Alperton tube station
Alperton 
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Station building
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 Alperton
Location of Alperton in Greater London
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| Location | Alperton |
| Local authority | London Borough of Brent |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 4 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2012 |
 2.89 million |
| 2013 |
 2.96 million |
| 2014 |
3.17 million |
| 2015 |
3.21 million |
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| Original company | District Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 28 June 1903 | Opened as Perivale-Alperton |
| 7 October 1910 | Renamed Alperton |
| 4 July 1932 | District line service replaced by Piccadilly line |
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| WGS84 | 51°32′27″N 0°17′59″W / 51.5408°N 0.2997°WCoordinates: 51°32′27″N 0°17′59″W / 51.5408°N 0.2997°W |
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Alperton is a London Underground station on the Uxbridge branch of the Piccadilly line. The station is between Sudbury Town and Park Royal, in Travelcard Zone 4. It is located on Ealing Road (A4089 road) a short distance from the junction with Bridgewater Road (A4005) and is close to Alperton Bus Garage and the Paddington branch of the Grand Union Canal. The station was refurbished in 2006.
Perivale Alperton was opened on 28 June 1903 by the District Railway (DR, now the District line) on its new extension to South Harrow on electrified tracks from Park Royal & Twyford Abbey. Park Royal & Twyford Abbey had itself opened five days earlier. This new extension was, together with the existing tracks back to Acton Town, the first section of the Underground's surface lines to be electrified and operate electric instead of steam trains. The deep-level tube lines open at that time (City & South London Railway, Waterloo & City Railway and Central London Railway) had been electrically powered from the start.
The station was subsequently renamed Alperton on 7 October 1910.
On 4 July 1932, the Piccadilly line was extended to run west of its original terminus at Hammersmith sharing the route with the District line to Ealing Common. From Ealing Common to South Harrow, the District line service was replaced by the Piccadilly line.
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