Acton Town

Acton Town
Station entrance
Acton Town Location of Acton Town in Greater London
Location	Acton
Local authority	London Borough of Ealing
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	4
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012	5.58 million
2013	5.75 million
2014	6.06 million
2015	6.24 million
Railway companies
Original company	District Railway
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
Listed status
Listing grade	II
Entry number	1263471
Added to list	17 May 1994
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
WGS84	51°30′10″N 0°16′48″W / 51.5028°N 0.28°W / 51.5028; -0.28Coordinates: 51°30′10″N 0°16′48″W / 51.5028°N 0.28°W / 51.5028; -0.28

Acton Town is a London Underground station in the south-west corner of Acton, west London, in the London Borough of Ealing, close to the border with the London Borough of Hounslow. The station is served by the District and Piccadilly lines and is in Travelcard Zone 3. On the District line, it is between Chiswick Park and Ealing Common stations, and on the Piccadilly line it is between Hammersmith (Turnham Green in the early mornings and late evenings) and Ealing Common on the Uxbridge branch & South Ealing on the Heathrow branch.

Acton Town station was opened as Mill Hill Park on 1 July 1879 by the District Railway (DR, now the District line). It remained as a terminus until on 1 May 1883 and 23 June 1903 the DR opened two branches from Acton Town to Hounslow Town and Park Royal & Twyford Abbey respectively. On 4 July 1932 the Piccadilly line was extended to Acton Town. District line services to both the Hounslow and Uxbridge branches were withdrawn completely on 9 and 10 October 1964 after which operations were provided by the Piccadilly line alone.

The original brick-built station was built in 1879 and in February 1910 the station building was reconstructed. On 1 March 1910 the station was given its present name. In 1931 and 1932 the station was rebuilt again in preparation for transferring the Uxbridge branch service from the District line to the Piccadilly line. The new station was designed by Charles Holden in a modern European geometric style using brick, reinforced concrete and glass.