Fulham Broadway () is a

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station. It is on the Wimbledon branch of the

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, between and stations. It is in Travelcard Zone 2. The station is located on Fulham Broadway ( A304). It is the nearest station to Stamford Bridge stadium, the home of

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. The station is in a cutting that was originally open air until it was covered by the 'Fulham Broadway Shopping Centre' development. The line then resurfaces shortly before West Brompton station.

History

The station was opened as Walham Green on 1 March 1880 when the

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(DR, now the District line) extended its line south from West Brompton to . The original station building was replaced in 1905 with a new entrance designed by Harry W Ford to accommodate crowds for the newly built Stamford Bridge stadium. It is now a Grade II

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. The name was changed to its current form on 1 March 1952 after representations from Fulham

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. The station was upgraded in the early 2000s as part of the construction of the Fulham Broadway

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over the station, with a new ticket hall, station control room and step free access. New "match day" staircases were added to the far end of the platform, allowing crowds attending

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games easier entry/exit from the station, avoiding the main ticket hall and shopping centre. The upgraded station opened in 2003, with access via the shopping centre. The original street-level station building at the southern end of the platform was closed, with the original footbridge remaining in situ. The original station building was then refurbished, with many of the original station signs and architectural features retained, including the historic

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block facade. Following a period as a

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restaurant, the building has been in use as a

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since 2018. On the night of 21 May 2008, the station was the scene of riots following Chelsea's defeat by

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in the Champions League Final.

Services

Fulham Broadway station is on the Wimbledon branch of the District line between

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to the west and

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to the east. The typical off-peak service is: *12 trains per hour to

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*6 tph to

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*3 tph to Barking *3 tph to

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During the peak and on

matchdays additional services run including services all the way through to

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Cultural references

* In 1998 the station was featured in the film "

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" where

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met John Hannah after successfully catching her tube. When they leave the tube, they can be seen walking up the old steps towards the exit. These steps no longer lead to that exit, having been superseded by the new ticket hall described previously; they do remain as a bridge between platforms however. *

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and

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' 1978 single '' What a Waste'' contains the line: "I could be the ticket man at Fulham Broadway Station". * Mentioned in Take That's song "Pretty Things" off their 2010 album "

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Image gallery

File:FulhamBroadway2.jpg, Fulham Broadway underground station platforms looking north ''(September 2006)'' File:FulhamBroadway3.jpg, Fulham Broadway underground station platforms looking south ''(September 2006)'' File:Harry Ford's building at Fulham Broadway station.jpg, The former station building File:Citybound_train_at_Fulham_Broadway_tube_station_(2).jpg, A citybound train about to depart

Connections

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routes 11, 14, 28,

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, 295, 306,

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and night routes N11 and N28 serve the station.

References

External links

London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
** ** . The large crowd is composed of football fans attending the

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held at Stamford Bridge that year. ** ** . Showing the open section of the platforms now covered by the shopping centre. ** {{District line navbox District line stations Tube stations in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Former Metropolitan District Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1880