Acton Central railway station

This article is about the National Rail station on the North London Line. For other stations in Acton, see Acton station (disambiguation).

Acton Central
Acton Central Location of Acton Central in Greater London
Location	Acton
Local authority	London Borough of Ealing
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code	ACC
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	3
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	0.358 million
2005–06	0.416 million
2006–07	1.334 million
2007–08	1.009 million
2008–09	1.112 million
2009–10	0.957 million
2010–11	1.340 million
2011–12	1.818 million
2012–13	2.238 million
2013–14	2.838 million
Key dates
1 August 1853	Station opens as Acton
1 November 1925	Station renamed Acton Central
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portal

Acton Central railway station is on the North London Line, between South Acton and Willesden Junction, in Travelcard Zone 3. It is also where trains change power supply from overhead line equipment (OHLE or AC) to Third rail (DC), or vice versa, depending on direction of travel.

History

The Victorian Super Outer Circle route. Acton Central station is on the lower left, to the north of South Acton station

The station was opened as Acton on 1 August 1853 by the North and South Western Junction Railway (N&SWJR), but was renamed Acton Central on 1 November 1925. The N&SWJR was leased jointly to the London and North Western Railway (LNWR), the Midland Railway (MR) and the North London Railway (NLR) from 1871, but only the NLR operated passenger trains on the N&SWJR until operation of the NLR (and thus of the N&SWJR also) was taken over by the LNWR in 1909. Under the terms of the Railways Act 1921, the LNWR and MR amalgamated (together with some others) at the start of 1923 to form the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, which then absorbed both the NLR and the N&SWJR. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Railways.

Between 1875 and 1902 it was connected with St Pancras via the Dudding Hill Line, which branches off the North London Line between Acton Central and Willesden Junction. Harlesden (Midland) railway station was the next stop on the line north. The Dudding Hill Line is still open today, but only carries freight.

Acton Central station was named for closure by the 1963 Beeching Report, also known as the Beeching Axe.

Acton Central was in Zone 2 until 2 January 2008.

In 2011, the platforms were lengthened to allow longer trains.

Services

Acton Central currently has the following London Overground (North London Line) services, which are operated by Class 378 trainsets:

Off-peak:

• 4tph to Stratford
• 4tph to Richmond

Preceding station		London Overground		Following station
South Acton towards Richmond		North London Line		Willesden Junction towards Stratford
	Disused Railways
South Acton Line and station open		Midland Railway Dudding Hill Line		Harlesden (Midland) Line and station closed

Connections

London Buses routes 70, 207, 266 and 607 and night routes N7 and N207 serve the station.

External links

• Train times and station information for Acton Central railway station from National Rail
• Excel file displaying National Rail station usage information for 2005/06
• BBC News article
• Map from BBC article
• grid reference TQ206802