West Brompton station

West Brompton station

West Brompton is a Network Rail West London Line (WLL) and London Underground District Line station in west London. It is located on Old Brompton Road (A3218) immediately south of Earls Court Exhibition Centre and to the west of Brompton Cemetery. The London Oratory School is also nearby.

The station is on the Wimbledon branch of the District Line between Earl's Court and Fulham Broadway stations.

On the WLL, National Rail services are provided by Southern and London Overground. The station is between Kensington (Olympia) and Clapham Junction stations. CrossCountry services pass through the station without stopping.

History

The West London Extension Joint Railway (WLEJR) was opened in the early 1860s. It joined the southern end of the West London Joint Railway at Kensington (Olympia) station with Clapham Junction station and ran through West Brompton although a station was not opened until 1866.

On 12 April 1869, the Metropolitan District Railway (MDR, now the District Line) opened its own station adjacent to the WLEJR station as the terminus and only station on its extension from Gloucester Road station (Earl's Court station did not open until 1871). The original plan was to connect the MDR to the WLEJR but this did not take place.

On 1 March 1880, the MDR opened an extension south from West Brompton to Putney Bridge.

In 1940, during World War II, several WLL stations sustained bomb damage. Passenger services on the WLL between Willesden Junction and Clapham Junction were withdrawn on 20 September 1940. The Underground station remained in use and the WLL continued in use for freight traffic. The WLL station buildings and platforms were subsequently demolished.

On 1 June 1999, two new Network Rail platforms were opened on the WLL and passenger services resumed. The works were funded by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham on whose border the station lies.

The WLL platforms do not have a separate entrance and access is from the Underground station. The District Line serves platforms 1 and 2 and the WLL serves platforms 3 and 4. There is a fence between platforms 2 and 3, but they are on the same level and it is possible to pass directly between them.

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External links

* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** ltmcollection|pt/i0000gpt.jpg|Construction of the Metropolitan District Railway's station at West Brompton, 1867
** ltmcollection|ju/i00000ju.jpg|View of MDR platforms, 1876
** ltmcollection|65/9889165.jpg|West Brompton Underground station, 1928
* [http://www.loveplums.co.uk/Tube/West_London_Line.html London's Abandoned Tube stations - West London Line]
*GBvosi|txt=www.Old-maps.co.uk - West Brompton station, 1874|e=525977|n=177500|cty=10mid231

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