Queens Road Peckham Station (QRP)

Address: Queens Road, Peckham, London SE15 2JR
Opened: 13th August 1866
Station Code: QRP
Fare Zone: 2

London Overground Line(s) Served:

East London Line

Service Pattern(s):

4 trains per hour to Dalston Junction
4 trains per hour to Clapham Junction

Interchange(s)

National Rail: Southern

Station History

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway opened Peckham station on its new South London Line on 13th August 1866. Originally the station consisted of two outer platforms and one central platform, all of wooden construction.

Five years later on 13th March 1871, the East London Railway commenced running services through the station to Old Kent Road thanks to a new connection from their line just south of Surrey Quays.

The LB&SCR had received Royal Assent for the electrification of its entire network in 1903, with the South London Line being the first recipient of overhead wires and the system was installed here in 1909.

East London Railway services to Old Kent Road were withdrawn on 1st June 1911, although freight traffic still used the connection.

With the passing of The Railways Act 1921, The LB&SCR was amalgamated with other railways to form the Southern Railway on 1st January 1923.

On 9th August 1926 the Southern Railway announced that the overhead electrification of the South London Line would be converted to third rail. The conversion works were carried out, along with removing the third line through the station, and the first train ran on 30th September 1929. The station was also renamed to Queens Road Peckham

Nationalisation of the railways due to the Transport Act 1947 saw Southern Railway services become British Railways Southern Region on 1st January 1948.

Under British Railways the station underwent a rebuild in the 1970s with the outer platforms being removed and an island platform being constructed between the running lines. The station buildings were demolished with access to the platforms being provided in the railway arches. Also at this time, the connection with the East London Line was removed after freight traffic had ceased in 1964.

As a result of sectorisation, the former Southern Region services were assumed by the London & Southeast business sector in 1982, becoming Network Southeast in 1986.

Privatisation of the Railways following the Railways Act 1993 saw the station and its lines franchised to Connex, who operated them under their South Central subsidiary.

A further management change occurred on 26th August 2001, when the new franchisee of the line Govia bought out the remaining two years of the Connex agreement to assume services early.

The final Southern-operated service on the South London Line ran on the 8th December 2012. As part of the construction of the London Overground, the connection with the East London Line had been reestablished allowing the new company to commence service between Clapham Junction and Dalston Junction via Surrey Quays the following day.