Putney Bridge
Putney Bridge station, LUL District Line, looking south on 31st May 2014. It opened on 1st March 1880 as the terminus of the line with its extension from West Brompton that had been reached in 1869. On 3rd June 1889, trains were extended further south across the Thames to a connection with the LSWR's Wimbledon & Putney Line at East Putney with District trains having running powers over the LSWR to Wimbledon. Southern trains were withdrawn in 1941 but the line from East Putney to Wimbledon remained in BR ownership until 1994. Since this photo was taken, the far side of the island platform where a train of now withdrawn D78 stock can be seen calling on its way to Wimbledon has been abandoned and fenced off, all southbound trains now using the former terminus platform converted into a through one.
Location: Putney Bridge
Original line: Putney Bridge Branch (Metropolitan District Railway)
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Date: 31/05/2014
Image number: 71638
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