Queens Road Peckham railway station

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Template:Short description Template:Redirect Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox London station Queens Road Peckham is an interchange station between the Windrush line of the London Overground and National Rail services operated by Southern, located in Peckham in the London Borough of Southwark. It is on the South London line, Template:Convert from Template:Stn, and is in London fare zone 2.

History

A 1908 Railway Clearing House map of lines around the approaches to Template:Stl.

The station opened with the line on 13 August 1866, and had two wooden side platforms and an intermediate centre platform to serve the third centre line.<ref>South London Line Published by Middleton Press Map</ref>

Until 1911 passenger trains ran to the East London line, stopping at Template:Stnlnk. This link was re-instated on 9 December 2012 by London Overground.

The present island platform dates from the 1970s which is on a viaduct with the line: there are 48 steps leading to it, and one block of platform buildings.

Design

The station has step free access from platform to street via a lift. A ramp is required for wheelchair access to and from the train.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>

The station exits on to Queens Road in Peckham.

Services

Template:Overground RDT Queens Road Peckham is on the Windrush line of the London Overground, with services operated using Template:Brc EMUs. Additional services are operated by Southern using Template:Brc EMUs.

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A small number of London Overground services are extended beyond Dalston Junction to and from Template:Stn. The station is also served by one train per day to and two trains per day from Template:Stnlnk.

During the evenings (after approximately 20:00), the service between London Bridge and Beckenham Junction is reduced to hourly. This service does not run on Sundays.

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Connections

London Buses routes 36, 136, 171, 177, 436, P12 and P13 and night routes N89, N136 and N171 serve the station.

References

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