Side Tracked - Ashford Traditional Cache

We have Motorway Mayhem. Moreover, what about public transport users I hear you say? Sidetracked Caches are intended to provide quick cache-and-dashes at train stations. It is hoped this idea will spread across the country in the same way as the MMs. Plenty of muggles around so stealth must be taken.

Although the station signage displays only Ashford, the station is referred to in timetables, and as printed on railway tickets, either as Ashford (Surrey), or Ashford (Middlesex) (from the old postal address), in order to differentiate it from Ashford International station in Kent.

The station was opened in 1848 by the Windsor Staines and South Western Railway Company. Absorbed by the London and South Western Railway, it became part of the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the Privatisation of British Railways.

The station is now owned by Network Rail and managed by South West Trains, who provide all train services from the station. The station is between Staines and Feltham on the line from Waterloo to Windsor.

Please be patient when retrieving and replacing the cache, so as not to get noticed, stealth will be required, especially at busy times.

Happy hunting

FTF