Queenstown Road railway station explained

Queenstown Road
Manager:South Western Railway
Fare Zone:2
Locale:Battersea
Borough:London Borough of Wandsworth
Events1:Opened as Queen's Road (Battersea)
Years1:1 November 1877
Events2:Renamed Queenstown Road (Battersea)
Years2:12 May 1980
Platforms:3 (2 in use)
Railexits0506: 0.235
Railexits0607: 0.852
Railexits0708: 1.157
Railexits0809: 0.966
Railexits0910: 1.055
Railexits1011: 1.249
Railexits1112: 1.359
Railexits1213: 1.441
Railexits1314: 1.457
Railexits1415: 1.559
Railexits1516: 1.758
Railexits1617: 1.825
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Railexits1819: 1.661
Railexits1920: 1.502
Railexits2021: 0.479
Railexits2122: 0.936
Railexits2223: 0.853
Railcode:QRB
Symbol:rail
Coordinates:51.4748°N -0.147°W
Dft Category:F1

Queenstown Road is a railway station in inner south-west London, 2chain50chain south-west of, between and . 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

The station was opened on 1 November 1877, by the London and South Western Railway, as Queen's Road (Battersea).[1] 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.[2] The station was renamed Queenstown Road (Battersea), to go with the road, 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".[3] On the map produced by the station managers, South Western Railway, the station is called "Queenstown Road".[4]

The station is Grade II listed.[5]

Services

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:

Connections

London Buses routes 137, 156, 452 and night route N137 serve the station.[6]

Future

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.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Butt, R.V.J. . The Directory of Railway Stations . 1995 . Patrick Stephens Ltd . Yeovil . 1-85260-508-1 . R508 . 193 .
  2. Web site: Old To New Street Names: 1929-1945. The Hunthouse.
  3. Web site: Transport for London . tfl.gov.uk.
  4. Web site: Live UK Train Timetables – South West Trains . southwesttrains.co.uk . https://web.archive.org/web/20100215075624/http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/uploads/networkmapapril2009.pdf . 15 February 2010 . dead.
  5. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1389413
  6. Web site: Buses from Battersea Park. 12 November 2022. TfL. 24 December 2021.
  7. Web site: Wessex Route Study Final 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20170705224743/https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Wessex-Route-Study-Final-210815-1.pdf. 5 July 2017. Network Rail. 15 May 2023. 30. en.