SideTracked - Ascot Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 8/5/2008
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Ascot Station

Ascot railway station was opened when the Staines, Wokingham and Woking Junction Railway reached here on 4 June 1856.

The station and all trains serving it, are operated by South West Trains. It is situated at the junction of the line from Waterloo to Reading with the Ascot to Guildford line.

The station has three tracks and four platform faces, though it looks as though there used to be a Platform 4 on the far side of Platform 3. There are several disused sidings. The normal London-bound track has platform faces on either side, both of which are called Platform 1. Until the slam-door rolling stock was retired, both faces could be used to board London-bound trains, but now only the automatic doors on the ticket office side of the train are opened. Platform 2 serves the Reading-bound line, and Platform 3 serves the Guildford line for trains starting and terminating their journeys at Ascot. Usually when trains are running from London to through to Guildford, they use Platform 2; when from Guildford to London, they use Platform 1. All lines are bi-directional and it is not uncommon for Reading-bound services to use Platform 1 when a terminated service is standing at Platform 2.

In the days when race traffic for the nearby Ascot Racecourse warranted it, there was a separate racecourse station situated nearby. There were also four signal boxes, none of which remain. During Royal Ascot week, train services from London Waterloo to Reading through Ascot are significantly increased, but even with this increase in service the trains are still crowded.

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[Below head height. Beware there is razor wire above the fence!]

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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