Queenstown Road railway station

Queenstown Road National Rail
Queenstown Road is located in Greater London
Queenstown Road
Queenstown Road
Location of Queenstown Road in Greater London
LocationBattersea
Local authorityLondon Borough of Wandsworth
Managed bySouth Western Railway
Station code(s)QRB
DfT categoryF1
Number of platforms3 (2 in use)
Fare zone2
OSIBattersea Park London Overground National Rail Battersea Power Station London Underground
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19Increase 1.661 million[1]
2019–20Decrease 1.502 million[1]
2020–21Decrease 0.479 million[1]
2021–22Increase 0.936 million[1]
2022–23Decrease 0.853 million[1]
Key dates
1 November 1877Opened as Queen's Road (Battersea)
12 May 1980Renamed Queenstown Road (Battersea)
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°28′29″N 0°08′49″W / 51.4748°N 0.147°W / 51.4748; -0.147
London transport portal
A 1912 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Queenstown Road railway station (shown here as Queen's Road Battersea)

Queenstown Road is a railway station in inner south-west London, 2 miles 50 chains (4.2 km) south-west of London Waterloo, between Vauxhall and Clapham Junction. It is a short walk from Battersea Park station and Battersea Park to the west. It has three platforms, two of which are in use by all stopping services related to the Waterloo to Reading Line: its branch services to Weybridge (via Hounslow) and two separate sets of bidirectional Waterloo-to-Waterloo services via Hounslow using the Hounslow Loop and via Kingston using the Kingston Loop. In addition, 50% of maximum peak hour trains serving the Shepperton branch line call at the station.

History

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The station was opened on 1 November 1877, by the London and South Western Railway, as Queen's Road (Battersea).[2] The entrance still bears the name Queen's Road, not to be confused with Queens Road Peckham, Walthamstow Queen's Road or Queensway Underground station, which was also originally called Queens Road.

Queen's Road was also the name of the road in which the station is located. Named after Queen Victoria, after the Second World War the street's name was changed to Queenstown Road.[3] The station was renamed Queenstown Road (Battersea), to go with the road, on 12 May 1980.[2] The station's modern entrance and platform signage lacks the "(Battersea)" suffix that appears in timetables and on some maps. The latest "Oyster Rail Services" map produced by Transport for London shows the station as plain "Queenstown Road".[4] On the map produced by the station managers, South Western Railway, the station is called "Queenstown Road".[5]

The station is Grade II listed.[6]

Services

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Queenstown Road is close to the terminus of the South West Main Line but with only 2 platforms in use. The off-peak frequency in trains per hour is:

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Vauxhall   South Western Railway
Kingston and Hounslow loop lines
Waterloo to Weybridge via Hounslow
Shepperton branch line
  Clapham Junction

Connections

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London Buses routes 137, 156, 452 and night route N137 serve the station.[7]

Future

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Network Rail plans to reopen Platform 1 at Queenstown Road to permit the segregation of Windsor and Mainline services flows, providing additional capacity on the approach to London Waterloo.[8]

Notes

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  1. ^ Services coming back from the Kingston Loop (northbound) do not stop at Queenstown Road.
    Conversely, clockwise services do not stop at Queenstown Road in the southbound direction but do in the northbound direction.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  2. ^ a b Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 193. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  3. ^ "Old To New Street Names: 1929-1945". The Hunthouse.
  4. ^ "Transport for London". tfl.gov.uk.
  5. ^ "Live UK Train Timetables – South West Trains" (PDF). southwesttrains.co.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2010.
  6. ^ "QUEENSTOWN ROAD STATION, non Civil Parish - 1389413 | Historic England".
  7. ^ "Buses from Battersea Park" (PDF). TfL. 12 November 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Wessex Route Study Final 2015" (PDF). Network Rail. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
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