Date: 28/04/2015

Transport for London (TfL) is looking for creative proposals to reopen one of its ‘ghost stations’ to the public. Down Street Tube station is one of seven underground stations identified by architects Carmody Groarke as having potential to be turned into a commercially viable business. Down Street opened on the Great Northern Piccadilly & Brompton Railway on March 15, 1907, and closed on May 22, 1932, because of lack of use. During the Second World War, the station was used by by Sir Winston Churchill and the War Cabinet. [From Richard Buckby]

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The former Piccadilly Line tube station in Down Street, Mayfair, seen here on 21 July 2005, some 73 years after closure. Opened in 1907 the station suffered due to the proximity of Hyde Park Corner and Green Park stations and closed in 1932. Down Street's claim to fame was in hosting several meetings of Churchill's war cabinet during WW2.
Location: Down Street
Company: Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway
21/07/2005 John Furnevel