Putney Bridge Underground Station - Station Approach, London, UK
N 51° 28.073 W 000° 12.541
30U E 693848 N 5705551
The station is located in the south of Fulham, adjacent to Fulham High Street and New Kings Road and is a short distance from the north end of Putney Bridge from which it takes its name.
Waymark Code: WMJ338
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/15/2013
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Wikipedia
tells us about Putney Bridge underground station:
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 and 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 is
not actually located in Putney.
Putney Bridge currently has a bay platform (platform 2) which can only
accommodate C stock trains and is located in the middle of the eastbound and
westbound tracks. Because the westbound track is on a curve, there is a 10
mph speed limit for Wimbledon bound trains. There are plans to switch the
bay platform and westbound platform. The track running through the bay
platform would be the new westbound track and the current westbound platform
would be the new terminating platform.