Location West Acton Fare zone 3 2013 1.69 million Original company Great Western Railway | Managed by London Underground 2012 1.58 million 2014 1.67 million Number of platforms 2 | |
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Address Princes Gardens, London W3 0LG, UK Similar North Acton tube station, Grange Hill tube station, South Acton railway st, Fairlop tube station, Newbury Park tube station | ||
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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. 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.
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History
As Transport for London explains:
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. West Acton and North Acton were built and owned by the GWR, and both opened on 5 November 1923.
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.
Connections
London Buses route 440 serves the station.