Putney railway station

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Putney National Rail
Putney Railway Station at dusk - March 2011.jpg
Putney is located in Greater London
Putney
Putney
Location of Putney in Greater London
LocationPutney
Local authorityLondon Borough of Wandsworth
Managed bySouth Western Railway
Station codePUT
DfT categoryC1
Number of platforms4
AccessibleYes
Fare zone2 and 3
OSIEast Putney London Underground[1]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2016–17Decrease 8.868 million[2]
2017–18Decrease 8.799 million[2]
2018–19Decrease 8.614 million[2]
2019–20Decrease 8.067 million[2]
2020–21Decrease 1.964 million[2]
Railway companies
Original companyLondon & South Western Railway
Other information
External links
WGS8451°27′40″N 0°12′58″W / 51.4611°N 0.2162°W / 51.4611; -0.2162Coordinates: 51°27′40″N 0°12′58″W / 51.4611°N 0.2162°W / 51.4611; -0.2162
Underground sign at Westminster.jpg London transport portal

Putney railway station serves Putney in the London Borough of Wandsworth, in southwest London straddling Travelcard zone 2 and zone 3. It is 5 miles 72 chains (9.5 km) down the line from London Waterloo.

The station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway. It has four platforms and is 500 metres (1,600 ft) from East Putney Underground station.

History[]

The station opened when the Nine Elms to Richmond line came into service on 27 July 1846 and was rebuilt in 1885-6 when the track was turned to quadruple as today, as far as Barnes.[3]

Services[]

The typical off-peak service at the station in trains per hour is:

  • 4 indirectly to London Waterloo, of which
    • 2 take the Kingston Loop Line via Kingston to return circuitously to Waterloo
    • 2 take the Hounslow Loop Line via Hounslow to return circuitously to Waterloo
  • 6 directly to London Waterloo, that is
    • 4 as the reverse of the above routes, i.e. the shortest route to Waterloo, as stopping services.
    • 2 termed semi-fast whose intervening stops are Clapham Junction and Vauxhall
  • 2 (every service) to Windsor & Eton Riverside, calling at Richmond, Twickenham, Whitton, Feltham and all 6 following stations.

Connections[]

London Buses route 14, 37, 39, 85, 93, 337, 424 and 430 and night route N74 serve the station.

References[]

  1. ^ "Out of Station Interchanges" (XLSX). Transport for London. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1988). Waterloo to Windsor. Middleton Press. p. 39. ISBN 0-906520-54-1.

External links[]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Wandsworth Town   South Western Railway
Hounslow Loop Line 		  Barnes
  South Western Railway
Kingston Loop Line 		 
Clapham Junction   South Western Railway
Waterloo to Windsor 		  Richmond
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