Parsons Green tube station

Parsons Green
Parsons Green Location of Parsons Green in Greater London
Location	Parsons Green
Local authority	London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019	6.56 million[1]
2020	3.03 million[2]
2021	2.99 million[3]
2022	5.03 million[4]
2023	5.57 million[5]
Key dates
1 March 1880	Opened (DR)
Other information
External links	TfL station info page
Coordinates	51°28′31″N 0°12′4″W
London transport portal

Map of the station area

Parsons Green is an above-ground London Underground station on the Wimbledon branch of the District line that opened in 1880. It is between Fulham Broadway and Putney Bridge stations and is in Zone 2. There are entrances on Parsons Green Lane and in Beaconsfield Walk. The station is a short distance north of the green itself. It was previously a train-operator depot, until functions were transferred to Earl's Court.

History

Designed by a Mr Clemence under the supervision of John Wolfe-Barry, the station was opened on 1 March 1880 when the Metropolitan District Railway (now the District line) extended its line south from West Brompton to Putney Bridge.

Past plans

Parsons Green was a proposed stop on the Chelsea-Hackney Line, known now as Crossrail 2. It would have either supplemented or replaced the existing District line service on much of the Wimbledon Branch.

North of the station, the line would have branched off into a new tunnelled section that could carry it into Victoria station, via Chelsea station, a new station on the Kings Road. Crossrail 2 was to have been built to National Rail standards and go to Wimbledon via Clapham Junction instead. The route was safeguarded in 1991 and again in 2007.

Bombing

Main article: Parsons Green bombing

On 15 September 2017, around 8:20 am BST, an explosion inspired by ISIL on a train carriage at the station injured 30 people. No fatalities were reported.[6] The explosion was treated by the Metropolitan Police as a terrorist incident.[7]

The attacker, Ahmed Hassan, was tried for attempted murder in March 2018.[8] He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment and must serve a minimum of 34 years.[9] On 6 April 2019 it was announced that Lt. Col. Craig Palmer, a passenger on the affected tube train, had been awarded the Queen's Commendation for Bravery for his part in helping to bring the bomber to trial and conviction.[10]

Sidings

Parsons Green is an intermediate terminating point for both District line services. Below are the seven sidings explained:

• Two sidings east of the station:
  • One is only accessible from the eastbound running line, and can accommodate two D Stock or two S Stock trains
  • The second is only accessible from the westbound running line and can accommodate one D Stock or one S Stock train
• Five sidings west of the station:
  • Two sidings west of the eastbound platform. These are accessible from the westbound platform and accommodate one D Stock or S Stock train
  • Two sidings west of the westbound, also accessible from the westbound platform.
  • There is a siding just behind the westbound platform, which could only fit a C Stock train. As C Stock trains are no longer in use on the system, this siding is out of commission.

Gallery

• 
  Platform sign
• 
  The station on an 1890s Ordnance Survey map, not long after it opened
• 
  Parsons Green platforms looking north
• 
  Station entrance from Parsons Green Lane
• 
  Station entrance, detail
• 
  North side entrance from Beaconsfield Walk
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  Side entrance, detail
• 
  D stock train at Parsons Green

References

1. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
2. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
3. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
4. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
5. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
6. "Parsons Green: Explosion reported on London Tube train". BBC News. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
7. Rawlinson, Kevin; Siddique, Haroon; Dodd, Vikram (15 September 2017). "London tube explosion: District line 'bucket bomb' was terrorism, say police". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
8. Minelle, Bethany (7 March 2018). "Parsons Green accused Ahmed Hassan 'used school prize to buy bomb materials'". Sky News. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
9. Cobain, Ian (23 March 2018). "Parsons Green tube bomber Ahmed Hassan jailed for life". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
10. Aamna Mohdin (6 April 2019). "Soldier who rushed towards Parsons Green bomb given bravery award". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 April 2019.

External links

• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • Parsons Green station, 1927
  • Interior of ticket hall, 1956

Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Putney Bridge towards Wimbledon		District line Wimbledon branch		Fulham Broadway towards Edgware Road or Upminster