Ashford International train station
You can reach 74 stations directly from Ashford International on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Ramsgate, with 122 trains a day.
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Address: TN23 1EZ
Ashford International is the nearest station for postcodes in TN24, TN23, TN25. Check your own postcode.
- 74 direct destinations
- 141st busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 616 parking spaces
- 3 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Ashford International
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsgate | 122 | 145 | 95 |
| Canterbury West | 92 | 110 | 92 |
| Thanet Parkway | 92 | 106 | 92 |
| London Bridge | 90 | 74 | 58 |
| Folkestone Central | 89 | 111 | 35 |
| Folkestone West | 89 | 111 | 35 |
| Dover Priory | 88 | 111 | 35 |
| Headcorn | 83 | 140 | 122 |
| Paddock Wood | 83 | 140 | 122 |
| Staplehurst | 83 | 140 | 122 |
| Tonbridge | 83 | 140 | 122 |
| Charing Cross | 81 | 74 | 58 |
| Marden | 81 | 140 | 122 |
| Waterloo East | 81 | 74 | 58 |
| Sevenoaks | 79 | 136 | 120 |
| Stratford International | 79 | 70 | 63 |
| London St. Pancras International | 79 | 70 | 63 |
| Ebbsfleet International | 75 | 70 | 63 |
| Otford | 74 | 51 | 32 |
| Swanley | 74 | 51 | 32 |
| Bearsted | 73 | 52 | 34 |
| Maidstone East | 73 | 52 | 34 |
| Borough Green & Wrotham | 72 | 51 | 32 |
| West Malling | 72 | 51 | 32 |
| Lenham | 71 | 51 | 34 |
| Charing | 69 | 50 | 33 |
| Hollingbourne | 69 | 50 | 33 |
| Harrietsham | 69 | 50 | 33 |
| Pluckley | 68 | 71 | 68 |
| Bromley South | 63 | 45 | 32 |
| London Victoria | 63 | 113 | 94 |
| Barming | 61 | 39 | 32 |
| East Malling | 61 | 39 | 32 |
| St Mary Cray | 57 | 45 | 32 |
| Chilham | 52 | 70 | 59 |
| Chartham | 52 | 70 | 59 |
| Wye | 52 | 70 | 59 |
| Sandling | 47 | 73 | 31 |
| Westenhanger | 47 | 73 | 31 |
| Deal | 45 | 39 | 3 |
and 34 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Ashford International
Ashford International is on the South Eastern Main Line and the High Speed 1, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Ashford International station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Ashford International station on 666 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 101 paths on the Wednesday, 114 paths on the Saturday and 71 paths on the Sunday. 10 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 02:00 to 03:00 on the Friday, with 11 paths booked.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Ashford International station is
3,791,778 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 141st busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 852,249 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Ashford International and London St Pancras International than any other pair: 1,227,648 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Nearest other stations
- Wye 3.8 miles
- Ham Street 5.3 miles
- Pluckley 5.6 miles
- Charing 5.8 miles
- Westenhanger 7.8 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Ashford International, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Ashford West · 0.5 miles
- Park Farm · 2.3 miles
- Hothfield · 3.2 miles
- Smeeth · 4.2 miles
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Facilities at Ashford International station
Ashford International is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 05:30 to 21:30 · Saturday: 05:30 to 21:30 · Sunday: 06:00 to 21:30
Toilets · Waiting room
Parking at Ashford International station
- Car Park A 166 spaces, 13 accessible
£10.40 off-peak, £11.50 a day, £42.30 a week - Car Park B 135 spaces, 15 accessible
£9.50 off-peak, £10.50 a day, £42.30 a week - Car Park F 315 spaces, 2 accessible
£7.00 off-peak, £77.00 a day, £32.10 a week
Cycle parking: 454 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 23 August 2026.
Getting to Ashford International station
Ashford International station is in Ashford, South East, and is run by Southeastern.
The nearest motorway junction is M20 J9 (Drovers), 1.0 miles north.
3 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Ashford International Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Ashford International station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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