Chelsea Fire Station
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Chelsea Fire Station is located at 264 King's Road, London.{{cite web| url = http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/A-ZFireStations.asp| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081010061809/http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/A-ZFireStations.asp| archive-date = 2008-10-10| title = London Fire Brigade - A-Z fire stations}}
The station was opened on 3 March 1965 as part of a wider scheme that included the Chelsea Arts School."Chelsea Fire Station: a home for heroes", Stephen Stephenson, [http://www.kcwtoday.co.uk/ Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today], March 2015, p. 9.
The station is one of the possible sites for Crossrail 2's King's Road Chelsea railway station.{{cite web |title=Last call for Crossrail 2 station on King's Road |url=http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/newsroom/allcouncilstatements/crossrail2forkingsroad.aspx |website=Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea |access-date=25 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625142412/http://rbkc.gov.uk/newsroom/allcouncilstatements/crossrail2forkingsroad.aspx |archive-date=25 June 2014 |url-status=dead}}
In 2014, plans to reduce the number of engines located at the station were rejected.{{cite web|url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/knightsbridge-westminster-fire-stations-turn-6484653|title=Knightsbridge and Westminster fire stations turn off sirens for last time|first=Alix|last=Culbertson|date=9 January 2014|publisher=}}
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Category:Fire stations in the United Kingdom
Category:Buildings and structures in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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