Battersea Park Road railway station

Battersea Park Road
Battersea Park Road Location of Battersea Park Road in Greater London
Location	Battersea
Local authority	London Borough of Wandsworth
Railway companies
Original company	London, Chatham and Dover Railway[1]
Pre-grouping	South Eastern and Chatham Railway[1]
Key dates
1 May 1867	Opened as Battersea Park (York Road)[1]
1 November 1877	Renamed Battersea Park Road[1]
3 April 1916 [2]	Closed
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
London Transport portalCoordinates: 51°28′37″N 0°08′38″W / 51.477°N 0.144°W

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 Main Line.^[3] 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 and Cats Home.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Grosvenor Road Line open, station closed		London, Chatham & Dover Railway Main Line		Wandsworth Road Line and station open

References

1. Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
2. The Forgotten Stations of Greater London by J.Connor and B.Halford
3. London's Abandoned Tube Stations