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 (1832–1900), 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 South 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 is planned to become a step-free station . The project was planned to be completed in 2021, but has been delayed to 2024. The step-free project, alongside a major station rebuild, is expected to request government funding in 2022, and if approved, construction will start in September 2023 and be completed in late Summer 2025. Services. Services at Peckham Rye are operated by Southeastern, Southern, Thameslink and London Overground. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: Services are operated using a mixture of rolling stock including Class 376, 377, 378, 455, 465, 466 and 700 EMUs. Connections. London Buses 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. It is shown in the introduction of the Channel 4 show "Desmond's".