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West Acton tube station

London Underground station

Field	Value
name	West Acton
symbol	underground
manager	London Underground
locale	West Acton
borough	London Borough of Ealing
platforms	2
fare_zone	3
image_name	West Acton stn building.JPG
caption	Station building
coordinates
original	Great Western Railway
years1	5 November 1923
events1	Station opened
tubeexits04	1.244
tubeexits05	1.337
tubeexits06	1.388
tubeexits07	1.561
tubeexits08	1.655
tubeexits09	1.586 --

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the London Underground station on the Central line

West Acton is a London Underground station in West Acton, London. It is on the Ealing Broadway branch of the Central line, between Ealing Broadway and North Acton stations. It is its only intermediate station in the branch. The station is a Grade II listed building. It is in London fare 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:

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 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 218 serves the station.

Gallery

Image:West Acton stn look east.JPG|Looking east Image:West Acton stn look west.JPG|Looking west Image:West Acton stn roundel.JPG|Station roundel

References

"16 London Underground Stations Listed at Grade II". English Heritage.
[http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/modesoftransport/tube/linefacts/?line=central Transport for London : Central line facts]
(2008). "The Story of London's Underground". Capital Transport.
{{harvnb. Day. Reed. 2008
Underground Architecture: David Lawrence: Capital Transport: Harrow: 1994: p144
(15 July 2023). "Buses from Ealing Common".

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