East Putney tube station

East Putney
East Putney Location of East Putney in Greater London
Location	Putney
Local authority	London Borough of Wandsworth
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2 and 3
OSI	Putney
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012	5.33 million
2013	5.65 million
2014	6.14 million
2015	6.00 million
Key dates
1889	Opened (DR)
1889	Started (L&SWR)
1941	Ended (SR)
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
WGS84	51°27′31″N 0°12′41″W / 51.4587°N 0.2113°W / 51.4587; -0.2113Coordinates: 51°27′31″N 0°12′41″W / 51.4587°N 0.2113°W / 51.4587; -0.2113

East Putney is a London Underground station on the Wimbledon branch of the District line. It is between Putney Bridge to the north, and Southfields to the south. The station is on Upper Richmond Road (A205). It is on the boundary of Travelcard Zone 2 and Travelcard Zone 3

The station was opened by the District Railway (DR, now the District line) on 3 June 1889 on an extension from Putney Bridge station to Wimbledon. The extension was built by the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) which, starting on 1 July 1889, ran its own trains over the line via an eastward-facing loop that joins the Clapham Junction to Barnes main line.

The section of the District line from Putney Bridge to Wimbledon was the last part of the line to be converted from steam operation to electric. Electric trains began running on 27 August 1905.

Regular passenger services between Waterloo and Wimbledon through East Putney were ended by the Southern Railway (successor to the L&SWR) on 4 May 1941, although the line remained in British Rail ownership until 1 April 1994 when it was sold to London Underground for the nominal sum of £1. Until the sale, the station was branded as a British Rail station. The spur line between Wandsworth Town (Point Pleasant Jn) and East Putney was reduced to single track in the 1980s. The route from Wimbledon to Wandsworth Town (Point Pleasant Junction) is still used by South West Trains for empty stock movements and occasional service train diversions, as well as three daily South West Trains services which run to and from Waterloo via the route in the early hours of the morning (to maintain train crew knowledge of the route) so South West Trains trains pass through East Putney station on a daily basis, but without stopping. There are very infrequent movements of Network Rail engineering trains and light engine movements through the station as well.