Peckham Rye railway station

Peckham Rye
Peckham Rye Station main entrance
Peckham Rye Location of Peckham Rye in Greater London
Location	Peckham
Local authority	London Borough of Southwark
Managed by	Southern
Station code	PMR
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	2
National Rail annual entry and exit
2015–16	7.520 million[1]
– interchange	2.566 million[1]
2016–17	7.464 million[1]
– interchange	2.392 million[1]
2017–18	7.333 million[1]
– interchange	2.557 million[1]
2018–19	7.295 million[1]
– interchange	2.875 million[1]
2019–20	6.985 million[1]
– interchange	2.708 million[1]
Railway companies
Original company	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Key dates
1 December 1865	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°28′12″N 0°04′08″W / 51.46989°N 0.06886°W / 51.46989; -0.06886Coordinates: 51°28′12″N 0°04′08″W / 51.46989°N 0.06886°W / 51.46989; -0.06886
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Peckham Rye is a railway station in Peckham town centre, South London. It opened on 1 December 1865 for LC&DR trains and on 13 August 1866 for LB&SCR trains.^[2] 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.

Routes[]

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 and is 3 miles 36 chains (5.6 km) measured from London Bridge or 5 miles 13 chains (8.3 km) measured from London Victoria.

Peckham Rye at a railway crossroads is a key interchange, being served by South 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, Caterham, Luton, Orpington.

Station improvements[]

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.^[3]

Future improvements[]

Peckham Rye was planned to become a step-free station and the project will be completed in 2021.^[4]

Services[]

Services at Peckham Rye are operated by Southeastern, Southern, Thameslink and London Overground.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[5]

• 2 tph to London Victoria
• 2 tph to London Blackfriars
• 2 tph to Kentish Town (during the peak hours, these trains continue to Luton)
• 4 tph to London Bridge
• 2 tph to Beckenham Junction via Crystal Palace
• 2 tph to Caterham via Norbury
• 2 tph to Orpington via Catford
• 2 tph to Sevenoaks via Catford and Swanley
• 2 tph to Gravesend via Bexleyheath
• 4 tph to Clapham Junction
• 4 tph to Dalston Junction via Surrey Quays

Services are operated using a mixture of rolling stock including Class 376, 377, 378, 455, 465, 466 and 700 EMUs.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Nunhead		Thameslink Catford Loop Line		Denmark Hill
		Southeastern Victoria to Gravesend Line
Queens Road Peckham		Southern Portsmouth line London Bridge to Caterham or Beckenham Junction		East Dulwich
London Overground
Queens Road Peckham towards Dalston Junction		South London Line		Denmark Hill towards Clapham Junction

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.^[6]

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Peckham Rye railway station.

• Train times and station information for Peckham Rye railway station from National Rail