Putney railway station

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.

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 [1]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2014–15 11.158 million[2]
2015–16 9.029 million[2]
2016–17 8.868 million[2]
2017–18 8.799 million[2]
2018–19 8.614 million[2]
Railway companies
Original companyLondon & South Western Railway
Other information
External links
WGS8451.4611°N 0.2162°W / 51.4611; -0.2162
London transport portal

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" (XLS). Transport for London. 19 February 2019.
  2. "Station usage estimates". 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.
Preceding station 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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