West Acton tube station
London Underground station
51°31′05″N 0°16′51″W / 51.51806°N 0.28083°W / 51.51806; -0.28083
London transport portalWest 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.[1] It is located in West Acton in Travelcard Zone 3. The station is close to North Ealing tube station on the Piccadilly line, 550 metres away at the western end of Queens Drive.
History
As Transport for London explains:[2]
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.[3] West Acton and North Acton were built and owned by the GWR, and both opened on 5 November 1923.[4]
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. The design was by the GWR's architect Brian Lewis and it was completed by November 1940.[5]
Connections
London Buses route 218 serves the station.[6]
Gallery
Wikimedia Commons has media related to West Acton tube station.
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Platform roundel
References
- ^ "16 London Underground Stations Listed at Grade II". English Heritage. 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
- ^ Underground Architecture: David Lawrence: Capital Transport: Harrow: 1994: p144
- ^ "Buses from Ealing Common" (PDF). TfL. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
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