Queenstown Road railway station
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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.
Queenstown Road | |
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Location | Battersea |
Local authority | London Borough of Wandsworth |
Managed by | South Western Railway |
Station code | QRB |
DfT category | F1 |
Number of platforms | 3 (2 in use) |
Fare zone | 2 |
OSI | Battersea Park Battersea Power Station |
National Rail annual entry and exit | |
2018–19 | 1.661 million[1] |
2019–20 | 1.502 million[1] |
2020–21 | 0.479 million[1] |
2021–22 | 0.936 million[1] |
2022–23 | 0.853 million[1] |
Key dates | |
1 November 1877 | Opened as Queen's Road (Battersea) |
12 May 1980 | Renamed Queenstown Road (Battersea) |
Other information | |
External links | |
Coordinates | 51.4748°N 0.147°W / 51.4748; -0.147 |
London transport portal |