West Ealing railway station

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West Ealing
Location
Place	West Ealing
Local authority	London Borough of Ealing
Operations
Managed by	First Great Western
Platforms in use	2
Annual entry/exit	0.384 million
National Rail
Station code	WEA
Transport for London
Zone	3
History
Key dates	Opened 1871
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground \| National Rail

West Ealing railway station was opened in 1871 as "Castle Hill and Ealing Dene" on the Great Western Railway, which was constructed from Paddington through Ealing to Bristol in 1836-8.

The station is served by local services operated by First Great Western from London Paddington to Greenford and Heathrow Connect services from Paddington to Heathrow Airport. The station is on the original line of the Great Western Railway. The station is closed on Sundays. The restricted facilities at the station are an intermittently open booking office and a ticket machine. The station is in Travelcard Zone 3.

There are four lines (two for fast services out of Paddington) - but only platforms 3 and 4 exist. There are also the remains of another platform next to platform 4 (connected with the former extension of the District Line to Windsor.

Plans are in hand to provide Crossrail services at the station.

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Train times and station information for West Ealing railway station from National Rail
Street map and aerial photo of West Ealing railway station from Multimap.com

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Ealing Broadway		First Great Western		Drayton Green
Ealing Broadway		Heathrow Connect		Hanwell

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