Acton Main Line railway station
Acton Main Line 
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 Acton Main Line
Location of Acton Main Line in Greater London
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| Location | Acton |
| Local authority | London Borough of Ealing |
| Grid reference | TQ203812 |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Station code | AML |
| DfT category | E |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| Fare zone | 3 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 0.350 million |
| 2012–13 |
0.384 million |
| 2013–14 |
0.442 million |
| 2014–15 |
0.454 million |
| 2015–16 |
 0.262 million |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 February 1868 | Opened as Acton |
| 1 November 1949 | Renamed Acton Main Line |
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| WGS84 | 51°31′02″N 0°16′00″W / 51.5171°N 0.2668°WCoordinates: 51°31′02″N 0°16′00″W / 51.5171°N 0.2668°W |
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Acton Main Line is a National Rail station on the Great Western Main Line in Acton, west London. It is 4 miles 21 chains (6.9 km) down-line from London Paddington, and is served by local trains operated by Great Western Railway.
Its three-letter station code is AML. It is in Travelcard Zone 3.
Acton Main Line was opened by the Great Western Railway (GWR) on 1 February 1868. Originally simply named Acton, it was operated by the Western Region of British Railways following nationalisation in 1948. On 1 November 1949 it was renamed Acton Main Line. When sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Railways in 1994 .
Together with the underground stations at West Acton and North Acton, Acton Main Line serves the GWR garden estate. This large area of family housing, bordered on three sides by the stations named and on the fourth side by the A40 road, was developed by GWR in the 1920s to accommodate its staff, particularly drivers from the Old Oak Common depot.
By 1947 the station had four platforms, all partially covered along their length by wooden canopies, as well as a siding next to platform 1. Both platform 1 and its siding were demolished in the late 1960s, when the imposing Victorian station building was also pulled down and replaced with a small booking office. As a result of this, the current three platforms no longer have canopies and are numbered 2, 3 and 4. The platform 1 permanent way is still intact, and is used as a fast through line for non-stopping trains; all Intercity Trains pass through on the Great Western Main Line. The current station building was completed in early 1996; there was also extensive renovation of the adjacent bridge on Horn Lane throughout 1995 and 1996. In mid-2013 a gated barrier was built, dividing platforms 2 and 3 for their entire length.
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