BATTERSEA PARK [York Road & Battersea Park]
31st May 2005

Built by the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway in 1867. The main building is an imposing 3 storey structure occupying the "V" between two sets of running lines. It was designed by Charles Henry Driver who was also responsible for the nearby stations at Denmark Hill and Pechham Rye (both featured elsewhere on this site). Operated by Southern. CRS code: BAK

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The station frontage from street level. 31st May 2005.
The station frontage from street level. 31st May 2005.
 Window detail on the ground floor. 31st May 2005.
Window detail on the ground floor. 31st May 2005.
 First floor window with flower motif on the keystone. 31st May 2005.
First floor window with flower motif on the keystone. 31st May 2005.
 The booking hall with its blind arcading and slender, coupled columns. 31st May 2005.
The booking hall with its blind arcading and slender, coupled columns. 31st May 2005.
The opposite side of the booking hall. 31st May 2005.
The opposite side of the booking hall. 31st May 2005.
 Light fitting above the booking hall. 31st May 2005.
Light fitting above the booking hall. 31st May 2005.
 Classical femail head roundels decorate the spandrels of the arcading. 31st May 2005.
Classical femail head roundels decorate the spandrels of the arcading. 31st May 2005.
 Blind arcading in the booking hall. 31st May 2005.
Blind arcading in the booking hall. 31st May 2005.
Column detail in the booking hall. 31st May 2005.
Column detail in the booking hall. 31st May 2005.
 Column base detail. 31st May 2005.
Column base detail. 31st May 2005.
 Column capital detail. 31st May 2005.
Column capital detail. 31st May 2005.
 Door knob with lion motif at the main entrance. 31st May 2005.
Door knob with lion motif at the main entrance. 31st May 2005.
The cast iron bridge on the eastern side of the station. 31st May 2005.
The cast iron bridge on the eastern side of the station. 31st May 2005.
 Detail of the cast iron LBSCR coat of arms on the bridge. 31st May 2005.
Detail of the cast iron LBSCR coat of arms on the bridge. 31st May 2005.
 The overhanging platform 1, seen from street level. 31st May 2005.
The overhanging platform 1, seen from street level. 31st May 2005.
 General view looking south showing platforms 2 and 3. 31st May 2005.
General view looking south showing platforms 2 and 3. 31st May 2005.
The ballustrades around the entrance to platforms 2 and 3. 31st May 2005.
The ballustrades around the entrance to platforms 2 and 3. 31st May 2005.
 Detail of one of the gates at the platform 2 and 3 entrance. 31st May 2005.
Detail of one of the gates at the platform 2 and 3 entrance. 31st May 2005.
 Detail of the cast ironwork, in Connex colours. 31st May 2005.
Detail of the cast ironwork, in Connex colours. 31st May 2005.
 Platform 3 looking towards Victoria. 31st May 2005.
Platform 3 looking towards Victoria. 31st May 2005.
Unusual timber bench on platforms 2 and 3. 31st May 2005.
Unusual timber bench on platforms 2 and 3. 31st May 2005.
 The shelter on platform 1. 31st May 2005.
The shelter on platform 1. 31st May 2005.
 Column base detail, platform 1. 31st May 2005.
Column base detail, platform 1. 31st May 2005.
 Awning ironwork on platform 1. 31st May 2005.
Awning ironwork on platform 1. 31st May 2005.
The timber-built platform 1 looking towards Victoria. 31st May 2005.
The timber-built platform 1 looking towards Victoria. 31st May 2005.
 Looking down the stairway from platform 1. 31st May 2005.
Looking down the stairway from platform 1. 31st May 2005.
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