Acton Main Line railway station
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Acton Main Line | |||
Location | |||
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Place | Acton | ||
Local authority | London Borough of Ealing | ||
Operations | |||
Station code | AML | ||
Managed by | First Great Western | ||
Platforms in use | 3 | ||
Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
Annual Passenger Usage | |||
2004/05 * | 0.115 million | ||
2005/06 * | 0.088 million | ||
Transport for London | |||
Zone | 3 | ||
History | |||
1 February 1868 | Station opens as Acton | ||
1 November 1949 | Station renamed Acton Main Line | ||
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail |
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Acton Main Line from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Acton Main Line railway station is a National Rail station in Acton in west London.
It is the first National Rail station on the Great Western Main Line out of the terminus at London Paddington. The station is served by local trains operated by First Great Western between Paddington and Greenford. It is in Travelcard Zone 3.
Train services from the station were reduced in 2004 when First Great Western won the franchise from Thames Trains, with no services into London after 22:10, or westward after 22:52. Trains run about every half hour in the daytime, with no service on Sundays. It is the only station between Paddington and Heathrow Airport that is not served by the Heathrow Connect service.
The station will be served far more regularly when Crossrail line 1 is built; with around eight trains an hour continuing past Paddington on the western branch.
A renovation of the station is planned for May 2008.[citation needed]
[edit] History
Opened by the Great Western Railway The station passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways although trains of the Intercity Sector passed through on the Great Western Main Line.
[edit] References
- R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1 85260 508 1
- A. Jowett, (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0 906899 99 0
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Acton Main Line railway station from National Rail
- Acton Main Line railway station is at coordinates Coordinates:
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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London Paddington | First Great Western Great Western Main Line |
Ealing Broadway |
Preceding station | Crossrail | Following station | ||
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toward Maidenhead or Heathrow Airport
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Crossrail |
toward Abbey Wood or Shenfield
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