West Acton tube station
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 West Acton
Location of West Acton in Greater London |
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| Location | West Acton |
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| Local authority | London Borough of Ealing |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 3 |
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| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2007 |  1.561 million[1] |
| 2008 | 1.655 million[1] |
| 2009 |  1.586 million[1] |
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| Original company | London Electric Railway |
| 5 November 1923 | Station opened |
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| Lists of stations | DLR · Underground · National Rail · Tramlink |
Coordinates: 51°31′05″N 0°16′51″W / 51.5181°N 0.2808°W
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 at the other end of Queens Drive. It is located in West Acton.
[edit] History
As Transport for London explains:[3]
| “ | 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.
[edit] Gallery
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Looking east
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Looking west
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Platform roundel
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Customer metrics: entries and exits". London Underground performance update. Transport for London. 2003-2010. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/modesoftransport/tube/performance/default.asp?onload=entryexit. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- ^ "16 London Underground Stations Listed At Grade II". English Heritage. http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/news/16-london-underground-stations-listed-at-grade-ii/. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ^ Transport for London : Central line facts
- ^ Day, John R.; Reed, John (2008) [1963]. The Story of London's Underground (10th ed.). Harrow: Capital Transport. p. 90. ISBN 978 1 85414 316 7.
- ^ Day & Reed 2008, p. 91
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Ealing Broadway branch
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