East Acton is a

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station in

East Acton East Acton is an area in Acton in London, England, west of Charing Cross. It is partly in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and partly in the London Borough of Ealing. It is served by East Acton Underground station, on the Central ...

in London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The station is on the Central line, between

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and

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stations, and in Travelcard Zone 2.

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, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital,

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, Wormwood Scrubs prison and

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Hammersmith branch are accessible from the station.

Location

The station is located on Erconwald Street and is near the A40 Western Avenue connected via Old Oak Common Lane, from the centre of East Acton. Wormwood Scrubs, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, Hammersmith Hospital, HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs and Imperial College Hammersmith branch are accessible from the station.

History

In 1905, the

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(GWR) proposal to construct the Ealing & Shepherd's Bush Railway (E&SBR) so that it would connect its main line route at Ealing Broadway to the West London Railway (WLR) north of Shepherd's Bush was approved by Parliament. Construction had not started and in 1911, the

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(CLR, now part of the Central line) and GWR agreed

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for CLR services to continue from Shepherd's Bush to Ealing Broadway using the GWR route. The CLR request for a short extension from Wood Lane to connect to the E&SBR tracks gained parliamentary approval on 18 August 1911 under the ''Central London Railway Act, 1911''. The GWR constructed the new E&SBR line. Electrification of the track did not begin until after the end of the First World War. When complete, CLR services started on 1920 where East Acton was opened as the only intermediate station. Since the CLR was exclusively a passenger service, two extra dedicated tracks for the GWR's freight trains were opened in 1938, but were closed in 1964. The trackbed of these rails is now overgrown with vegetation, visible immediately to the north of the station.

Improvements and closures

The tracks at East Acton were replaced in 2005 which saw a partial closure of the line from West Ruislip or Ealing Broadway to White City between 13 and 14 August 2005. In 2007, the station was refurbished by Metronet. From August 2021, the eastbound platform is being rebuilt. Because of this, eastbound Central line trains (towards central London) and all

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trains will not stop at East Acton until Autumn 2022 (originally late December 2021).

Services and connections

Services

East Acton is served by the Central line between

and

. To the east, the two tracks change direction to continue to White City. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is: *9 tph eastbound to

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*3 tph eastbound to Loughton *6 tph eastbound to Hainault via Newbury Park *3 tph eastbound to

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via Hainault *9 tph westbound to

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*3 tph westbound to Northolt *9 tph westbound to Ealing Broadway Night Tube services also serve the station, with a frequency of 3 tph in both directions.

Connections

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routes 7, 70, 72, 95,

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, 272 and

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, and Night Bus route N7 serve the station.

Notes and references

Notes

References

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