Peckham Rye railway station

Updated on Sep 28, 2024

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Location Peckham Station code PMR Fare zone 2 Address London, United Kingdom		Managed by Southern DfT category D 2011–12 3.272 million Number of platforms 4

Local authority London Borough of Southwark Original company London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Similar Queens Road Peckham, Denmark Hill railway station, North Dulwich railway st, London Bridge station, South Bermondsey railway st

Peckham Rye railway station is a station on Rye Lane in the centre of the shopping district of Peckham in South London. It opened on 1 December 1865 for LC&DR trains and on 13 August 1866 for LB&SCR trains. It was designed by Charles Henry Driver (1832–1900), the architect of Abbey Mills and Crossness pumping stations, who also designed the grade II listed Denmark Hill and Battersea Park stations between here and London Victoria.

It is between Denmark Hill and Queens Road Peckham on the South London Line, between Denmark Hill and Nunhead on Catford Loop services, and between Queens Road Peckham and East Dulwich on the Sutton and Mole Valley Line. It is in Travelcard Zone 2.

Peckham Rye at a railway crossroads is a key interchange, being served by East London Line, Thameslink and Sutton & Mole Valley services; trains go to Dartford, London Bridge, London Victoria, Highbury & Islington, London Blackfriars, Sevenoaks, West Croydon, Beckenham Junction and Clapham Junction.

Refurbishment

Ticket gates were installed in May 2009 and during late 2010 the station was refurbished as part of a 'deep clean' by Southern. A former waiting room for platforms 2 and 3, bricked up for 55 years, was partially restored and temporarily re-opened with a permanent re-opening being planned.

Future improvements

Peckham Rye was planned to become a step-free station and the project will be completed in 2019.

Services

The typical weekday off-peak frequency in trains per hour (tph) is:

2 tph to London Victoria via Denmark Hill

2 tph to West Hampstead Thameslink (London Blackfriars late evening and weekends)

2 tph to Beckenham Junction via Crystal Palace

2 tph to West Croydon via Norbury

4 tph to London Bridge, calling at Queens Road Peckham and South Bermondsey

2 tph to Sevenoaks via Catford and Bromley South

2 tph to Dartford via Lewisham and Bexleyheath

4 tph to Clapham Junction via Clapham High Street

4 tph to Highbury & Islington via Surrey Quays, Canada Water and Shoreditch High Street

Connections

London Buses routes 12, 37, 63, 78, 197, 343, 363, P12 and P13 and night routes N63 and N343 serve the station; some via the bus station.

In popular culture

In the first episode of The Sweeney, "Ringer", the station's platforms, steps, and entrance were filmed for Regan and Carter's chase on foot of Billy who had stolen Regan's girlfriend's car.

References

Peckham Rye railway station Wikipedia

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