Queenstown Road (Battersea) railway station
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 Queenstown Road
Location of Queenstown Road in Greater London
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| 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[1] |
| 2008–09 |  0.966 million[1] |
| 2009–10 | 1.055 million[1] |
| 2010–11 | 1.249 million[1] |
| 2011–12 | 1.359 million[1] |
| 2012–13 | 1.441 million[1] |
| 2013–14 | 1.457 million[1] |
| Key dates | |
| 1 November 1877 | Opened as Queen's Road (Battersea) |
| 12 May 1980 | Renamed Queenstown Road (Battersea) |
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| Lists of stations | |
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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).[2] 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.[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".[3] On the map produced by the station managers, South West Trains, the station is called "Queenstown Road".[4]
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 on the Kingston Loop (anti-clockwise) via Richmond and Kingston, back to London Waterloo[lower-alpha 1]
Connections
London Buses routes 137 and 156, and night route N137 serve the station.
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Vauxhall | South West Trains Kingston/Hounslow loop lines Waterloo to Weybridge |
Clapham Junction | ||
Notes
- ↑ 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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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Queenstown Road railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Queenstown Road (Battersea) railway station from National Rail
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- Use British English from August 2012
- Rail transport stations in London fare zone 2
- London stations without latest usage statistics 1415
- DfT Category F1 stations
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- Railway stations in Wandsworth
- Railway stations opened in 1877
- Former London and South Western Railway stations
- Railway stations served by South West Trains
- Buildings and structures in Battersea
