Battersea Park Road railway station

Battersea Park Road
Ordnance Survey map showing Battersea Park Road station
Battersea Park Road is located in Greater London
Battersea Park Road
Battersea Park Road
Location of Battersea Park Road in Greater London
LocationBattersea
Local authorityLondon Borough of Wandsworth
Grid referenceTQ288771
Railway companies
Original companyLondon, Chatham and Dover Railway[1]
Pre-groupingSouth Eastern and Chatham Railway[1]
Key dates
1 May 1867 (1867-05-01)Opened as Battersea Park (York Road)[1]
1 November 1877 (1877-11-01)Renamed Battersea Park Road[1]
3 April 1916 [2]Closed
Other information
Coordinates51°28′42″N 0°08′43″W / 51.47825°N 0.14521°W / 51.47825; -0.14521
London transport portal
Decorative arch at the site of Battersea Park Road station

Battersea Park Road railway station in Battersea, South London was opened by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway in 1867. It closed in 1916 along with other inner-London stations on the Main Line.[3] Battersea Park railway station, nearby on a different line from London Victoria, remains open. There is no evidence of the station at rail level, but the bricked-up entrance can be seen under the rail bridge close to Battersea Dogs & Cats Home.

History

In 1879 the LCDR was running the following services that stopped at Battersea Park Road:[4]

  • Frequent trains between Moorgate and Victoria, calling at all stations[a]
  • Through trains from Kentish Town to Victoria, calling at all stations[b]
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Grosvenor Road
Line open, station closed 		  London, Chatham & Dover Railway
Main Line 		  Wandsworth Road
Line and station open

Notes

  1. ^ Trains called at Moorgate Street, Aldersgate Street, Snow Hill, Ludgate Hill, Blackfriars, Borough Road, Elephant and Castle, Walworth Road, Camberwell, Loughborough Junction, Brixton and South Stockwell, Clapham and North Stockwell, Wandsworth Road, Battersea Park Road, Grosvenor Road and Victoria
  2. ^ Trains called at Kentish Town, King's Cross (York Road), King's Cross (Metropolitan), Farringdon Street, Snow Hill then as for the Moorgate to Victoria service.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  2. ^ The Forgotten Stations of Greater London by J.Connor and B.Halford
  3. ^ London's Abandoned Tube Stations
  4. ^ Cook's Handbook For London. London: Thomas Cook & Son. 1879.


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