Acton Town tube station

Acton Town station stands at the meeting point of Gunnersbury Lane and Bollo Lane in West London, within the London Borough of Ealing. The District and Piccadilly lines serve the station, linking it to Ealing Common and Hammersmith. Originally opened in 1879 as Mill Hill Park, it became Acton Town in 1910 after a rebuild. Charles Holden designed the current station in the early 1930s, using brick, reinforced concrete and glass in a modern European geometric style. The station’s history reflects London’s transport growth. The Piccadilly line reached Acton Town in 1932, replacing District line branches to Hounslow and Uxbridge. A short-lived branch to South Acton operated until 1959, leaving behind a visible platform and bridge remnants. Nearby, the London Transport Museum’s Depot holds a reserve collection of historic vehicles, open to visitors on select weekends. Inside, the station’s ticket hall rises above a low horizontal block, with a projecting roundel sign and clerestory windows. Concrete canopies shelter the platforms, linked by a secondary bridge at the southern end. The building’s original bronze shopfronts and tiled floors remain, marking it as a Grade II listed example of Holden’s work.