Peckham Rye railway station


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. It was designed by Charles Henry Driver, the architect of Abbey Mills and Crossness pumping stations, who also designed the grade II listed and stations between here and.

Routes

It is between and on the South London Line, between Denmark Hill and on Catford Loop services, and between Queens Road Peckham and on the Sutton and Mole Valley Line. It is in Travelcard Zone 2 and is measured from or measured from.
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,,,, London Blackfriars,,, and.

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.

Future improvements

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

Services

The May 2018 Monday to Saturday off-peak service in trains per hour is:
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.