Brompton Road disused tube station up for sale [BBC News]
Date: 06/08/2013
A disused underground station that housed Winston Churchill's anti-aircraft operations during World War II has been put up for sale. Brompton Road Tube station opened in 1906 on the Piccadilly Line but closed 30 years later because of a fall in passenger numbers. [From Mark Bartlett]
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Disused station used in WWII for sale
BBC News - Video
A disused underground station that housed Winston Churchill's anti-aircraft operations during World War II has been put up for sale.
In pictures: Brompton Road underground station sold for £53 million
Telegraph - Gallery
Brompton Road underground station once held the headquarters of London's anti aircraft defences and has been sold by the Ministry of Defence for £53 million
