Piccadilly Line
 

 

BROMPTON ROAD

(1906-1934)

 

A station that fell victim to bad planning i.e. putting one where it wasn't needed. Like Down Street, it was bricked up at platform level during World War II, so there is very little to see from passing trains.

 

 

 


1930s map showing the station's ideal location for access to the Victoria & Albert Museum. That South Kensington station has close proximity to the museum also, as well as the Natural History and Science Museums, not to mention interchange with the District Line, probably didn't help Brompton Road's case for continued existence.

 

 

 

The remains of Brompton Road between South Kensington and Knightsbridge. The surface building was originally L-shaped - the passenger entrance/exit was on Brompton Road itself. After closure, the front was demolished for road widening works leaving only the side portion in Cottage Place. Unlike Aldwych, the side entrance was not designed for passenger access.

(photo: 2000)

 

Dr. James Fox has an excellent web page about the below ground aspects. Click here for it.

 

 

 
The remains of the original Knightsbridge station building in 2000. The station was rebuilt in the 1930s to replace the lifts with escalators, during which time an additional entrance was provided in Brompton Road (near Harrods). This reduced the distance between Knightsbridge and Brompton Road stations, thus minimising any hardship caused by the closure of Brompton Road station. In any case, Brompton Road was so little used prior to closure that many trains hadn't been stopping there.

 

 

 

 

This is the original surface building of Hyde Park Corner station. Replacing lift shafts with escalators caused the street level locations of many stations to alter slightly. This one is now the Pizza On The Park restaurant. At least it still survives: Dover Street, further up the line, lost its name (it's now Green Park) and its surface building (only recently demolished).

 

(photo: 2000)

 

 

 

Down Street (Piccadilly Line)