Acton Town
Location
Place	Acton
Local authority	London Borough of Ealing
Operations
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	4
Transport for London
Zone	3
Annual entry/exit	5.41 million †
History
1879 1883 1905 1932 1933 1959 1964	Opened (MDR) Opened branch to Hounslow (MDR) Opened branch to South Acton (MDR) Started (Piccadilly) Started service to Hounslow (Piccadilly) Closed branch to South Acton (District) Ended service to Hounslow (District)
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Acton Town is a London Underground station in Acton, west London. The station is served by the Piccadilly and District Lines. Acton is a town situated 6. ... The London Borough of Ealing is a London borough in the west of the city. ... The London Underground is an all-electric railway system that covers much of the conurbation of Greater London and some neighbouring areas. ... Travelcard Zone 3 is the third outward zone of Transport for Londons zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London. ... Transport for London (TfL) is a local government body responsible for the transport system throughout the City of London and Greater London in England. ... The southbound platform at Angel. ... This is a list of mainline railway stations in London, excluding London Underground and Docklands Light Railway. ... Image File history File links Portal. ... The London Underground is an all-electric railway system that covers much of the conurbation of Greater London and some neighbouring areas. ... Acton is a town situated 6. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Piccadilly Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark blue on the Tube map. ... The District Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. ...

Services from Acton are complex. The next station towards central London to the south-east is Chiswick Park but this is served by District Line trains only. Piccadilly Line trains heading towards central London serve the next-but-one station at Turnham Green at the beginning and end of the day only, and usually run non-stop to Hammersmith. To the west of Acton Town, District Line trains run to Ealing Common and Ealing Broadway and Piccadilly Line trains run to South Ealing and on to Heathrow or to Ealing Common and on to Uxbridge. Chiswick Park is a London Underground station in Chiswick in west London. ... Turnham Green tube station is a London Underground tube station, served by the District Line and (during off-peak hours) by the Piccadilly Line. ... Hammersmith tube station is a London Underground station in Hammersmith. ... Ealing Common is a station on the Uxbridge branch of the Piccadilly Line, and on the Ealing Broadway branch of the District Line, in Zone 3. ... Ealing Broadway is a main line and London Underground railway station, in Ealing. ... South Ealing is a London Underground station in west London. ... Heathrow Terminals 1,2,3 is a station on the Heathrow branch of London Undergrounds Piccadilly Line. ... Categories: Metropolitan Line stations | Piccadilly Line stations | London Underground stubs ...

The station is located at the junction of Gunnersbury Lane (A4000) and Bollo Lane and is in Travelcard Zone 3. The numbering zones for A-roads in Great Britain List of A roads beginning with 4 in Great Britain starting north of the A4 and south/west of the A5. ... Travelcard Zone 3 is the third outward zone of Transport for Londons zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London. ...

History

Acton Town station was opened as Mill Hill Park on 1 July 1879 by the Metropolitan District Railway (MDR, now the District Line) on its extension from Turnham Green to Ealing Broadway. On 1 May 1883 the MDR opened a branch from Acton Town to the defunct Hounslow Town station (now the Heathrow branch). July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... This is a historical article. ... Turnham Green tube station is a London Underground tube station, served by the District Line and (during off-peak hours) by the Piccadilly Line. ... Ealing Broadway is a main line and London Underground railway station, in Ealing. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Hounslow Town station was built in early 1883 at the western terminus of the Hounslow & Metropolitan Railway Companys line from Acton to Hounslow. ...

On 23 June 1903, the MDR's tracks north of Acton Town to a new station at Park Royal & Twyford Abbey became the first section of the Underground's surface lines to be electrified and operate electric instead of steam trains. The deep level tube lines open at that time (City & South London Railway, Waterloo & City Railway and Central London Railway) had been electrically powered from the start. Services on the Hounslow branch and to central London were electrified on 13 June 1905 and 1 July 1905 respectively. June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Park Royal & Twyford Abbey is a closed station on the Piccadilly Line of the London Underground. ... Electrification refers to changing a thing or system to operate using electricity. ... Modern three-phase AC locomotive (DBAG Class 152) A GG1 An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electric motors which draws current from an overhead wire (overhead lines), a third rail, or an on-board storage device such as a battery or a flywheel energy storage system. ... Union Pacific Big Boy #4012 at work on a cold November 29, 1941 A steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by steam. ... The City & South London Railway (C&SLR), originally known as City of London & Southwark Subway, is considered to be the first real deep-level tube railway in the world. ... For the medical meaning of central line, see central line. ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Also on the 13 June 1905 passenger services on a short branch line to South Acton was opened. This branch had originally had services running to Hounslow West and Uxbridge but this service was later reduced to a shuttle between Acton Town and South Acton. June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... South Acton tube station was a station on the western end of the London Undergrounds District Line, formerly located at Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ201792. ... Hounslow West is a London Underground station in Hounslow in west London. ... Categories: Metropolitan Line stations | Piccadilly Line stations | London Underground stubs ...

In 1910 the station building was reconstructed and on 1 March 1910 the station was given its present name. 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...

Between 1931 and 1932 the station was again rebuilt, this time in preparation for the handover of the Uxbridge branch from the District Line to the Piccadilly Line. The new station was designed by Charles Holden in a modern European style using brick, reinforced concrete and glass. Like the stations at Sudbury Town and Sudbury Hill to the north and others that Holden designed elsewhere for the east and west Piccadilly Line extensions such as Oakwood, Acton Town station features a tall block-like ticket hall rising above a low horizontal structure that contains station offices and shops. The brick walls of the ticket hall are punctuated with panels of clerestory windows and the structure is capped with a flat concrete slab roof. Reinforced concrete platform canopies were constructed to replace the original timber canopies. A short fifth platform for the single car train operating on the South Acton branch was provided to the north of the eastbound island platform. Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Charles Henry Holden (12 May 1875 - 1 May 1960) was an English architect known for his designs of stations on the London Underground railway system. ... World map exhibiting the location of Europe. ... Reinforced concrete at Sainte Jeanne dArc Church (Nice, France): architect Jacques Dror, 1926–1933 Reinforced concrete, also called ferroconcrete in some countries, is concrete in which reinforcement bars (rebars) or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen the material that would otherwise be brittle. ... Sudbury Town tube station is on the Piccadilly Line, in Travelcard Zone 4, between Sudbury Hill and Alperton. ... Station on the Piccadilly Line, Zone 4, between Sudbury Town and South Harrow. ... The Oakwood tube station is a station on the Piccadilly Line, Zone 5, between Southgate and Cockfosters. ... Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England. ...

On 4 July 1932 the Piccadilly Line was extended to run west of its original terminus at Hammersmith sharing the route with the District Line to Ealing Common. From Ealing Common to South Harrow, the District Line was replaced by the Piccadilly Line and, from this date, District Line trains from Acton Town ran either to Hounslow West or Ealing Broadway only. Piccadilly Line trains began serving stations on the Hounslow branch on 9 January 1933, sharing operations with the District Line. Initially services were extended to Northfields before operating to Hounslow West from 13 March 1933. Piccadilly Line trains did not, however, start calling at South Ealing until 1935. For the United States holiday, the Fourth of July, see Independence Day (United States). ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Northfields tube station is a station on the Piccadilly Line, Heathrow branch in Zone 3, between Boston Manor tube station and South Ealing tube station. ... March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The South Acton branch line was closed on 28 February 1959 due to low passenger usage. The fifth platform at Acton Town has been removed and little of the branch line remains except a bridge abutment on the south side of Bollo Lane where the tracks crossed the road. February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

District Line services on the Hounslow branch were withdrawn from 10 October 1964 after which operations were provided by the Piccadilly Line alone. October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years). ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ...

To the north of the station is the District Line's Ealing Common Depot and to the south of the station, served by a siding branching away just south of the west bound platform, is Acton Depot where London's Transport Museum houses its reserve collection of rail and road vehicles. The Museum Depot is opened to the public on a number of weekends throughout the year. Metropolitan Railway steam locomotive number 23, the only surviving locomotive from the worlds first underground railway, is preserved in the museum Londons Transport Museum, formerly known as the London Transport Museum, is a museum which seeks to conserve and explain the transport heritage of London, the capital city...

Image gallery

Acton Town station platforms, westbound Piccadilly Line train arrives (September 2006) The Piccadilly Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark blue on the Tube map. ...

External links

• London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • Mill Hill Park station, circa 1908
  • Acton Town station, 1916
  • Ticket hall, 1924
  • New station under construction, 1931
  • Interior of ticket hall, 1933
  • New station, main entrance, 1934
  • Fifth platform with South Acton shuttle, 1958

Coordinates: 51°30′10″N, 0°16′48″W The London Underground is an all-electric railway system that covers much of the conurbation of Greater London and some neighbouring areas. ... Ealing Common is a station on the Uxbridge branch of the Piccadilly Line, and on the Ealing Broadway branch of the District Line, in Zone 3. ... Ealing Broadway is a main line and London Underground railway station, in Ealing. ... The District Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. ... Chiswick Park is a London Underground station in Chiswick in west London. ... Upminster station is a London Underground and National Rail station located in Upminster in the London Borough of Havering. ... Ealing Common is a station on the Uxbridge branch of the Piccadilly Line, and on the Ealing Broadway branch of the District Line, in Zone 3. ... Categories: Metropolitan Line stations | Piccadilly Line stations | London Underground stubs ... The Piccadilly Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark blue on the Tube map. ... Turnham Green tube station is a London Underground tube station, served by the District Line and (during off-peak hours) by the Piccadilly Line. ... Cockfosters tube station is a London Underground station in Travelcard Zone 5 and is the northern terminus of the Piccadilly line. ... South Ealing is a London Underground station in west London. ... Heathrow Terminals 1,2,3 is a station on the Heathrow branch of London Undergrounds Piccadilly Line. ... The Piccadilly Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark blue on the Tube map. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...