Everything about Putney Bridge Tube Station totally explained
Putney Bridge is a
London Underground station on the
Wimbledon branch of the
District Line. It is between
Parsons Green and
East Putney stations and is in
Zone 2. The station is located in the centre of
Fulham, adjacent to Fulham High Street and New Kings Road (
A308) and is a short distance from the north end of
Putney Bridge from which it takes its name.
History
The station was opened on
1 March 1880 as
Putney Bridge & Fulham when the
Metropolitan District Railway (MDR, now the District Line) extended its line south from
West Brompton. The station served as the terminus of the line until
1889 when the MDR built
Fulham Railway Bridge across the
River Thames and extended the line south to the
London & South Western Railway's (L&SWR's) newly built East Putney station where it connected to the L&SWR's new line to
Wimbledon. Services from the station to Wimbledon began on
3 June 1889. The station has an ornate yellow brick façade at the entrance.
On
1 January 1902, the station was renamed
Putney Bridge & Hurlingham referring to its proximity to
Hurlingham Park and the
Hurlingham Club. It received its current name in
1932. Despite taking its name from
Putney Bridge, the tube station is in fact on the
Fulham side of the
Thames and isn't actually located in
Putney.
Nearby places of interest
In addition to the Hurlingham club and Hurlingham Park,
Fulham Palace, the former home of the
Bishops of London is nearby. It now contains a small museum set in
Bishop's Park.
Fulham Football Club's Craven Cottage stadium is about 1
kilometre to the north-west, and the tube station is often very busy on matchdays.
Two-way terminus
Putney Bridge station is a two-way terminus because of a track with buffers and points south of the station. Only C stock trains can terminate from Earl's Court in Platform 2 (buffer platform) D and C stock trains from Wimbledon can terminate here by normally entering Platform 1 for going northbound, then reversing on to the southbound track with the reversing siding shown below.
Image gallery
Image:PutneyBridge2.jpg |Putney Bridge underground station platforms (September 2006)
Image:PutneyBridge1.jpg |The outside of Putney Bridge Station
Image:PBridgePillbox.JPG |Southern end of the platforms at Putney Bridge station, showing the reversing siding, the World War 2 pillbox defending the bridge, and the northern tip of the bridge
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