Queenstown Road Station

Queenstown Road Station is a railway station built in 1877 and extended in 1909 for the London and South Western Railway. The street building is primarily yellow stock brick with a red and glazed brick front, topped with a slate roof. The island platform building has timber framing and a corrugated asbestos roof.

The 1909 street elevation is two storeys high, with a brown glazed brick plinth and red brick above in an “Old English” revival style. The central doorway is pedimented and bordered by an eight-light timber mullioned window with three transoms. A two-light window sits to the left, flanked by plain brick pilasters, and a taller two-light window to the right. A frieze displays the words “L.S.W.R. QUEENS ROAD STATION”. Above this is a narrower second storey flanked by rusticated pilasters, crowned by a broken pediment containing a blind tympanum, beneath which is an eight-light window. Originally, the station was accessed under a bridge via a semi-circular headed archway with a moulded surround. The 1909 building houses the Booking Office, with its ticket windows and painted in the colours of the Southern Railway. A brick subway leads to the island platform.

The 1877 island platform features a gabled timber-framed structure on twelve pairs of square timber posts, adorned with decorative cast iron brackets supporting king post trusses and a central lateral girder. The canopy is open at the north end, but the south side has a simple boarded building with blocked windows and doors; these are 3 over 3 pane sash windows. This building incorporates five of the canopy posts. At the head of the staircase, the end wall has a ticket office window, while the south end wall has a plain doorway. The canopy has a plain, unfretted valance.

A disused platform runs in front of the 1909 building and extends over a railway bridge, with rear windows facing the street. This platform is supported by plain steel trusses and was originally known as the ‘Up Windsor’ platform.

The station opened in 1877 as Queens Road, initially consisting of only the island platform accessible via a staircase through an archway under the bridge. It was constructed as part of work widening lines approaching Waterloo station. Services were initially provided by the London and South Western Railway's Windsor line and the London and North Western Railway’s Willesden service. In 1909, a third platform and a new Booking Hall were added. This third platform remains but is now disused. British Rail renamed the station Queenstown Road in 1980.