Knightsbridge Tube Station (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Knightsbridge tube station is a London Underground station in Knightsbridge, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea . It is on the Piccadilly Line between South Kensington and Hyde Park Corner, and is in Travelcard Zone 1. The station was opened on 15 December 1906 by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (GNP&BR, now the Piccadilly Line). When opened, the platforms were accessed in the standard manner by four lifts and an emergency staircase connecting to parallel passageways and bridges to midway along the platforms. The original station building designed by Leslie Green was located on Brompton Road a short distance west of its junction with Knightsbridge and Sloane Street. A rear entrance was located on Basil Street. The location of the station in a busy and fashionable shopping district meant that patronage at the station was high from the beginning, particularly due to the presence locally of the Harrods and Harvey Nichols emporiums. This contrasted with the next station on the line westward - Brompton Road.