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Description: | Brompton Road station on the Piccadilly line had the red 'oxblood' terracotta blocks that distinguished stations designed in the Arts & Crafts classical style by architect Leslie Green. The Piccadilly line was financed by the American entrepreneur, Charles Tyson Yerkes.
Brompton Road was opened in 1906 but was closed down on 29 July 1934 as it was thought uneconomical to run and too close to the reconstructed Knightsbridge and South Kensington stations.
It was used during the Second World War for London's anti-aircraft control centre. The platforms were bricked up and the lift-shaft converted into four-storey offices. The remains of the station facade still exist in a side street off the Brompton Road. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Transport Cityscape | Temporal: | Jul 1907 - Dec 1907 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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