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.

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
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]
2020–21	2.029 million[1]
– interchange	0.725 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	51.46989°N 0.06886°W / 51.46989; -0.06886
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Layout and routes

It is between Denmark Hill and Queens Road Peckham on the South London Line, between Denmark Hill and Nunhead on the Catford Loop Line, and between Queens Road Peckham and East Dulwich on the Portsmouth 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 is a major interchange served by four different routes. Its platforms are on two separate viaducts with a single ticket hall at ground level. Platforms 1 and 2 are on the south viaduct and served by Southern services (London Bridge via Tulse Hill to Beckenham Junction and East Croydon), and London Overground services (Clapham Junction to Dalston Junction). Platforms 3 and 4 are on the north viaduct and served by Thameslink (Blackfriars to Sevenoaks) and Southeastern (Victoria to Dartford).

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 is planned to become a step-free station. The project was planned to be completed in 2021, but has been delayed to 2024.[4] The step-free project, alongside a major station rebuild, is expected to request government funding in 2022, and if approved, construction will start in September 2023 and be completed in late Summer 2025.[5]

Services

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

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[6]

• 2 tph to London Victoria
• 2 tph to London Blackfriars
• 4 tph to London Bridge
• 2 tph to Beckenham Junction via Crystal Palace
• 2 tph to East Croydon via Norbury
• 2 tph to Sevenoaks via Swanley
• 2 tph to Dartford 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, 465, 466 and 700 EMUs.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Nunhead		Thameslink Catford Loop Line		Denmark Hill
		Southeastern Greenwich Park branch line Victoria to Dartford via Bexleyheath
Queens Road Peckham		Southern Portsmouth line London Bridge to Caterham or Beckenham Junction		East Dulwich
Preceding station	London Overground			Following station
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.[7]

It is shown in the introduction of the Channel 4 show "Desmond's".

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