Acton Town tube station Facts for Kids

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Acton Town
London Underground annual entry and exit
Acton Town underground station entrance
Location	Acton
Local authority	London Borough of Ealing
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	3
2005	5.41 million
2007	5.774 million
Key dates
1 July 1879	Opened as Mill Hill Park on the line to Ealing Broadway
1 March 1910	Renamed Acton Town
4 July 1932	Piccadilly line services commenced
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink

Acton Town is a London Underground station in Acton, west London, served by the Piccadilly and District lines. The station is at the junction of Gunnersbury Lane (A4000) and Bollo Lane and is in Travelcard Zone 3.

Gallery

Acton Town station platforms, westbound Piccadilly line train arrives (September 2006)
Roundel on eastbound platforms

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Preceding station		London Underground	Following station
Ealing Common towards Ealing Broadway		District line	Chiswick Park towards Upminster or High Street Kensington
Ealing Common towards Uxbridge		Piccadilly line Uxbridge branch	Turnham Green towards Cockfosters
South Ealing towards Heathrow Airport (Terminal 4 or Terminal 5)		Piccadilly line Heathrow branch	Turnham Green towards Cockfosters
	Disused railways
Terminus		District Line South Acton branch	South Acton

Frank Pick House near the station, on Gunnersbury Lane
Eastbound District line platform looking west with the remains of the branch on the right
Front view of the station. Note the London Underground Roundel sign mounted on the flat canopy.
A westbound Piccadilly line train stands on a westbound platform at Acton Town looking west. This platform is unique in being usable by trains of both the District and Piccadilly lines.
A row of London Underground D78 stock trains in old painted livery at Acton Depot viewed from Gunnersbury lane
Electric locomotive at Acton Town. This shows an example of the class of 20 electric locomotives introduced by the Metropolitan Railway from 1922 onwards. The example shown here is No. 12, Sarah Siddons.