Acton Town tube station
Acton Town is a London Underground station in Acton, west London, served by the Piccadilly and District lines. The station is at the junction of Gunnersbury Lane (A4000) and Bollo Lane and is in Travelcard Zone 3.
Location | Acton |
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Local authority | London Borough of Ealing |
Managed by | London Underground |
Number of platforms | 4 |
Fare zone | 3 |
London Underground annual entry and exit | |
2005 | 5.41 million[1] |
2007 | 5.774 million[2] |
Key dates | |
1 July 1879 | Opened as Mill Hill Park on the line to Ealing Broadway |
1 March 1910 | Renamed Acton Town |
4 July 1932 | Piccadilly line services commenced |
Other information | |
Lists of stations |
Gallery
Acton Town station platforms, westbound Piccadilly line train arrives (September 2006)
Roundel on eastbound platforms
Acton Town Tube Station Media
Front view of the station. Note the London Underground Roundel sign mounted on the flat canopy.
Electric locomotive at Acton Town. This shows an example of the class of 20 electric locomotives introduced by the Metropolitan Railway from 1922 onwards. The example shown here is No. 12, Sarah Siddons.
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Customer metrics: entries and exits: 2005". London Underground performance update. Transport for London. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ "Customer metrics: entries and exits: 2007". London Underground performance update. Transport for London. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- R.V.J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1
- A. Jowett (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0
Other websites
- London Transport Museum Photographic Archive Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine
Preceding station | London Underground | Following station | ||
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towards Ealing Broadway
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District line | towards Upminster or High Street Kensington
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towards Uxbridge
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Piccadilly line Uxbridge |
towards Cockfosters
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Piccadilly line Heathrow |
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Disused railways | ||||
Terminus | District Line South Acton branch |
South Acton |
Coordinates: 51°30′10″N 0°16′48″W / 51.50278°N 0.28000°W