Queenstown Road | |
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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 | |
2011–12 | 1.359 million |
2012–13 | 1.441 million |
2013–14 | 1.457 million |
2014–15 | 1.559 million |
2015–16 | 1.758 million |
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1 November 1877 | Opened as Queen's Road (Battersea) |
12 May 1980 | Renamed Queenstown Road (Battersea) |
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WGS84 | 51°28′29″N 0°08′49″W / 51.4748°N 0.147°WCoordinates: 51°28′29″N 0°08′49″W / 51.4748°N 0.147°W |
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Queenstown Road is a railway station in inner south-west London, 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 additional 50% of maximum peak hour trains serving the Shepperton Branch Line call at the station.
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".