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B/W print; New sub-surface booking hall by Topical Press, 7 Mar 1934

© TfL

Main details

Main details for this item.
Reference number
1998/65053
Description
New sub-surface booking hall, Knightsbridge Underground station, Piccadilly line, looking towards the escalators, showing fares table, ticket machines, and passimeter (partly hidden behind machines). A line of telephone kiosks can be seen on the right hand side of the hall.
Photographer
Dates
7 Mar 1934
Collection
Object type
  • B/w print
Photograph number
U14047
Location
Topics
Completeness
49%
  • Physical description

    Item content
    AttributeValue
    Text
    Fares table: Please take tickets for the following stations from the machines...Obtain tickets for stations not shown from the booking office
    On ticket machine: 1d tickets Brompton Road Gloucester Road Green Park Hyde Park Corner South Kensington. 1 penny here
    On ticket machine: 2d tickets Charing Cross Covent Garden Earls Court High Street (Ken) Leicester Square Oxford Circus Piccadilly Circus Sloane Square Strand Tottenham Court Road Trafalgar Square Victoria West Brompton West Kensington. 2 pennies here
    On passimeter: Tickets & Information
    Sign: To the Trains
    Design
    AttributeValue
    Shot
    medium interior
  • People involved

    RolePerson(s) involved
    Photographer
    Topical Press, 7 Mar 1934
  • Associated companies, people and places

    Places
    Location
    Knightsbridge Underground station, Sloane Street, Kensington & Chelsea, SW1