Ealing Common is a

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station on the

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branch of the Piccadilly line and on the

Ealing Broadway Ealing () is a district in West London, England, west of Charing Cross in the London Borough of Ealing. Ealing is the administrative centre of the borough and is identified as a major metropolitan centre in the London Plan. Ealing was histor ...

branch of the

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. Eastbound, the next station is

Acton Town Acton Town is a London Underground station in the south-west corner of Acton, West London, in the London Borough of Ealing, close to the border with the London Borough of Hounslow. The station is served by the District and Piccadilly lines a ...

; westbound, the next station is North Ealing on the Piccadilly line and

on the District line. Here, the District and Piccadilly lines share the same pair of tracks through the station the only other example where a deep level line and a sub surface line share the same pair of tracks is further up the Uxbridge branch, where the Piccadilly line shares tracks with the Metropolitan line from Rayners Lane to Uxbridge. It is the only station west of

to be served by both the Piccadilly and District lines. The station is located in Ealing on the

Uxbridge Road Uxbridge Road is the name of the A4020 road in West London. The route starts at Shepherd's Bush Green and goes west towards Uxbridge. It passes through Acton, Ealing, Hanwell, Southall, Hayes, and Hillingdon. Uxbridge Road is a major r ...

( A4020), about east of the junction with Gunnersbury Avenue and

Hanger Lane Hanger Lane is a major road in Ealing, London, England. The majority of the road forms the westernmost part of the A406 North Circular Road, running north from the A4020 Uxbridge Road at Ealing Common to the A40 Western Avenue at the Hanger L ...

( A406, North Circular Road) and the

Ealing Common Ealing Common is a large open space (approx ) in Ealing, West London. Boundaries The Ealing Common Area is bounded by Ealing Town Centre to the west, North Ealing and Hanger Hill to the north, Acton to the east and South Ealing and South ...

open space the station takes its name from. It is in

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History

Ealing Common station was opened on 1 July 1879 by the District Railway (DR, now the

) on its extension from

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to Ealing Broadway. From 1886 until 1 March 1910 the station was known as Ealing Common and West Acton after which it changed to its current name. On 23 June 1903, the DR opened an extension of the tracks from north of Ealing Common. The extension initially reached as far as Park Royal & Twyford Abbey (closed and replaced by Park Royal in 1931), where the Royal Agricultural Society's Park Royal show grounds had been recently opened, before being opened to

South Harrow South Harrow is the southern part of the town of Harrow, located south-west of Harrow-on-the-Hill in the London Borough of Harrow. Its development originally spread south and west from the hamlet of Roxeth in the urbanisation process and eas ...

on 28 June 1903. This new extension was, together with the existing tracks between Ealing Common and Acton Town, the first section of the Underground's surface lines to be

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and operate

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instead of steam trains. The deep level tube lines open at that time (

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, Waterloo and City Railway, and

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) had been electrically powered from the start. Electric trains started running on the section of line between Ealing Common and Ealing Broadway on 1 July 1905. During 1930 and 1931, a new station building was constructed to replace the 1879 building. The new building, by

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in a style reminiscent of his designs for the 1926 Morden extension of the City and South London Railway (now part of the

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), was constructed in Portland stone and features a tall

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al ticket hall with glazed screens to all sides. The new building opened on 1 March 1931 and is very similar to the reconstructed station at

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built at the same time, also by Heaps and Holden. 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 west from Ealing Common run to Ealing Broadway only.

The station today

There is a shop/kiosk available at times in the station booking hall area. Many trains leaving

Ealing Common Depot Ealing Common Depot is a London Underground railway depot on the District line, located between Acton Town and Ealing Common stations in west London, England. It is the oldest of the main depots on the Underground, having been built in 1905, whe ...

enter service here. This is usually in the early morning, and in the westbound direction (towards

Ealing Broadway Station Ealing Broadway is a major single-level interchange station in Ealing in London, England. It is in the London Borough of Ealing, West London, and is served by the London Underground and also National Rail on the Great Western Main Line. On the U ...

). Although it is possible for trains to enter the depot directly from platform one (the westbound platform), this rarely happens except for a few empty trains after the station is closed at night. However, at times of disruption it is possible for trains to arrive on platform one and, empty of passengers, then it would have to shunt forward in order to reverse and enter the depot. The train would then stable, or reverse into platform two in order to re-enter service and continue eastbound. To the east of platform two, there are two siding roads. Those stop approximately halfway along the adjacent main-line road. They are separated from the platforms by a cement wall (behind which viewing is possible) and a wooden locked door from the platform. These roads are not connected directly to the main line, but to

and are used for shunting and reversing trains within the depot.

Services

District Line

The peak time service is: *8tph to Upminster (Eastbound) *8tph to Ealing Broadway (Westbound) The off-peak service is: *6tph to Upminster (Eastbound) *6tph to Ealing Broadway (Westbound)

Piccadilly Line

The peak time service is: *12tph to Cockfosters (Eastbound) *6tph to Rayners Lane (Westbound) *6tph to Uxbridge via Rayners Lane (Westbound) The off-peak service is: *6tph to Cockfosters (Eastbound) *3tph to Rayners Lane (Westbound) *3tph to Uxbridge via Rayners Lane (Westbound)

Connections

London Buses routes 207, 427, 607 and night routes N7 and N207 serve the station.

Gallery

File:Ealing Common stn westbound.JPG, Looking north from the southern end of the westbound platform File:Ealing Common station 20181202 134621 (49451837877).jpg, Ealing Common underground station interior ''(December 2018)'' File:EalingCommonB.jpg, Ealing Common station, southbound Piccadilly line train departs ''(September 2006)'' File:Ealing Common stn roundel.JPG, Platform roundel File:Wot^ No Commuters^ - geograph.org.uk - 16120.jpg, Ealing Common in April 1994 (note the 1973 Stock in its original livery)

References

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