East Putney/ Point pleasant junction

[BBBR]

Despite much searching I've not been able to find any images of the flyover at East Putney before it was removed- I believe this was around the late 80s or early 90s so I'm hoping one exists! Does anyone have a photo, or can anyone point me in the right direction?

 

[Sad Sprinter]

I have an A-Z circa 1995 showing the curve still in situ if that helps. I believe I read somewhere it was demolished in 1996.

 

[BBBR]

That's interesting, there doesn't seem to be much consensus when I've searched on when it was demolished- other years mentioned have been 1988 and 1990...

 

[Diplodicus]

I used walk to and from primary school under these lines and over the lines to Putney. I was surprised when the viaduct was demolished as it seemed to me a very useful contingency route if the Earlsfield approaches to Clapham Junction were throttled. It also seemed a useful path for ECS ex-Wombledon depot. Was it crumbling and was that "useful neglect"?

Heaven was the down milk empties from Vauxhall at about 16:00 with a Maunsell 2-6-0 up towards CJ. Underneath.


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[John Webb]

Here's a view from the Geograph website showing the remains of the bridge:
Dismantled bridge over Waterloo - Wokingham Junction line

© Copyright Robin Webster and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

And of the adjacent viaduct:
Old railway viaduct

© Copyright N Chadwick and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

But there are no pictures of the bridge before it was removed.

 

[30907]

I used walk to and from primary school under these lines and over the lines to Putney. I was surprised when the viaduct was demolished as it seemed to me a very useful contingency route if the Earlsfield approaches to Clapham Junction were throttled. It also seemed a useful path for ECS ex-Wombledon depot. Was it crumbling and was that "useful neglect"?

Heaven was the down milk empties from Vauxhall at about 16:00 with a Maunsell 2-6-0 up towards CJ. Underneath.


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ECS was almost all FROM Waterloo, to access the depot - up workings almost all went via the Main lines (and maybe the flat junction at East Putney was a factor) so after the last local passenger services were withdrawn (1939?) the flyover was much less used - in the 50s the Milk empties and an odd Saturday train off the Alton line IIRC.

 

[Sad Sprinter]

ECS was almost all FROM Waterloo, to access the depot - up workings almost all went via the Main lines (and maybe the flat junction at East Putney was a factor) so after the last local passenger services were withdrawn (1939?) the flyover was much less used - in the 50s the Milk empties and an odd Saturday train off the Alton line IIRC.

My dad once told me on a journey from Portsmouth to Waterloo, possibly in the late 80s, he looked out the window to see the train going through Southfields. Don't know why or how often the service or anyother did that but must have been an interesting sight for the ones waiting on the platform for their Underground train.

 

[30907]

An engineering work diversion at the weekend was always possible, at least when BR still owned the line, but I suspect increased LUL service frequencies and indeed increase weekend travel on SWT would have put a stop to that. These days Addlestone seems the preferred route for longercdistance trains.

 

[Muzer]

The curve will get a little daytime use during the Waterloo upgrade.

 

[DerekC]

It the viaduct was demolished as late as the 1990s then I would have thought there might be a "driver's eye view" video including it somewhere.