Putney Bridge tube station

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Putney Bridge
Location
Place	Fulham
Local authority	Hammersmith and Fulham
Operations
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	3
Transport for London
Zone	2
Annual entry/exit	4.7 million †
History
1880 1889	Opened as terminus (MDR) Became through station (MDR)
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground \| National Rail
† Data from Transport for London [1]
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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 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.

1 History
2 Nearby places of interest
3 Image gallery
4 External links

[edit] 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.

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.

[edit] 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.

Ranelagh Gardens, the 18th century pleasure gardens were located approximately where the station is now, commemorated in the road of the same name immediately to the south of the station.