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West Acton
West ActonLocation of West Acton in Greater London
Location	West Acton
Local authority	London Borough of Ealing
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019	1.71 million
2020	0.84 million
2021	0.71 million
2022	1.10 million
2023	1.06 million
Railway companies
Original company	Great Western Railway
Key dates
5 November 1923	Station opened
Other information
External links	TfL station info page
Coordinates	51°31′05″N 0°16′51″W / 51.51806°N 0.28083°W / 51.51806; -0.28083
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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.

History

As Transport for London explains:

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. 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 218 serves the station.

Gallery

• Looking east
• Looking west
• Platform roundel

References

1. "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.
2. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
3. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
4. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
5. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
6. "16 London Underground Stations Listed at Grade II". English Heritage. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
7. Transport for London : Central line facts
8. Day, John R.; Reed, John (2008) . The Story of London's Underground (10th ed.). Harrow: Capital Transport. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-85414-316-7.
9. Day & Reed 2008, p. 91
10. Underground Architecture: David Lawrence: Capital Transport: Harrow: 1994: p144
11. "Buses from Ealing Common" (PDF). TfL. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.

Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Ealing BroadwayTerminus		Central lineEaling Broadway branch		North Actontowards Epping, Hainault or Woodford via Newbury Park

• Rail transport stations in London fare zone 3
• Central line (London Underground) stations
• London Underground Night Tube stations
• Tube stations in the London Borough of Ealing
• Former Great Western Railway stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1923
• Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Ealing
• Grade II listed railway stations
• Acton, London