West Brompton station

West Brompton station stands on Old Brompton Road in West London, beside the former Earls Court Exhibition Centre and next to Brompton Cemetery. It is a Grade II-listed interchange served by the District line, the Mildmay line of the London Overground, and National Rail on the West London line. The tracks form the boundary between the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The station sits in a cutting with one end covered by a roof. A modern lift tower echoes the brickwork of nearby 19th-century terraces designed by John Young. The station’s history begins with the West London Extension Joint Railway, opened in the early 1860s. Sir John Fowler, chief engineer of the Metropolitan and District Railway, designed the original buildings and the nearby Lillie Bridge of 1860. The District Railway opened its own station in 1869, and in 1887 it provided access to John Robinson Whitley’s Earl’s Court exhibition grounds. After wartime damage in 1940, full passenger services resumed in 1994 and new platforms were opened in 1999 by Glenda Jackson. Inside, the District line serves platforms 1 and 2, while the Mildmay line uses platforms 3 and 4 on the same level. A fence separates the two pairs of platforms but they remain connected. Lifts give step-free access to the Overground platforms and the eastbound District line platform. Outside, the station’s surroundings include the historic Brompton Cemetery to the east and the site of the former Lillie Bridge Grounds to the west.