History

The Great Western Railway

Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...

 opened "Perivale Halt

Perivale Halt railway station

Perivale Halt railway station was a former station on the New North Main Line of the Great Western Railway. It served the London suburb of Perivale from 1904 to 1947, when it was replaced by a station on the Central Line of the London Underground.-History:...

" on 2 May 1904. The current London Underground

London Underground

The London Underground is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and some parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex in England...

 station was opened on 30 June 1947. In July 2011 the station was one of 16 London Underground stations made a Grade II listed building,

The station today

Located in the London Borough of Ealing

London Borough of Ealing

The London Borough of Ealing is a borough in west London.-Location:The London Borough of Ealing borders the London Borough of Hillingdon to the west, the London Borough of Harrow and the London Borough of Brent to the north, the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham to the east and the London...

, the station is on the Central Line

Central Line

The Central line is a London Underground line, coloured red on the tube map. It is a deep-level "tube" line, running east-west across London, and, at , has the greatest total length of track of any line on the Underground. Of the 49 stations served, 20 are below ground...

, between Hanger Lane

Hanger Lane tube station

Hanger Lane tube station is a London Underground station. It is located on the West Ruislip branch of the Central Line, between Perivale and North Acton stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 3. The station is located in Hanger Hill....

 and Greenford

Greenford station

Greenford station is a London Underground and National Rail station in Greenford, Greater London, and is owned and managed by LUL. It is the terminus of the National Rail Greenford Branch Line, and is in Travelcard Zone 4.-History:...

 stations, in Travelcard Zone 4

Travelcard Zone 4

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. The station's façade fronts onto Horsenden Lane South. Outside is a dry cleaner and a newsagent's kiosk, which is closed on Sundays and Mondays.

Local places of note

The Perivale Park industrial estate is nearby and many workers on the estate travel to and from work using the station.
The station is also within walking distance of the Hoover Building

Hoover Building

The Hoover Building on the Western Avenue in Perivale, West London is an example of Art Deco architecture, designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners...

 and Tesco

Tesco

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TV appearances

The front of the station featured briefly in BBC TV show The Thick Of It

The Thick of It

The Thick of It is a British comedy television series that satirises the inner workings of modern British government. It was first broadcast on BBC Four in 2005, and has so far completed fourteen half-hour episodes and two special hour-long episodes to coincide with Christmas and Gordon Brown's...

.

The station also featured in the BBC TV show The Fast Show

The Fast Show

The Fast Show, known as Brilliant in the US, was a BBC comedy sketch show programme that ran for three series from 1994 to 1997 with a special Last Fast Show Ever in 2000. The show's central performers were Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Simon Day, Mark Williams, John Thomson, Arabella Weir and...

during a "Fat Sweaty Coppers" sketch, during which the two policemen give chase to a criminal, and after briefly getting stuck in the barriers, "commandeer" a vehicle which turns out to be a fast food van, which they simply open up to order food.

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