Acton Town

Acton Town is a London Underground station in the London Borough of Ealing.

Acton Town station was opened as Mill Hill Park on 1 July 1879 by the Metropolitan District Railway (MDR, now the District line) on its extension from Turnham Green to Ealing Broadway. On 1 May 1883 the MDR opened a branch from Acton Town to the now defunct Hounslow Town station, that branch developed into the Heathrow branch.

On 23 June 1903 the MDR tracks north of Acton Town to a new station at Park Royal became the first of the Underground's surface lines to use electric traction instead of steam.

Also on 13 June 1905 passenger service began on the short branch to South Acton. At first the service ran to Hounslow West and to Uxbridge but it was later reduced to a shuttle between Acton Town and South Acton.

In 1910 the station building was reconstructed and on 1 March 1910 the station was given its present name.

In 1931 and 1932 the station was rebuilt in preparation for changing the Uxbridge branch from the District line to the Piccadilly line. The new station was designed by Charles Holden in a modern European geometric style using brick, reinforced concrete and glass.

On 4 July 1932 the Piccadilly line was extended west from its original terminus at Hammersmith and shared 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 that date, District line trains from Acton Town ran only either to Hounslow West or to Ealing Broadway. On 9 January 1933 Piccadilly line trains, sharing with the District line, began serving Northfields on the Hounslow branch, and their service was extended to Hounslow West on 13 March 1933.

The South Acton branch was closed on 28 February 1959 due to low usage.

District line services on the Hounslow branch were withdrawn from 10 October 1964 after which operations were provided by the Piccadilly line alone.


District Line
Next Station Eastbound: Ealing Common [Link]
Next Station Westbound: Chiswick Park [Link]

Piccadilly Line
Next Station Northbound (Towards Uxbridge): Ealing Common [Link]
Next Station Westbound (Towards Heathrow): South Ealing [Link]
Next Station Eastbound: Turnham Green [Link]