Greenford tube station

Greenford station is a London Underground and National Rail station in Greenford in north London. Greenford is the terminus of National Rail's Greenford branch, and is in Travelcard Zone 4. Image File history File links Greenford tube station, London By ChrisO File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Greenford tube station, London By ChrisO File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Slight modifications to the famous London Underground roundel indicate the name of each station on platform and some outdoor signs. ... National Rail uses the BR double-arrow logo National Rail is a brand name describing the passenger rail service previously provided by British Rail, the now-defunct UK state-owned rail operator. ... Greenford is a place in the London Borough of Ealing, in west London. ... St. ... Travelcard Zone 4 is the fourth outward zone of Transport for Londons zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London. ...

The London Underground platforms are served by trains on the Central Line, on which it is located between Perivale and Northolt stations. Greenford station is above ground level and has an island platform layout, with access up from the booking hall to the platforms. It is unique on the London Underground since it is the only station that has an escalator up to the platform level. The Central Line is a line of the London Underground and coloured Red on the Tube Map. ... Perivale is a London Underground station in Perivale in north-west London. ... Northolt is a London Underground station. ...

A third centre bay platform between the Central Line platforms hosts the Greenford branch service, which is operated by the First Great Western Link train operating company. The next station on this line is South Greenford and the line connects with the Great Western Main Line at West Ealing, although most trains run through to and from Paddington. First Great Western Link is a train operating company owned by First Group that provides train services, on a franchise basis, from Paddington Station to destinations such as Slough, Reading, Didcot, Oxford, Basingstoke, Newbury, Bedwyn, Hereford, Worcester and Banbury. ... South Greenford station is in the London Borough of Ealing in west London, and is in Travelcard Zone 4. ... Categories: Rail stubs | British railway lines ... West Ealing railway station was opened in 1871 as Castle Hill and Ealing Dene on the Great Western Railway, which was constructed from Paddington through Ealing to Bristol in 1836-8. ... The central (and longest) span of Paddington Station Paddington station or London Paddington is the name of a major National Rail and London Underground station complex in the Paddington area of London. ...

The line between Greenford and Ealing Broadway line also carries freight services from the main lines out of Paddington, and occasional passenger services on diversion; both these can be observed from the Tube platforms. In addition, also visible is one of the few remaining semaphore signal installations in London; this is part of the unmodernised signalling on the adjacent line eastbound from Northolt Junction towards Paddington.

The original Greenford station, which was main line only, was opened by the Great Western Railway on 1 October 1904. The present station was built as part of the extension to the Central Line carried out under the LPTB's 1935-40 New Works plan, but only completed after the Second World War; it was opened on 30 June 1947. Bristol Temple Meads railway station, the original terminus at Bristol. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining, and the last day of June. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

External Links

• Train times and station information for Greenford station from National Rail
• Street map and aerial photo of Greenford station from Multimap.com

National Rail uses the BR double-arrow logo National Rail is a brand name describing the passenger rail service previously provided by British Rail, the now-defunct UK state-owned rail operator. ... Multimap. ...

Slight modifications to the famous London Underground roundel indicate the name of each station on platform and some outdoor signs. ... Northolt is a London Underground station. ... The Central Line is a line of the London Underground and coloured Red on the Tube Map. ... Perivale is a London Underground station in Perivale in north-west London. ... National Rail uses the BR double-arrow logo National Rail is a brand name describing the passenger rail service previously provided by British Rail, the now-defunct UK state-owned rail operator. ... South Greenford station is in the London Borough of Ealing in west London, and is in Travelcard Zone 4. ... First Great Western Link is a train operating company owned by First Group that provides train services, on a franchise basis, from Paddington Station to destinations such as Slough, Reading, Didcot, Oxford, Basingstoke, Newbury, Bedwyn, Hereford, Worcester and Banbury. ...