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The original station building was a modest timber framed structure built in 1910.<ref name=stnarchitecture>[http://www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/alperton.html Alperton - Modernism in Metro-Land]</ref> In 1930 and 1931, this was demolished and replaced by a new station in preparation for the handover of the branch from the [[District line]] to the [[Piccadilly line]]. The new station was designed by [[Charles Holden]] in a modern [[Europe]]an style using brick, [[reinforced concrete]] and glass.<ref name=stnarchitecture /> Like other stations such as [[Sudbury Town tube station|Sudbury Town]] and [[Sudbury Hill tube station|Sudbury Hill]] to the north and others that Holden designed elsewhere, and also for the east and west Piccadilly line extensions such as [[Acton Town tube station|Acton Town]] and [[Oakwood tube station|Oakwood]], Alperton station features a tall block-like ticket hall rising above a low horizontal structure that contains station offices and shops. The brick walls of the ticket hall are punctuated with panels of [[clerestory]] windows and the structure is capped with a flat concrete slab roof.
The original station building was a modest timber framed structure built in 1910.<ref name=stnarchitecture>[http://www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/alperton.html Alperton - Modernism in Metro-Land]</ref> In 1930 and 1931, this was demolished and replaced by a new station in preparation for the handover of the branch from the [[District line]] to the [[Piccadilly line]]. The new station was designed by [[Charles Holden]] in a modern [[Europe]]an style using brick, [[reinforced concrete]] and glass.<ref name=stnarchitecture /> Like other stations such as [[Sudbury Town tube station|Sudbury Town]] and [[Sudbury Hill tube station|Sudbury Hill]] to the north and others that Holden designed elsewhere, and also for the east and west Piccadilly line extensions such as [[Acton Town tube station|Acton Town]] and [[Oakwood tube station|Oakwood]], Alperton station features a tall block-like ticket hall rising above a low horizontal structure that contains station offices and shops. The brick walls of the ticket hall are punctuated with panels of [[clerestory]] windows and the structure is capped with a flat concrete slab roof.


Alperton formerly shared with [[Greenford tube station|Greenford]] (on the [[Central line (London Underground)|Central line]]) the distinction of being one of the only two stations to have an escalator going up to the platforms.{{#tag:ref|Greenford had the wooden up escalators, which was removed in 2014 to fit in new inclined lifts for step-free access.<ref name=grfsfa>{{cite web |url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/news-articles/stepfree-access-for-greenford-tube |title=Step-free access for Greenford Tube |publisher= [[Transport for London]] |date=September 2013 |accessdate=29 March 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329100857/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/news-articles/stepfree-access-for-greenford-tube |archivedate=29 March 2015}}</ref> The left staircase will be replaced by an up escalator.<ref name=grfsfa/>|group=note}} The escalator served the eastbound platform and had originally been used at the [[South Bank]] exhibition of the [[Festival of Britain]].<ref name="ltm">{{cite web |url=http://www.ltmcollection.org/photos/photo/photo.html?_IXSR_=Ag2iISg74ER&_IXMAXHITS_=1&IXinv=1998/45427&IXsummary=results/results&IXsearch=alperton&_IXFIRST_=21 |title=caption to picture of escalator |publisher=London Transport Museum |work=Photographic Archive |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603123936/http://www.ltmcollection.org/photos/photo/photo.html?_IXSR_=Ag2iISg74ER&_IXMAXHITS_=1&IXinv=1998/45427&IXsummary=results/results&IXsearch=alperton&_IXFIRST_=21 | archivedate=3 June 2012 | deadurl=no }}</ref> Now out of use, the escalator remains in place behind a wall.<ref name="culg2">{{cite web | url=http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/vertical.html | work=Clive's Underground Line Guides | title=Vertical Transport - Escalators | last=Feather | first=Clive | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007102058/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/vertical.html | archivedate=7 October 2014 | deadurl=no }}</ref>
Alperton formerly shared with [[Greenford tube station|Greenford]] (on the [[Central line (London Underground)|Central line]]) the distinction of being one of the only two stations to have an escalator going up to the platforms.{{#tag:ref|Greenford had the wooden up escalators, which was removed in 2014 to fit in new inclined lifts for step-free access.<ref name=grfsfa>{{cite web |url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/news-articles/stepfree-access-for-greenford-tube |title=Step-free access for Greenford Tube |publisher= [[Transport for London]] |date=September 2013 |accessdate=29 March 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329100857/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/news-articles/stepfree-access-for-greenford-tube |archivedate=29 March 2015}}</ref> The left staircase will be replaced by an up escalator.<ref name=grfsfa/>|group=note}} The escalator served the eastbound platform and had originally been used at the [[South Bank]] exhibition of the [[Festival of Britain]].<ref name="ltm">{{cite web|url=http://www.ltmcollection.org/photos/photo/photo.html?_IXSR_=Ag2iISg74ER&_IXMAXHITS_=1&IXinv=1998/45427&IXsummary=results/results&IXsearch=alperton&_IXFIRST_=21 |title=caption to picture of escalator |publisher=London Transport Museum |work=Photographic Archive |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603123936/http://www.ltmcollection.org/photos/photo/photo.html?_IXSR_=Ag2iISg74ER&_IXMAXHITS_=1&IXinv=1998%2F45427&IXsummary=results%2Fresults&IXsearch=alperton&_IXFIRST_=21 |archivedate=3 June 2012 |deadurl=no }}</ref> Now out of use, the escalator remains in place behind a wall.<ref name="culg2">{{cite web | url=http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/vertical.html | work=Clive's Underground Line Guides | title=Vertical Transport - Escalators | last=Feather | first=Clive | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007102058/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/vertical.html | archivedate=7 October 2014 | deadurl=no }}</ref>


==Services and connections==
==Services and connections==
===Services===
===Services===
The off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:<ref>http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-56-piccadilly.pdf</ref>
The off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-56-piccadilly.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-05-31 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701100216/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-56-piccadilly.pdf |archivedate=1 July 2016 }}</ref>
*6tph to Cockfosters (Eastbound)
*6tph to Cockfosters (Eastbound)
*3tph to Rayners Lane (Westbound)
*3tph to Rayners Lane (Westbound)
*3tph to Uxbridge via Rayners Lane (Westbound)
*3tph to Uxbridge via Rayners Lane (Westbound)


The peak time service in trains per hour (tph) is:<ref>http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-56-piccadilly.pdf</ref>
The peak time service in trains per hour (tph) is:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-56-piccadilly.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-05-31 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701100216/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-56-piccadilly.pdf |archivedate=1 July 2016 }}</ref>
*12tph to Cockfosters (Eastbound)
*12tph to Cockfosters (Eastbound)
*6tph to Rayners Lane (Westbound)
*6tph to Rayners Lane (Westbound)

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Alperton London Underground
Station building
Alperton is located in Greater London
Alperton
Alperton
Location of Alperton in Greater London
LocationAlperton
Local authorityLondon Borough of Brent
Managed byLondon Underground
Number of platforms2
Fare zone4
London Underground annual entry and exit
2018Decrease 2.82 million[1]
2019Increase 2.86 million[2]
2020Decrease 2.06 million[3]
2021Decrease 1.35 million[4]
2022Increase 2.30 million[5]
Railway companies
Original companyDistrict Railway
Key dates
28 June 1903Opened as Perivale-Alperton
7 October 1910Renamed Alperton
4 July 1932District line service replaced by Piccadilly line
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°32′27″N 0°17′59″W / 51.54083°N 0.29972°W / 51.54083; -0.29972
London transport portal

Alperton is a London Underground station on the Uxbridge branch of the Piccadilly line.[6] The station is between Sudbury Town and Park Royal, in Travelcard Zone 4.[6] It is located on Ealing Road (A4089 road) a short distance from the junction with Bridgewater Road (A4005) and is close to Alperton Bus Garage and the Paddington branch of the Grand Union Canal. The station was refurbished in 2006.[7]

History

Perivale Alperton was opened on 28 June 1903 by the District Railway (DR, now the District line) on its new extension to South Harrow on electrified tracks from Park Royal & Twyford Abbey.[8][9] Park Royal & Twyford Abbey had itself opened five days earlier.[9] This new extension was, together with the existing tracks back to Acton Town, the first section of the Underground's surface lines to be electrified and operate electric instead of steam trains.[8] The deep-level tube lines open at that time (City & South London Railway, Waterloo & City Railway and Central London Railway) had been electrically powered from the start.

The station was subsequently renamed Alperton on 7 October 1910.[9]

On 4 July 1932, the Piccadilly line was extended to run west of its original terminus at Hammersmith sharing the route with the District line[note 1] to Ealing Common.[10] From Ealing Common to South Harrow, the District line service was replaced by the Piccadilly line.[8][9][10]

Incidents and accidents

On 2 March 1944 during the Second World War, bomb damage prevented through services to and from Uxbridge for five days.[11]

Design

The original station building was a modest timber framed structure built in 1910.[12] In 1930 and 1931, this was demolished and replaced by a new station in preparation for the handover of the branch from the District line to the Piccadilly line. The new station was designed by Charles Holden in a modern European style using brick, reinforced concrete and glass.[12] Like other stations such as Sudbury Town and Sudbury Hill to the north and others that Holden designed elsewhere, and also for the east and west Piccadilly line extensions such as Acton Town and Oakwood, Alperton station features a tall block-like ticket hall rising above a low horizontal structure that contains station offices and shops. The brick walls of the ticket hall are punctuated with panels of clerestory windows and the structure is capped with a flat concrete slab roof.

Alperton formerly shared with Greenford (on the Central line) the distinction of being one of the only two stations to have an escalator going up to the platforms.[note 2] The escalator served the eastbound platform and had originally been used at the South Bank exhibition of the Festival of Britain.[14] Now out of use, the escalator remains in place behind a wall.[15]

Services and connections

Services

The off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:[16]

  • 6tph to Cockfosters (Eastbound)
  • 3tph to Rayners Lane (Westbound)
  • 3tph to Uxbridge via Rayners Lane (Westbound)

The peak time service in trains per hour (tph) is:[17]

  • 12tph to Cockfosters (Eastbound)
  • 6tph to Rayners Lane (Westbound)
  • 6tph to Uxbridge via Rayners Lane (Westbound)

During disruption on the District Line, Piccadilly Line trains have sometimes been used to provide a service to Ealing Broadway, either by diverting some trains bound for Rayners Lane and Uxbridge, or as a shuttle from Acton Town.[10] Trains may also run along the District Line tracks from Hammersmith to Acton Town in order to serve those stations with no platforms on the Piccadilly Line.[10]

Connections

London Bus routes 79, 83, 224, 245, 297, 483 and 487 serve the station, with routes 83 and 297 providing a 24-hour service.[18]

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ The Piccadilly line uses the centre pair of tracks while the District line uses the outer pair of tracks.[8] At Acton Town, the District and Piccadilly lines use separate platforms. Also, the District and Piccadilly lines join back west of Acton Town towards Ealing Broadway/Uxbridge.
  2. ^ Greenford had the wooden up escalators, which was removed in 2014 to fit in new inclined lifts for step-free access.[13] The left staircase will be replaced by an up escalator.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  6. ^ a b Standard Tube Map (PDF) (Map). Not to scale. Transport for London. April 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Station Refurbishment Summary" (PDF). London Underground Railway Society. July 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  8. ^ a b c d Feather, Clive. "District line". Clive's Underground Line Guides. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014.
  9. ^ a b c d Rose, Douglas (1999). The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History. Douglas Rose/Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-219-4.
  10. ^ a b c d Feather, Clive. "Piccadilly line". Clive's Underground Line Guides. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014.
  11. ^ "The Underground at War". Nick Cooper. 2010. Archived from the original on 28 April 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ a b Alperton - Modernism in Metro-Land
  13. ^ a b "Step-free access for Greenford Tube". Transport for London. September 2013. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  14. ^ "caption to picture of escalator". Photographic Archive. London Transport Museum. Archived from the original on 3 June 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ Feather, Clive. "Vertical Transport - Escalators". Clive's Underground Line Guides. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. ^ "Buses from Alperton" (PDF). Transport for London. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

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