B/W print; Earls Court Underground station, District and Piccadilly lines, 1878

Earls Court Underground station, District and Piccadilly lines. Exterior view of the newly completed building during District Railway operation, showing the station forecourt, entrances to booking office and 'Way Out' doors on the extreme right and left. Several onlookers stand around the entrance. Three large round gas lights hang above the station frontage, the centre one bearing the station's name. The station is fronted by iron railings and two men are looking out of one of the windows. The left hand section of the building has two storeys.