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
Location	Putney
Local authority	London Borough of Wandsworth
Managed by	South Western Railway
Station code(s)	PUT
DfT category	C1
Number of platforms	4
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	2 and 3
OSI	East Putney [1]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	8.067 million[2]
2020–21	1.964 million[2]
2021–22	4.538 million[2]
2022–23	5.118 million[2]
2023–24	5.301 million[2]
Railway companies
Original company	London & South Western Railway
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51.4611°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" (XLSX). Transport for London. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
2. "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

• Train times and station information for Putney railway station from National Rail.

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