Queenstown Road's long-promised second entrance is open on Patcham Terrace. At Wandsworth Town, lift piling is nearly done for step-free access by summer 2027.

Queenstown Road station in Battersea now has a second way in, from Patcham Terrace. Wandsworth Council announced on Thursday 22 October that the long-awaited entrance had opened. It gives people living in Nine Elms and Battersea a quicker route to the station. (Wandsworth Council, 22 October 2026)

The council says the new entrance also makes it quicker to change to and from Battersea Park station. Passengers can avoid the busier main roads on the way to the station.

It was paid for by developers through a planning agreement made around a decade ago.

A long wait for one door

The entrance took years to arrive after it was agreed. The building work itself was finished more than a year ago.

M Group, the contractor that built it for the housebuilder Taylor Wimpey, said in July 2025 that the works were complete. Its account lists what the job involved:

  • lowering the ground level in the rear courtyards
  • rerouting the existing drains
  • building a concrete slab and steps from Patcham Terrace down to the new courtyard
  • making a new doorway at the back of the station foyer
  • new CCTV, and changes to the accessible toilet

(M Group, 7 July 2025)

The council’s announcement this week is the first time it has said the entrance is open. It did not give a date for the opening or the entrance’s opening hours. The new route uses steps, so it is not a step-free way into the station.

Wandsworth Town: lifts on track for summer 2027

The same council update says work at Wandsworth Town is on schedule. The station is due to be fully step-free by summer 2027.

The scheme includes:

  • new lifts to all four platforms
  • a second entrance with a new ticket hall at Odyssey Way, north of the station
  • new ticket barriers at the new entrance
  • new lighting and security cameras around the lifts

Piling for the lift foundations is nearly finished, the council said, so installation of the lift shafts can start. Network Rail’s timetable, published when the work was announced in December 2025, put piling from May to November 2026 and the lift shaft in February 2027. (Network Rail, 18 December 2025)

The existing entrance to Wandsworth Town station on Old York Road, with ticket machines beside glass doors under a canopy and the railway bridge beyond.
The existing entrance to Wandsworth Town station on Old York Road. Photo: Wandsworth Town Station by Lloyd Davis (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Flickr.

The whole package costs £20 million. The council agreed £7.08 million of it in November 2025, from money collected from property developers rather than council tax. The rest comes from the Department for Transport’s Access for All programme. (Wandsworth Council, 3 November 2025)

More than 3.75 million passengers used Wandsworth Town between April 2024 and March 2025, according to Network Rail. That makes it the 15th busiest station on the South Western Railway network.

What it means for you

If you live in Nine Elms or Battersea, try the Patcham Terrace entrance. The council says it is quicker, and it keeps you off the main road. Check the opening times at the station, as none have been published.

If you change between Queenstown Road and Battersea Park, the new entrance should shorten the walk, according to the council.

If you use Wandsworth Town, the station stays open throughout the works. The stairs to Platform 4 are closed until summer 2027 while the new entrance is built. Network Rail says to use the stairs to Platforms 2 and 3, then walk along the platform to the temporary footbridge, about two minutes. (Network Rail, Wessex Access for All schemes)

If you need step-free access, Wandsworth Town will not have it until the lifts open in summer 2027.

For journeys this week and the engineering works coming up at Clapham Junction, see our roadworks and travel page, and for journey times to the centre see Wandsworth trains to London.

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