Queens Road Peckham railway station is in the

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and also serves the area to the east of

Peckham Peckham () is a district in southeast London, within the London Borough of Southwark. It is south-east of Charing Cross. At the 2001 Census the Peckham ward had a population of 14,720. History "Peckham" is a Saxon place name meaning the vil ...

, in the

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. It is on the South London Line, from , and trains also go to

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via various routes and beyond. It is on the road of that name and is in Travelcard Zone 2.

History

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

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. 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. The station exits on to Queens Road in

Services

The typical Monday-Saturday off peak service in trains per hour is: *4 to London Bridge, calling at *2 to

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, calling at and then , , , , , , , , . *2 to Beckenham Junction, calling at all stations to

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and then , , , Birkbeck, Beckenham Junction *4 to calling at , , and *4 to calling at , , , , , , , , and . One late night weekday service runs to instead of Clapham Junction, following the former route of the South London Line prior to the inauguration of the ELL Phase 2 extension Two Monday to Friday services to Dalston Junction also start from there. From May 2022 there will be 2 additional services to London Bridge, departing at 08:07 and 08:37 On Sundays this is: *4 to London Bridge *2 to East Croydon *2 to Crystal Palace *4 to Clapham Junction *4 to via Dalston Junction

Connections

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routes 36, 136,

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, 177,

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, P12 and P13 and night routes N89, N136 and N171 serve the station.

References

External links

Station information from Southern
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