Brompton Road tube station

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Brompton Road

Location
Place	Brompton
History
Opened by	Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway
Platforms	2
Key dates	Opened 1906 Closed 1934
Replaced by	None
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Brompton Road tube station is a disused station on the Piccadilly Line of the London Underground. It is located between Knightsbridge and South Kensington.

It was opened on 15 December 1906. Although it was convenient for both the Brompton Oratory and the Victoria and Albert Museum it saw little traffic, and by October 1909 some services passed it without stopping.

Brompton Road station on 1912 map

The station closed from 4 May 1926 due to the General Strike, and did not reopen until 4 October of that year with services only calling there on weekdays initially. Sunday services were finally restored on 2 January 1927; however as before, it was little used. When a new southern entrance was built into Knightsbridge station nearby, it sounded the death-knell for Brompton Road, which finally closed on 30 July 1934.^{[citation needed]}

Just prior to the outbreak of World War II the street level building together with liftshafts and certain passageways was sold to the War Office for use by the 1st Anti-Aircraft Division. During the war, it was the Royal Artillery's Anti-Aircraft Operations Room for central London. This use was discontinued in the 1950s. Although the station has been partly demolished, it continues to be owned by the Ministry of Defence above ground and London Underground below the surface. It is currently used as the Town Headquarters (THQ) of the University of London Air Squadron and the University of London Royal Naval Unit.

Although the platforms have long since been removed, their original location can be seen from passing trains by the brick walls that stand in their place. The original tiling remains on the tunnel walls, although soot and dirt now obscures the name panels.