The ghost station of Brompton Road
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Version 0 of 1. Just over a year ago I went on a damp, dusty but truly fascinating tour of the Brompton Road London Underground station, which has been closed since 1934. With preparations underway to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Tube next year, I've belatedly dug out some of the photographs I took of the "ghost station" at the time. Think of it as a post-Halloween indulgence. The tour was organised by Ajit Chambers, the dogged entrepreneur who has been badgering Boris Johnson for years - notably and fearlessly at public meetings - to support his Old London Underground Company in reclaiming disused stations and converting them into going heritage concerns. On Tuesday, he asked the Mayor to look at his business plan. The man does not give in easily. See some of my less inept photos below. There was precisely no no danger of my touching any of this stuff. A story was told of a senior Nazi being detained in this labyrinth of rooms and tunnels. Perhaps he sat under this lamp. And, finally, a close up of some of the detail of that extraordinary map. Londonist and Ian Visits also took a look round, a few weeks before I did. A remarkable step back in time. |