File photo dated 6/8/2013 of equipment inside the former Brompton Road tube station, a disused station on the Piccadilly line between South Kensington and Knightsbridge which has been sold for ?53 million. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Friday February 28, 2014. Brompton Road Tube station, in an expensive corner of London near Harrods, was put on the market in September by the Ministry of Defence as part of cost-cutting efforts. It is now expected to be used for mainly residential development, with the money from the sale going back into the defence budget. See PA story DEFENCE Station. Photo credit should read: Nick Ansell/PA Wire
%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%A former London Underground station that was used as a Second World War command centre has been sold for £53 million.
Brompton Road Tube station, in an expensive corner of London near Harrods, was put on the market in September by the Ministry of Defence as part of cost-cutting efforts.
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