uk /index.php?p=find_us

  
 Ashford Kent
Ashford is a small to medium market come industrial railway town in the centre of Kent.
The only station in between London Waterloo International and the French.
Not content in allowing Halifax to buy out the Castle and close it down, they recently have issued a compulsory purchase order on The Victoria as a part of a redevelopment to build a luxury hotel for all the international passengers that haven't used the station yet.
www.aibs.org.uk /ashford.html

  
 Ashford Hotels - book discount hotels in GB. We have the lowest rates guaranteed for your hotel reservation.
Close by: Ashford International Railway Station(6 miles), Chan...
Located within easy reach of the ashford international eurostar passenger terminal and the channel ports this hotel is ideal for international busines...
The Ashford Holiday Inn has 103 bedrooms all en-suite, our main Restaurant bar is situated in an old 15th century manor house and barn.
www.travel2cityguides.com /hotels-Ashford.aspx

  
 Oxford
As well as the BBC national radio stations, Oxford and the surrounding area has several local stations, including BBC Radio Oxford, Fox FM and Passion 107.9.
A local TV station, Six TV - The Oxford Channel [1] is also available.
In 1790 the Oxford Canal connected the city with Coventry, linking with the River Thames, and in the 1840s the Great Western Railway and London and North Western Railway linked Oxford with London.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/oxford

  
 CTRL Route Description
The new railway follows the existing railway corridor towards Ashford to reach Ashford International station in the centre of the town.
Stratford station will be a London stop for Eurostar services running beyond London, and will take its place as a significant transport hub for east London, Docklands and East Anglia, linking together international and regional rail services, the Docklands Light Railway, the Jubilee and Central Line underground services, buses and the M11 motorway.
West of Ashford the new railway crosses the M20 and follows the motorway corridor to Detling in the Boxley valley north of Maidstone.
www.ctrl.co.uk /planning/description.asp

  
 BBC NEWS UK England Southern Counties New railway station for Hastings
The first new railway station to be built in the south east since Ashford International eight years ago is being officially opened on Thursday.
Network Rail's redevelopment of the station was helped by a £750,000 contribution from the South East England Development Agency (Seeda) for work to the forecourt and bus interchange.
Ian McAllister, chairman of Network Rail, said the old station was in a poor condition, and the new one would be a "welcoming gateway" to Hastings.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/england/southern_counties/3741856.stm

  
 ashford international station Warren Cottage
As during the 19th century with the coming of the railways, this also encouraged the growth of settlements and the beginnings of commuting.
Electrification of the railway encouraged more commuter traffic, along with the car.
This led to the creation of the Green Belt, an area not to be developed and to maintain the division of the town and the country.
www.warrencottage.com /ashford-international-station.html

  
 Rinbad 2003 third quarter
Kleinkummerfeld station building is extant and occupied, and some track here is used by a railway museum, but few people live nearby and the station has not reopened.
Aviation/I-105 station is the interchange for the free shuttle-bus making a circuit of Los Angeles International (LAX) airport terminals (BLN 821.0112).
Immediately to the west of this station, the viaduct formation already incorporates the alignment for a junction for a short branch into the airport, though a building would need to be modified or removed before further construction of such a branch could be undertaken.
www.rinbad.demon.co.uk /2003q3.htm

  
 Ashford Baptist Church, Ashford, Kent, UK - Location Map
The distance from the church to Ashford International Railway Station is only a few hundred metres.
Ashford Bowling and the Stour Leisure Centre (Civic Centre) are nearby on the opposite side of the ring road.
There are two entrances to the church, in Station Road and St. John's Lane.
www.ashfordbaptist.org.uk /area_map.htm

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Holiday Inn Ashford-Central at Epinions.com
Most importantly, it was less than a ten minute drive from the Ashford International railway station – very important when an early departure on the Eurostar is combined with preparing the infamous 2 ½ year old baby Josh for the journey.
The best way to get to Brussels from the South East of the UK is by Eurostar, without a shadow of doubt, and if you live in Kent then Ashford International Station is the station of choice.
It also helped us to relax the might before the voyage.
www.epinions.com /content_134093377156

  
 The Railway
This stage is from Cheriton to Fawkham Junction via Ashford International Station.
This section of the railway is from St. Pancras Station, London to Southfleet Junction near Gravesend where it will join Stage 1.
The line will run via Stratford International Station (east London) and Ebbsfleet Station near Dartford, Kent.
www.ctrlphoto.freeuk.com /railway.htm

  
 The Channel tunnel rail link @ railwaysofbritain.bravehost.com - A Bravenet.com Hosted Site
At the end of this tunnel there are connections to Ashford international station while the CTRL passes through a cutting and then over a huge concrete viaduct on the north side of the station crossing the
The terminal had connections with the Ashford line and opened in 2001 was built on farmland on the condition that when the line was complete it would be returned to farmland.
Just short of where Southfleet station used to be the line curves to the south east to run parallel with the A2.
railwaysofbritain.bravehost.com /chanraillink.html

  
 Ashford Town Centre Partnership
Exciting times for Ashford are predicted with work progressing on the Greater Ashford Development Framework.
© 2003 Ashford Town Centre Partnership and its suppliers - All rights reserved
Imminent projects include a new Public Realm strategy for the town centre and the extension to the County Square development.
www.ashfordtcp.co.uk

  
 Hopes Grove Cottage High Halden Ashford Kent
There is easy access to London by road via the M20 and Ashford International Railway Station for London or Eurostar (Paris) is only a twenty-minute car journey away.
Situated in the village of High Halden, which is between Ashford and Tenterden on the A28, the cottage is ideally located for exploring the Kent and Sussex countryside as well as the many historic towns and coastal areas.
Whatever interest, be it Castles, Churches, Cathedrals, Gardens, Steam Railways, Zoos, Golf courses, Sport Centres, Vineyards, Museums or beautiful country walks, these are all situated locally.
www.hopesgrovecottage.org.uk

  
 Godinton House and Gardens - Directions
A taxi ride from Ashford International Railway Station takes 10 minutes and costs approximately £6.00.
About a ¼ mile after the second roundabout, there is a signpost for the house on the left-hand side (opposite the Horse and Hounds public house).
www.godinton-house-gardens.co.uk /Directions.htm

  
 Travelodge Ashford Details @ hotelbooking
Close by: Ashford International Railway Station(6 miles), Channel Tunnel(9 miles), Dover Ferry Port(20miles), Canterbury Cathedral(20miles).
Ashford International Hotel : 0.45 miles away; popular hotel; hotel rate from 70.00 GBP to 170.00 GBP
Travelodge Ashford is one of the popular hotels in Ashford.
res.hotelonlinebooking.com /hotel_overview/hotelbooking_TG_GB0756.html

  
 Location - Renaissance Hotel new romney kent beach travel guest house bed and breakfast accommodation hotel south England railway
With the Ashford international railway station located in the New Romney Area even Paris and Brussels are only a heartbeat away.
To visit New Romney by train please travel to Folkestone, Ashford International Station or Rye.
The station at New Romney is near the A259 trunk road which gives direct access from the Kent an Sussex coast.
www.renaissancehotel.co.uk /location.asp

  
 Cheap Hotels in Ashford book Ashford Hotels
Hotel Description: Located Within Easy Reach of the Ashford International Eurostar Passenger Terminal and the Channel Ports This Hotel is Ideal For International Business...
Ashford International Hotel - Hotel in Ashford, England
Hotel Description: The Ashford Holiday Inn has 103 bedrooms all en-suite, our main Restaurant bar is situated in an old 15th century manor house and barn....
www.kasbah.com /resort_hotels/ashford_england.htm

  
 Welcome to The International Railway Traveler (IRT)
Should the problem remain unsolved, please write to the Society at its main office (Hardy Publishing Co., and The Society of International Railway Travelers are located at 1810 Sils Ave., Louisville, KY 40205).
The Society of International Railway Travelers, Inc. (IRT) and Hardy Publishing Co., Inc. (HPC), parent company of The Society of International Railway Travelers, act only as agents for the passenger with respect to travel services.
In the evening, join the Royal Canadian Pacific management team and Owen and Eleanor Hardy, owners of The Society of International Railway Travelers, for a wine and cheese reception at the hotel followed by a multi-course dinner in the dining room.
www.irtsociety.com /derbytrain.html

  
 Eastwell Manor, an Hotel in Ashford, Kent. Search for Kent Hotels.
The Channel Tunnel Rail Link and Ashford International Railway station which offers fast services to Paris and Brussels is also only ten minutes away.
Situated off junction 9 on the M20 at Ashford.
Guests are invited to take advantage of the hotel's 20 metre outdoor and indoor heated pools, sauna, spa, solarium, beauty treatment rooms, gymnasium and brasserie.
www.information-britain.co.uk /showPlace.cfm?Place_ID=788

  
 South East Branch
From the M20 at Junctions 9 from the west or 10 from the east follow the signs to Ashford International station.
The Elwick Club is within five minutes walking distance from Ashford International station.
During the summer months outdoor visits are arranged to railway installations of note not normally open to the individual and visits out of the area are also organised.
www.rcts.org.uk /seindex.htm

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