West Acton tube station

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This article is about the London Underground station on the Central line. For other stations in Acton, see Acton station (disambiguation).
West Acton London Underground
West Acton stn building.JPG
West Acton is located in Greater London
West Acton
West Acton
Location of West Acton in Greater London
Location West Acton
Local authority London Borough of Ealing
Managed by London Underground
Number of platforms 2
Fare zone 3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2011 Increase 1.62 million[1]
2012 Decrease 1.58 million[1]
2013 Increase 1.69 million[1]
2014 Decrease 1.67 million[1]
Railway companies
Original company London Electric Railway
Key dates
5 November 1923 Station opened
Other information
Lists of stations
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West Acton is a London Underground station between Ealing Broadway and North Acton on the Ealing Broadway branch of the Central line, and is its only intermediate station. The station is a Grade II listed building.[2] It is in Travelcard Zone 3. The station is close to North Ealing tube station on the Piccadilly line, situated 550 metres at the western end of Queens Drive. It is located in West Acton.

History

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On 18 August 1911, the Central London Railway abandoned its policy of no through running with any other railway, and secured powers to build a short extension from Wood Lane to connect with the intended Ealing & Shepherds Bush line of the Great Western Railway, over which it proposed to exercise running powers.

The Great Western Railway (GWR) built the Ealing Broadway branch (the western part of the former Ealing & Shepherd's Bush Railway) and opened it for freight trains in April 1917, and the Central London Railway trains used the line from 3 August 1920.[4] West Acton and North Acton were built and owned by the GWR, and both opened on 5 November 1923.[5]

GWR steam freight trains also ran through West Acton until 1938, when the London Underground tracks were segregated further east, through East Acton station, and to the west of North Acton station.

The current station, replacing the original building, was designed by the Great Western Railway, on behalf of London Transport as part of the LPTB's 1935-40 New Works Programme improvements and extensions to the Central line, by the GWR's architect Brian Lewis and was completed by November 1940.[6]

Connections

London Buses route 440 serve the station.

Gallery

  • Looking east

  • Looking west

  • Platform roundel

References

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  3. ↑ Transport for London : Central line facts
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  5. ↑ Day & Reed 2008, p. 91
  6. ↑ Underground Architecture: David Lawrence: Capital Transport: Harrow: 1994: p144
Preceding station   Underground no-text.svg London Underground   Following station
Terminus
 Central line
Ealing Broadway branch
towards Epping, Hainault
or Woodford (via Hainault)


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