Queenstown Road (Battersea) railway station

Queenstown Road
Queenstown Road Location of Queenstown Road in Greater London
Location	Battersea
Local authority	London Borough of Wandsworth
Managed by	South West Trains
Station code	QRB
DfT category	F1
Number of platforms	3 (2 in use)
Fare zone	2
National Rail annual entry and exit
2007–08	1.157 million
2008–09	0.966 million
2009–10	1.055 million
2010–11	1.249 million
2011–12	1.359 million
2012–13	1.441 million
2013–14	1.457 million
Key dates
1 November 1877	Opened as Queen's Road (Battersea)
12 May 1980	Renamed Queenstown Road (Battersea)
Other information
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External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
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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 South London, between Vauxhall and Clapham Junction. It is a short walk from Battersea Park station and Battersea Park. It has seven tracks through it but only three platforms, two of which are in use, serving trains on the Waterloo to Richmond line and the Hounslow Loop.

History

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

The station was renamed Queenstown Road (Battersea) on 12 May 1980. 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". On the map produced by the station managers, South West Trains, the station is called "Queenstown Road".

Services

Queenstown Road is on the early stage of the South Western Main Line but with only 2 platforms in use. The off-peak frequency in trains per hour is:

• Northbound:
  • 8 to London Waterloo
• Southbound:
  • 2 to Weybridge via Hounslow and Staines
  • 4 on the Hounslow Loop back to London Waterloo:
    • 2 clockwise via Richmond and Hounslow
    • 2 anti-clockwise via Hounslow and Richmond
  • 2 on the Kingston Loop (anti-clockwise) via Richmond and Kingston, back to London Waterloo

Connections

London Buses routes 137 and 156, and night route N137 serve the station.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Vauxhall		South West Trains Kingston/Hounslow loop lines Waterloo to Weybridge		Clapham Junction

External links

• Train times and station information for Queenstown Road (Battersea) railway station from National Rail