Brompton Road tube station

[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.

Although it was conveniently situated for both the Brompton Oratory and the Victoria and Albert Museum, it saw little passenger usage and by October 1909 some services passed through without stopping.

[5] The station closed on 4 May 1926 due to the general strike and did not reopen until 4 October of that year with services initially only calling there on weekdays.

The entrance and exits to the lifts were on Brompton Road with the Cottage Place elevation providing staff access.

[9] The MoD's property surveyor said specialist developers could adapt the 28,000 square feet (2,600 m2) site but stated "a lot of work was needed".

[10] In May 2014, the site was sold for £53 million to Dmytro Firtash, a billionaire Ukrainian businessman who claimed an intention to convert it to residential use.

Sailing By, by Anthony Chew, took place on the long-closed platform, where two people sit and talk while Death stalks them.

Brompton Road station on a 1912 Tube map
Brompton Road station on a 1915 map
Tiling inside Brompton Road station, 2011