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Located on Cromwell Road in South Kensington, London, South Kensington tube station is the closest London Underground station to the Natural History, Science and Victoria and Albert Museums, as well as to Imperial College. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (912x772, 108 KB) South Kensington tube station - London - England photo by en:User:Tagishsimon 31st May 2004 File links The following pages link to this file: South Kensington tube station ...
The nickname Tube comes from the almost circular tube-like tunnels through which the small profile trains travel. ...
Cromwell Road is a major road in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, and is designated part of the A4. ...
Arms of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is a London borough in the west side of central London, created in 1965 from the former boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea. ...
Travelcard Zone 1 is the central zone of Transport for Londons zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London. ...
1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...
Transport for London (TfL) is a government body responsible for the transport system in the City of London, the capital city of the United Kingdom. ...
Cromwell Road is a major road in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, and is designated part of the A4. ...
The junction with Old Brompton Road and Pelham Street, outside South Kensington tube station. ...
London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...
The nickname Tube comes from the almost circular tube-like tunnels through which the small profile trains travel. ...
The Natural History Museum in South Kensington, London, has an ornate terracotta facade typical of high Victorian architecture. ...
The National Science Museum in London The Science Museum on Exhibition Road, Kensington, London, is part of the National Museum of Science and Industry. ...
The Cromwell Road entrance to the Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum viewed from Thurloe Square The main interior courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2004. ...
Royal School of Mines Entrance Imperial College London is a college of the University of London which focuses on science and technology, and is located in South Kensington in London. ...
The station is on the District Line and Circle Line between Gloucester Road and Sloane Square, and on the Piccadilly Line between Gloucester Road and Knightsbridge. It is in Travelcard Zone 1. A pedestrian tunnel provides access to the museums. The District Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. ...
The Circle Line of the London Underground became known as such in 1949, when it was separated from its parent lines, the Metropolitan Line and the District Line, although it had been shown on Underground maps since 1947. ...
District line building Piccadilly line building Gloucester Road is a London Underground station in Kensington, near the intersection of Gloucester Road and Cromwell Road. ...
Sloane Square tube station, showing the suspended grey conduit (across the upper centre) carrying the River Westbourne Sloane Square is a London Underground station in Sloane Square, Belgravia. ...
The Piccadilly Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark blue on the Tube map. ...
District line building Piccadilly line building Gloucester Road is a London Underground station in Kensington, near the intersection of Gloucester Road and Cromwell Road. ...
Knightsbridge tube station, Sloane Street entrance Knightsbridge is a London Underground station in Knightsbridge. ...
Travelcard Zone 1 is the central zone of Transport for Londons zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London. ...
Metropolitan District Railway
The station began life as part of the original route of the Metropolitan District Railway (now the District Line). The land was cheaper here than in central London, and so two pairs of lines could be provided, one acting predominantly as an express route, the other as a stopping service, bringing two sets of platforms — one island and two side platforms. The Metropolitan Railway and the Metropolitan District Railway are inextricably linked. ...
The original line name can be seen in the above picture.
Piccadilly, Brompton, and Hammersmith Railway [[
Joining the stations When the Piccadilly line was connected to the adjoining District Line station by the addition of two flights of escalators — in opposing directions, so as to end up in almost exactly the same place as to start with, except for being at a different vertical level — the new escalators, and connecting passageways to the Piccadilly line platforms, cut through the remains of the deep level District platforms. One partly survived as the circulating area by the eastbound platform, connecting it with the escalators, and the other was cut through. Very little remains except for a small section of the westbound platform accessible by a door within the disused westbound lift lobby.
The sub-surface level District line island platform (the side platforms having been abandoned when the express trains were stopped) was also connected to the circulating area where the two escalator flights meet, thus reducing crowding at the shared (but originally District) ticket hall by removing the need for passengers interchanging to use it.
Other changes The station was originally placed to serve the local South Kensington area, but when the patronage increased when various extensions to the British Museum (the now independent Victoria and Albert Museum and Natural History Museum), and a number of other large museums (such as the Geological Society Museum, now part of the Natural History Museum, and the Science Museum), opened nearby at the southern edge of Hyde Park. To simplify the complicated series of roads, and busy crossings, to reach the Museums, a wide passage was built leading from the ticket hall to each of the museums in turn. In 2005 the Victoria and Albert Museum opened a new entrance leading directly from the passage to the Museum's basement locker room area. The Cromwell Road entrance to the Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum viewed from Thurloe Square The main interior courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2004. ...
The Natural History Museum in South Kensington, London, has an ornate terracotta facade typical of high Victorian architecture. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The original access to the Piccadilly line had been straight from ground to platform by lift, and was fully accessible to the mobility impaired. However, such accessibility was removed when lifts were swapped for escalators, and the lift shafts used for ventilation purposes. This left the original Piccadilly line building abandoned (though, despite the remainder of the terrace, that it formed part of, being demolished, it still stands). Legal pressure to improve accessibility at stations may re-open this access, since it requires little work, and is relatively cheap.
External links - London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive - Piccadilly Line station building in 1910
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