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Wandsworth Town railway station

DfT Category C2 stationsFormer London and South Western Railway stationsLondon stations without latest usage statistics 1415London stations without latest usage statistics 1516Rail transport stations in London fare zone 2
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1846Railway stations in the London Borough of WandsworthRailway stations served by South Western RailwayUse British English from August 2012
Wandsworth Town Station Platform
Wandsworth Town Station Platform

Wandsworth Town railway station is in the London Borough of Wandsworth, in south London, in Travelcard Zone 2. It is 4 miles 60 chains (7.6 km) down the line from London Waterloo. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway.

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Wandsworth Town railway station
Old York Road, London Battersea (London Borough of Wandsworth)

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N 51.4609 ° E -0.1879 °
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Old York Road
SW18 1TF London, Battersea (London Borough of Wandsworth)
England, United Kingdom
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Wandsworth Bridge
Wandsworth Bridge

Wandsworth Bridge crosses the River Thames in west London. It carries the A217 road between the area of Battersea, near Wandsworth Town Station, in the London Borough of Wandsworth on the south of the river, and the areas of Sands End and Parsons Green, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, on the north side. The first bridge on the site was a toll bridge built by Julian Tolmé in 1873, in the expectation that the western terminus of the Hammersmith and City Railway would shortly be built on the north bank, leading to a sharp increase in the number of people wanting to cross the river at this point. The railway terminus was not built, and problems with drainage on the approach road made access to the bridge difficult for vehicles. Wandsworth Bridge was commercially unsuccessful, and in 1880 it was taken into public ownership and made toll-free. Tolmé's bridge was narrow and too weak to carry buses, and in 1926 a Royal Commission recommended its replacement. In 1937 Tolmé's bridge was demolished. The present bridge, an unadorned steel cantilever bridge designed by Sir Thomas Peirson Frank, was opened in 1940. At the time of its opening it was painted in dull shades of blue as camouflage against air raids, a colour scheme it retains. Although Wandsworth Bridge is one of the busiest bridges in London, carrying over 50,000 vehicles daily, it has been described as "probably the least noteworthy bridge in London".