Surrey Quays railway station

Surrey Quays
Lower Road entrance soon after reopening in April 2010
Surrey Quays Location of Surrey Quays in Greater London
Location	Surrey Quays
Local authority	Southwark
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Transport for London
Station code	SQE
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2007	2.456 million[1]
2008	0 (closed) million[1]
2009	0 (closed) million[1]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2010–11	1.150 million[2]
2011–12	1.801 million[2]
2012–13	2.044 million[2]
— interchange	0.987 million[2]
Key dates
1869	Opened (Deptford Road)
1911	Renamed Surrey Docks
1989	Renamed Surrey Quays
1995	Line closed
1998	Line reopened
22 December 2007	Line closed
27 April 2010[3]	Station Reopened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portalCoordinates: 51°29′37″N 0°02′50″W / 51.49358°N 0.04717°W / 51.49358; -0.04717

Surrey Quays railway station is a railway station in Rotherhithe near Southwark Park. It is in Zone 2, on the East London Line. The next station to the north is Canada Water, and to the south it splits into branches to Clapham Junction, New Cross and Crystal Palace/West Croydon. Closed in late 2007, the station was refurbished and re-opened as part of the London Overground network on 27 April 2010.^[4]

History

A 1908 Railway Clearing House map of lines in South East London, including the southern portion of the East London Line

The station was built by the East London Railway Company and opened on 7 December 1869; it was originally known as Deptford Road.^[5] On 17 July 1911, it was renamed Surrey Docks^[5] in reference to the nearby, now closed, Surrey Commercial Docks, and further renamed Surrey Quays on 24 October 1989,^[5] following the construction of the nearby Surrey Quays Shopping Centre. This was a somewhat controversial move as some of the local community felt that their heritage was being eroded. However, the name stuck, and the Surrey Docks part of Rotherhithe is now often referred to as Surrey Quays.

Surrey Quays was intended to be taken over by the Jubilee line, then the Fleet Line, down to New Cross, New Cross Gate and Lewisham, but this never materialised.

For much of its history, the station's importance lay in its proximity to the Surrey Commercial Docks; it was at the south end of Canada Dock (now Canada Water) and a few hundred yards from the principal entrance to the docks. Its usage fell considerably after the docks closed, but revived following the redevelopment of the London Docklands in the 1980s and 1990s.

The service was closed between 1995 and 1998 due to repair work on the East London line's Thames Tunnel. The East London line closed permanently as an Underground line on 22 December 2007. It reopened for preview services on 27 April 2010 to New Cross and New Cross Gate and 23 May 2010 for full service to New Cross, West Croydon and Crystal Palace, becoming part of the London Overground system.^[6] On 9 December 2012, Phase 2 of East London line extension opened to the public, launched the next day by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson.^[7] It provides services to Clapham Junction via Peckham Rye, thus completing the London Overground Orbital link.

Services

All times below are correct as of the December 2012 timetables.

London Overground

East London Line

Mondays to Saturdays there is a service every 5–10 minutes throughout the day, while on Sundays before 13:00 there is a service every 5–9 minutes, changing to every 7–8 minutes until the end of service after that.^[8] Current off peak frequency is:

• 8 Northbound to Dalston Junction
• 8 Northbound to Dalston Junction then to Highbury & Islington
• 4 Southbound to Clapham Junction
• 4 Southbound to Sydenham then to Crystal Palace
• 4 Southbound to Sydenham then to West Croydon
• 4 Southbound to New Cross

London Overground East London Line
Legend
Highbury & Islington    Canonbury Dalston Junction Kingsland Viaduct ▼ Haggerston Hoxton Kingsland Viaduct ▲ Shoreditch High Street Whitechapel Shadwell Wapping Thames Tunnel under River Thames Rotherhithe Canada Water Surrey Quays Queens Road Peckham New Cross Peckham Rye New Cross Gate Denmark Hill Brockley Clapham High Street Honor Oak Park Wandsworth Road Forest Hill Clapham Junction Sydenham Crystal Palace Penge West Anerley Norwood Junction West Croydon

Connections

London Buses routes 1; 47; 188; 199; 225; 381 and night routes N47 and N381 serve the station.

Gallery

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  Main entrance

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  Western entrance

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  Northbound view

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  Northbound view

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  Northbound view

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  Southbound view

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  Southbound view

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  Two units at Surrey Quays

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Surrey Quays station.

Preceding station		London Overground		Following station
Canada Water towards Highbury & Islington or Dalston Junction		East London Line		New Cross Terminus
				New Cross Gate towards Crystal Palace or West Croydon
				Queens Road Peckham towards Clapham Junction
	Former services
Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Rotherhithe towards Amersham, Chesham, Uxbridge or Watford		Metropolitan line (1884-1906) (1913-39)		New Cross Terminus
		Metropolitan line (1913-39)		New Cross Gate Terminus
Rotherhithe towards Wimbledon, Richmond, Ealing Broadway or South Harrow		District line (1884-1905)
Canada Water towards Shoreditch		East London line		New Cross Terminus
				New Cross Gate Terminus