Wandsworth Road railway station
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Location | Clapham |
Local authority | London Borough of Lambeth |
Managed by | London Overground |
Station code(s) | WWR |
DfT category | F1 |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Fare zone | 2 |
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Original company | London, Chatham and Dover Railway |
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1 March 1863 | Opened (LCDR) |
1 May 1867 | Opened (LBSCR) |
3 April 1916 | Closed (LCDR) |
Other information | |
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Coordinates | 51°28′12″N0°08′18″W/ 51.47°N 0.1384°W |
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Wandsworth Road railway station(WWR) is aNational Railstation between Battersea and Clapham in south London. It is served byLondon Overgroundservices betweenClapham JunctionandDalston Junction,with a limited service toBattersea Park.It is 1mile75chains(3.1 km) fromLondon Victoria.
History
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Chatham lines
[edit]The station opened on 1 March 1863, on theLondon, Chatham and Dover Railway(LCDR) original double-track low-level route from Victoria via Stewarts Lane, which was opened between Victoria and Herne Hill, on 25 August 1862.[2]The LCDR constructed a triple-track high-level route between Battersea Pier Junction and Brixton, part of which opened between Factory Junction, (100 metres north of Wandsworth Road station) and Brixton on 1 May 1866, together with three additional platforms at Wandsworth Road.[3]Therefore, from May 1866 until April 1916, this station had five platforms. In 1879 the LCDR was running the following services that stopped at Wandsworth Road:[4]
- Frequent trains between Moorgate and Victoria, calling at all stations[a]
- Half-hourly trains between Moorgate and Clapham Junction, calling at all stations[b]
- Through trains from Kentish Town to Victoria, calling at all stations[c]
The LCDR was operated as part of the joint South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR) from 1899.
SECR withdrew it services on 3 April 1916 and the three 1866 platforms were closed.[5][6]
The former South Eastern & Chatham platforms which closed in 1916 were demolished in the late 1920s.
Atlantic lines
[edit]On 1 May 1867, the London, Chatham and Dover Railway leased the original two tracks to theLondon, Brighton and South Coast Railway(LBSCR) for use by its newSouth London lineservice, which ran between Victoria and London Bridge via Denmark Hill. After the SECR withdrew its service on 3 April 1916 only the original two 1863 platforms remained in operation and were served by the LBSCR. The South London line service was withdrawn for four months during the1926 general strikewith the station closed from 19 May 1926 to 20 September 1926.[7]
A footbridge was installed byNetwork SouthEastin November 1988 having previously been used atMitcham.[8]
TheLondon VictoriaandLondon Bridgeservice continued until 8 December 2012, ultimately with a train twice-hourly and operated bySouthern.This was replaced by the London Overground service between Clapham Junction and Dalston Junction.
Parliamentary trains
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Following the withdrawal ofCrossCountry's services fromReadingtoBrightonviaKensington Olympiain December 2008 theDepartment for Transportrequired a weeklyparliamentary trainto run on lines no longer used by other services, henceSouthernoperated a morning weekday service from Kensington Olympia to Clapham High Street with a corresponding service in the afternoon. This was withdrawn in December 2012. Since then the service was instead been cut back to Wandsworth Road from Kensington Olympia, and then withdrawn completely in June 2013, following the ratification of the service withdrawal request by the Department for Transport andOffice of Rail and Road.[9]
Services
[edit]London Overground operate four services per hour in each direction betweenClapham JunctionandDalston Junction.There is also a limited early morning and late evening service from and toBattersea Park.[10]
Preceding station | ![]() ![]() |
Following station | ||
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Clapham High Street towardsDalston Junction
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South London line | Clapham Junction Terminus
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Battersea Park Limited service Terminus
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Historical railways | ||||
Battersea Park Road Line open, station closed |
London, Chatham & Dover Railway Main Line |
Clapham High Street Line and station open |
Connections
[edit]London Busesroutes77,87and452and night routeN87serve the station.
Notes
[edit]- ^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
- ^Trains ran as for the Moorgate to Victoria service, calling only at Clapham Junction after Wandsworth Road.
- ^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
[edit]- ^abcde"Estimates of station usage".Rail statistics.Office of Rail Regulation.Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^The London, Chatham & Dover Railway, by Adrian Gray - p. 57
- ^The London, Chatham & Dover Railway, by Adrian Gray - p. 57
- ^Cook's Handbook For London.London: Thomas Cook & Son. 1879.
- ^Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley
- ^Southern Electric 4th Edition p. 6
- ^Butt, R.V.J. (1995).The Directory of Railway Stations.Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 240.ISBN1-85260-508-1.R508.
- ^Wandsworth RoadKent Rail
- ^"Ealing Broadway, Kensington (Olympia) & Wandsworth Road: withdrawal of scheduled railway passenger services"London Travel Watch21 May 2013; Retrieved 24 May 2016
- ^GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 178 (Network Rail)
External links
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- Train timesandstation informationfor Wandsworth Road railway station fromNational Rail