West Acton Underground Station
West Acton is an above-ground London Underground station in the London Borough of Ealing . It is in the Travelcard tariff zone 3 on Queens Drive and is served by Central Line trains. In 2013, 1.69 million passengers used the station.
The Great Western Railway (GWR) built a short branch line to Ealing and used it for freight traffic from April 1917. Three years later, the Central London Railway (CLR; predecessor of the Central Line) agreed to share the route with GWR. On August 3, 1920, the CLR began operating the subway between Wood Line and Ealing Broadway , but the trains ran without stopping at this point. The subsequently built station was finally opened on November 5, 1923.
The current station building was built in 1940 according to plans by the Australian GWR chief architect Brian Lewis and replaced an older one from 1923. It is a box-shaped, clad switch hall made of reinforced concrete, clad with red bricks and has high windows. The striking building is on a concrete bridge over the tracks, two flights of stairs lead down to the platforms. The station has been a listed building ( Grade II ) since 2011 .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ 2013 annual entries and exits. (Excel, 228 kB) Transport for London, 2014, accessed on July 27, 2014 (English).
- ↑ Central Line. Clive's Underground Line Guides, accessed January 15, 2013 .
- ^ West Acton Underground station. In: National heritage list of England. National Heritage, accessed January 15, 2013 .
| Previous station | Transport for London | Next station |
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| Ealing Broadway |
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North Acton |
Coordinates: 51 ° 31 ′ 5 ″ N , 0 ° 16 ′ 51 ″ W.