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Battersea Park Road
Ordnance Survey map showing Battersea Park Road station
Battersea Park RoadLocation of Battersea Park Road in Greater London
Location	Battersea
Local authority	London Borough of Wandsworth
Grid reference	TQ288771
Railway companies
Original company	London, Chatham and Dover Railway
Pre-grouping	South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Key dates
1 May 1867 (1867-05-01)	Opened as Battersea Park (York Road)
1 November 1877 (1877-11-01)	Renamed Battersea Park Road
3 April 1916	Closed
Other information
Coordinates	51°28′42″N 0°08′43″W / 51.47825°N 0.14521°W / 51.47825; -0.14521
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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. 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:

• Frequent trains between Moorgate and Victoria, calling at all stations
• Through trains from Kentish Town to Victoria, calling at all stations

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. ^ 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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