Acton Central railway station

Infobox London station
name = Acton Central


caption = Acton Central station building
manager = London Overground
zone = 3
locale = Acton
borough = London Borough of Ealing
years = 1 August 1853
events = Station opens as Acton
years1 = 1 November 1925
events1 = Station renamed Acton Central
platforms = 2
railexits0405 = 0.358
railexits0506 = 0.416
railexits0607 = 1.334
railcode = ACC

Acton Central railway station is a railway station on the North London Line, between South Acton and Willesden Junction, in Travelcard Zone 3.

History

The station opened as Acton by the North and South Western Junction Railway, but was renamed Acton Central on 1 November 1925. After merging into the London and North Western Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the Privatisation of British Railways.

Between 1875 and 1902 it was connected with St Pancras via the Dudding Hill Line, which branches off the North London Line between Acton Central and Willesden Junction. Harlesden (Midland) railway station was the next stop on the line north. The Dudding Hill Line is still open today, but only carries freight.

Acton Central was in Zone 2 until 2 January 2008.

ervice

There is a regular service westbound to Richmond and eastbound towards Stratford on the North London Line part of the London Overground.

Gallery

External links

* [http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/xls/station_usage_2005-06.xls Excel file displaying National Rail station usage information for 2005/06]

1 * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/5316358.stm BBC News article]

2 * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/05_09_06_tubemap.pdf Map from BBC article]

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