Sloane Square is a London Underground station in Sloane Square, Chelsea. It is served by the District and Circle Lines and is between South Kensington and Victoria. It is in Travelcard Zone 1.
The entrance to the station is on the east side of Sloane Square (A3217), adjacent to the Royal Court Theatre. It is the nearest station for Kings Road shopping, the Peter Jones department store and the Cadogan Hall.
The station was opened on 24 December 1868 by the Metropolitan District Railway (MDR, now the District Line) when the company opened the first section of its line between South Kensington and Westminster stations.
The construction of the station was complicated by the crossing of the site by the River Westbourne which ran through Hyde Park as the Serpentine Lake, and was originally crossed by the Knight's Bridge at Knightsbridge. The River was carried above the platform in a large iron pipe suspended from girders. It remains in place today.
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