Putney Bridge
Putney Bridge Location of Putney Bridge in Greater London
Location	Fulham
Local authority	London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2020	2.63 million[1]
2021	2.69 million[2]
2022	4.81 million[3]
2023	5.01 million[4]
2024	4.94 million[5]
Railway companies
Original company	District Railway
Key dates
1 March 1880	Opened asPutney Bridge & Fulham; terminus of line
3 June 1889	Line extended to Wimbledon
1 September 1902	RenamedPutney Bridge & Hurlingham
1932	RenamedPutney Bridge
Other information
External links	TfL station info page
Coordinates	51°28′5.85″N0°12′31.5″W / 51.4682917°N 0.208750°W /51.4682917; -0.208750
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Putney Bridge (/ˈpʌtniˈbrɪdʒ/) is aLondon Underground station on theWimbledon branch of theDistrict line. It is betweenParsons Green andEast Putney stations and is inLondon fare zone 2. The station is located in the south ofFulham, adjacent toFulham High Street and New Kings Road (A308) and is a short distance from the north end ofPutney Bridge from which it takes its name.

The station was opened on 1 March 1880 asPutney Bridge & Fulham when theDistrict Railway (DR, now the District line) extended its line south fromWest Brompton. The station served as the terminus of the line until 1889 when the DR builtFulham Railway Bridge across theRiver Thames and extended the line south to theLondon and South Western Railway's (L&SWR's) newly built East Putney station where it connected to the L&SWR's new line toWimbledon. Services from the station to Wimbledon began on 3 June 1889. The station has an ornate yellow brick façade at the entrance.

On 1 September 1902,^[6] the station was renamedPutney Bridge & Hurlingham referring to its proximity toHurlingham Park and theHurlingham Club. It received its current name in 1932. Despite taking its name fromPutney Bridge, the tube station is in fact on theFulham side of theThames and is not actually located inPutney.

AWorld War IIpillbox can clearly be seen at the Southern end of the Southbound platform, overlookingFulham Railway Bridge. The concrete pillbox was built in 1940 as a final line of defense should German troops invade London. It was designed like a fortified look-out post with narrow loopholes (rather like a castle) to protect the inhabitant while allowing them to shoot at intruders.^[7]

In addition to the Hurlingham club and Hurlingham Park, the Grade I listedFulham Palace and its restored garden, the former home of theBishops of London, inBishop's Park is nearby to the north and contains a small museum. The historicAll Saints Church, Fulham and its graveyard are on the riverside route toFulham Palace.

Fulham Football Club'sCraven Cottage stadium is about 1 kilometre to the north-west and the tube station is often very busy on matchdays.

Putney Bridge had a bay platform (platform 2) which could only accommodateC stock trains and was located between the current eastbound and westbound tracks. After the C stock was removed from service in June 2014, the bay platform ceased to be used, and the track was lifted as of October 2015.

This platform was brought back into use in May 2016. The previous terminating end is now joined to the westbound track and platform 3 is no longer in use and is fenced off. This eliminated the previous 10 mph speed restriction on the westbound side.

London Buses routes14,22,39,85,93,74,220,265,270,378,424,430 and night routesN22,N33,N72 andN74 serve the station.^[8][9]

Wikimedia Commons has media related toPutney Bridge tube station.

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  Putney Bridge underground station platforms(September 2006)
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  The outside of Putney Bridge Station
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  Southern end of the platforms at Putney Bridge station (2007 view), showing the former layout with reversing siding, the World War 2pillbox defending the bridge, and the northern tip of the bridge

• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • View of platforms, circa 1965

Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
East Putney towardsWimbledon		District line Wimbledon branch		Parsons Green towardsEdgware Road orUpminster

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• District line stations
• Proposed Chelsea-Hackney Line stations
• Tube stations in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
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