West Acton is a 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 between Ealing Broadway and North Acton

North Acton tube station

North Acton tube station is in North Acton, west London in the London Borough of Ealing. The station is on the Central line of the London Underground, between East Acton and Hanger Lane...

 on the Ealing Broadway branch

Ealing Broadway station

Ealing Broadway is an east-west National Rail and London Underground station in Ealing in west London. The station is located in Haven Green , at the termination of The Broadway, and is in Travelcard Zone 3.-Services:...

 of 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...

, and is its only intermediate station. The station is a Grade II listed building. It is in Travelcard Zone 3

Travelcard Zone 3

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. The station is close to North Ealing tube station on the Piccadilly line

Piccadilly Line

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, situated at the other end of Queens Drive. It is located in West Acton

West Acton

West Acton is a place in West London, UK. It is part of Acton. It is located in the London Borough of Ealing.-Tube Stations:* West Acton, Central Line...

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History

As Transport for London

Transport for London

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 explains:

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...

 (GWR) built the Ealing Broadway branch (the western part of the former Ealing & Shepherd's Bush Railway) and opened it for freight trains in April 1917, and the Central London Railway

Central London Railway

The Central London Railway , also known as the Twopenny Tube, was a deep-level, underground "tube" railway that opened in London in 1900...

 trains used the line from 3 August 1920. West Acton and were built and owned by the GWR, and both opened on 5 November 1923.

GWR steam freight trains also ran through West Acton until 1938, when the London Underground

London Underground

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 tracks were segregated further east, through East Acton station

East Acton tube station

East Acton is a London Underground station in East Acton in west London. The station is on the Central Line, between White City and North Acton stations, and in Travelcard Zone 2...

, and to the west of North Acton station

North Acton tube station

North Acton tube station is in North Acton, west London in the London Borough of Ealing. The station is on the Central line of the London Underground, between East Acton and Hanger Lane...

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