Brompton Road tube station

Brompton Road
Brompton Road tube station side entrance on Cottage Place
Brompton Road is located in Central London
Brompton Road
Brompton Road
Location of Brompton Road in Central London
LocationBrompton
Local authorityKensington and Chelsea
Grid referenceTQ272791
Number of platforms2
Railway companies
Original companyGreat Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway
Key dates
15 December 1906Station opened
30 July 1934Station closed
Replaced byNone
Other information
Coordinates51°29′49.6″N 0°10′8″W / 51.497111°N 0.16889°W / 51.497111; -0.16889
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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. During the Second World War it was used as the command centre of the 26th (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade.[1] In 2014, the owner of the site, the Ministry of Defence, sold it to a Ukrainian businessman, Dmytro Firtash, who claimed an intention to convert it to residential use.[2]

London Transport Museum runs regular Zoom-hosted virtual tours of the station via its "Hidden London" programme; which explore its time as a Second World War bunker and reveal what it looks like today.[3]

  1. ^ Cooper, Nick (2014). London Underground at War. Amberley Books. ISBN 978-1-4456-2201-9.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference BBC2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Brompton Road virtual tour". London Transport Museum. Retrieved 10 February 2023.