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==Transport== An early account of Fulham, from a pedestrian's viewpoint, is provided by [[Thomas Crofton Croker]] in his journal published in 1860.<ref name="Croker1860">{{cite book|author=Thomas Crofton Croker|title=A walk from London to Fulham|url=https://archive.org/details/awalkfromlondon00crokgoog|access-date=1 December 2015|year=1860|publisher=W. Tegg|pages=[https://archive.org/details/awalkfromlondon00crokgoog/page/n193 187]β188|author-link=Thomas Crofton Croker}}</ref> ===Rail=== [[File:Putney Bridge Underground Station - geograph.org.uk - 685230.jpg|right|thumb|[[Putney Bridge tube station|Putney Bridge Underground station]] entrance]] [[File:Lillie Bridge into Fulham.jpg|thumb|right|From [[West Brompton station]], looking over Lillie Bridge into Fulham, 2015]] Fulham nestles in a loop of the Thames across the river from [[Barnes, London|Barnes]] and [[Putney]]. It straddles the [[Wimbledon station|Wimbledon]] and [[Richmond tube station|Richmond]]/[[Ealing Broadway tube station|Ealing Broadway]] branches of the [[District line]] of the tube β Fulham's tube stations are [[Putney Bridge tube station|Putney Bridge]], [[Parsons Green tube station|Parsons Green]], [[Fulham Broadway tube station|Fulham Broadway]] (originally named ''Walham Green''), [[West Kensington tube station|West Kensington]] (originally ''Fulham - North End'') and [[Baron's Court tube station|Baron's Court]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Denny, Barbara|date=1997|title= Fulham Past| location=London|publisher= Historical Publications|page=72|isbn= 0-948667-43-5}}</ref> The [[London Overground]] [[West London Line]] stops at {{stnlnk|West Brompton}}, just inside the [[Hammersmith and Fulham|Fulham]] borough boundary, and at {{stnlnk|Imperial Wharf}} in Fulham, [[Sands End]]. Until 1940 there was a [[Chelsea and Fulham railway station]] on this line, close to Stamford Bridge Stadium on Fulham Road, but this was closed following [[the Blitz|World War II bomb damage]].<ref name=subbrit>{{cite web|title=Chelsea & Fulham|url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/c/chelsea_fulham/index.shtml|work=Disused Stations|publisher=Subterranea Britannica|access-date=31 July 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202330/http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/c/chelsea_fulham/index.shtml|archive-date=29 October 2013}}</ref> ===Major roads=== Major urban routes, or trunk roads, cross the area: The Talgarth Road β the [[A4 road (England)|A4]], Fulham Palace Road β the [[A218 road]], Fulham Road β the [[A219 road]], the New King's Road β the [[A308 road]], Wandsworth Bridge Road β the [[A217 road]], [[Dawes Road, London|Dawes Road]] β the [[A3219 road]], Lillie Road β the [[A3218 road]]. ===River crossings=== [[File:Putney Bridge.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Putney Bridge]] with Fulham on the left]] By road: * [[Wandsworth Bridge]] * [[Putney Bridge]] * [[Lillie Bridge (Fulham)|Lillie Bridge]], formerly a Thames tributary crossing, now over two railway routes. * Counter's Bridge at [[Kensington (Olympia) station|Olympia]], over the West London Line in the Counter's creek littoral. By rail: * [[Battersea Railway Bridge|Cremorne Bridge]] * [[Fulham Railway Bridge]]
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