Brompton Road is a disused station on the Piccadilly line of the London Underground, located between Knightsbridge and South Kensington stations. It was closed in 1934, nearly 28 years after being opened by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway company.

2023年11月5日 · Brompton Road, not far from South Kensington, is one such station, first opened in 1906. Barely three years later, the relevant authorities were starting to realise that the station a bit of a dud. No one really used it, for one, and Tube drivers often didn't even bother to stop there.

2023年11月6日 · Brompton Road Station was so rarely used tube drivers would often skip the stop. But the derelict station is filled with history and was once a command centre during the Blitz.

2016年10月6日 · The station retains plenty of period features including a distinctive brown and green tiling pattern and electrical switch gear. A set of oxygen scrubbers can also be seen, presumably a wartime...

2008年1月1日 · “The remote display was to be located in the operations room of the 1st A.A. Division, which was underground in a disused tube station in Brompton Road. Someone suggested that it would be worth consulting H. L. Kirke, the chief engineer of the BBC, with regard to the transmission problems involved. 405-line television was operating in London ...

2012年4月14日 · A Tube station that was used as a secret war room by Winston Churchill is announced as the first station an entrepreneur plans to develop into a tourist attraction.

2021年7月25日 · Such was the case with one of London's little-known abandoned Tube stations. READ MORE: The lost Tube line underneath South Kensington where drivers used to train. Brompton Road in South Kensington was unceremoniously sold by the Ministry of Defence for £53 million in 2014 to be redeveloped as flats.

Step into a disused Tube station that closed to the public over 30 years ago. Explore its turn-of-the-century ticket hall, lifts and platforms, and hear about the key roles that it played throughout history, from wartime shelter to TV and film location.

2024年1月7日 · Brompton Road was first opened in 1906 just down the road from South Kensington, but just three years later it became clear the station was pointless. With its proximity to Kensington and...

1930s map showing the station's ideal location for access to the Victoria & Albert Museum.