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{{Short description|London Overground station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
{{other uses|WWR (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox London station
| name             = Wandsworth Road
| symbol           = overground
| image_name       = 30.01.13 Wandworth Road 378.153 (8429711503).jpg
| manager          = [[London Overground]]
| fare_zone        = 2
| locale           = [[Clapham]]
| railcode         = WWR
| borough          = [[London Borough of Lambeth]]
| events1          = Opened (LCDR)
| years1           = 1 March 1863
| events2          = Opened (LBSCR)
| years2           = 1 May 1867
| events3          = Closed (LCDR)
| years3           = 3 April 1916
| platforms        = 2
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'''Wandsworth Road railway station''' ('''WWR''') is a [[National Rail]] station between Battersea and Clapham in south London. It is served by [[London Overground]] services between {{rws|Clapham Junction}} and {{rws|Dalston Junction}}, with a limited service to {{rws|Battersea Park}}. It is {{convert|1|mi|75|chain|km|lk=in}} from {{stn|London Victoria}}.

==History==
[[File:Clapham Junction, Stewarts Lane, Lavender Hill & Longhedge RJD 17.jpg|thumb|A 1912 [[Railway Clearing House]] map of lines around Wandsworth Road]]
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===Chatham lines===
The station opened on 1 March 1863, on the [[London, Chatham and Dover Railway]] (LCDR) original double-track low-level route from Victoria via Stewarts Lane, which was opened between Victoria and Herne Hill, on 25 August 1862.<ref>The London, Chatham & Dover Railway, by Adrian Gray - p.  57</ref> The LCDR constructed a triple-track high-level route between Battersea Pier Junction and Brixton, part of which opened between Factory Junction, (100 metres north of Wandsworth Road station) and Brixton on 1 May 1866, together with three additional platforms at Wandsworth Road.<ref>The London, Chatham & Dover Railway, by Adrian Gray - p.  57</ref> Therefore, from May 1866 until April 1916, this station had five platforms. In 1879 the LCDR was running the following services that stopped at Wandsworth Road:<ref>{{cite book |title=Cook's Handbook For London |date=1879 |publisher=Thomas Cook & Son |location=London}}</ref>

* Frequent trains between Moorgate and Victoria, calling at all stations{{efn|Trains called at Moorgate Street, Aldersgate Street, Snow Hill, Ludgate Hill, Blackfriars, Borough Road, Elephant and Castle, Walworth Road, Camberwell, Loughborough Junction, Brixton and South Stockwell, Clapham and North Stockwell, Wandsworth Road, Battersea Park Road, Grosvenor Road and Victoria}}
* Half-hourly trains between Moorgate and Clapham Junction, calling at all stations{{efn|Trains ran as for the Moorgate to Victoria service, calling only at Clapham Junction after Wandsworth Road.}}
* Through trains from Kentish Town to Victoria, calling at all stations{{efn|Trains called at Kentish Town, King's Cross (York Road), King's Cross (Metropolitan), Farringdon Street, Snow Hill then as for the Moorgate to Victoria service.}} 

The LCDR was operated as part of the joint South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR) from 1899.

SECR withdrew it services on 3 April 1916 and the three 1866 platforms were closed.<ref>Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley</ref><ref>Southern Electric 4th Edition p.  6</ref> 

The former South Eastern & Chatham platforms which closed in 1916 were demolished in the late 1920s.

===Atlantic lines===
On 1 May 1867, the London, Chatham and Dover Railway leased the original two tracks to the [[London, Brighton and South Coast Railway]] (LBSCR) for use by its new [[South London line]] service, which ran between Victoria and London Bridge via Denmark Hill. After the SECR withdrew its service on 3 April 1916 only the original two 1863 platforms remained in operation and were served by the LBSCR. The South London line service was withdrawn for four months during the [[1926 United Kingdom general strike|1926 general strike]] with the station closed from 19 May 1926 to 20 September 1926.<ref>{{cite book |last=Butt |first=R.V.J. |title=The Directory of Railway Stations |year=1995 |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |location=Yeovil |isbn=1-85260-508-1 |id=R508 |page=240 }}</ref> 

A footbridge was installed by [[Network SouthEast]] in November 1988 having previously been used at [[Mitcham railway station, London|Mitcham]].<ref>[http://www.kentrail.org.uk/wandsworth_road.htm Wandsworth Road] Kent Rail</ref>

The {{Stnlnk|London Victoria}} and {{Stnlnk|London Bridge}} service continued until 8 December 2012, ultimately with a train twice-hourly and operated by [[Southern (Govia Thameslink Railway)|Southern]]. This was replaced by the London Overground service between Clapham Junction and Dalston Junction.

===Parliamentary trains===
[[File:02.06.07 Wandsworth Road Eurostar 3104 (5944122761).jpg|thumb|Before November 2007, when [[Eurostar]] trains were transferred from [[Waterloo International railway station|Waterloo]] to [[St Pancras railway station|St Pancras]], they passed by Wandsworth Road]]
Following the withdrawal of [[CrossCountry]]'s services from {{Stnlnk|Reading}} to {{Stnlnk|Brighton}} via {{Stnlnk|Kensington Olympia}} in December 2008 the [[Department for Transport]] required a weekly [[parliamentary train]] to run on lines no longer used by other services, hence [[Southern (Govia Thameslink Railway)|Southern]] operated a morning weekday service from Kensington Olympia to Clapham High Street with a corresponding service in the afternoon. This was withdrawn in December 2012. Since then the service was instead been cut back to Wandsworth Road from Kensington Olympia, and then withdrawn completely in June 2013, following the ratification of the service withdrawal request by the Department for Transport and [[Office of Rail and Road]].<ref>[http://www.londontravelwatch.org.uk/news/view?id=39&x%5B0%5D=news/list "Ealing Broadway, Kensington (Olympia) & Wandsworth Road: withdrawal of scheduled railway passenger services"]''London Travel Watch'' 21 May 2013; Retrieved 24 May 2016</ref>

==Services==
London Overground operate four services per hour in each direction between {{Stnlnk|Clapham Junction}} and {{Stnlnk|Dalston Junction}}. There is also a limited early morning and late evening service from and to {{Stnlnk|Battersea Park}}.<ref>GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 178 (Network Rail)</ref>

{{Adjacent stations|noclear=yes
|system1 = London Overground
| line1 = South | left1 = Clapham High Street | right1 = Clapham Junction
| line2 = South | left2 = Clapham High Street | right2 = Battersea Park | to-right2 = Battersea Park | note-right2 = Limited service
| header3 = Historical railways
{{rail line|next={{rws|Clapham High Street}}<br /><small>Line and station open</small> |previous=[[Battersea Park Road railway station|Battersea Park Road]]<br /><small>Line open, station closed</small> |route=[[London, Chatham and Dover Railway|London, Chatham & Dover Railway]]<br><small>Main Line</small> |col={{LCDR colour}} }}
}}

==Connections==
[[London Buses]] routes [[London Buses route 77|77]], [[London Buses route 87|87]] and [[London Buses route 452|452]] and night route [[London Buses route N87|N87]] serve the station.

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Wandsworth Road railway station}}
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[[Category:Railway stations in the London Borough of Lambeth]]
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[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1863]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by London Overground]]