Ealing Broadway station

Ealing Broadway station stands in the London Borough of Ealing, West London, where the District and Central lines of the London Underground meet the Great Western Main Line and the Elizabeth line. It is a single-level interchange with nine platforms, most of them in the open but with small canopies. The station sits 9.2 kilometres from London Paddington on the main line between Acton Main Line and West Ealing.

The station opened in 1838 on the Great Western Railway and became an interchange in 1879 when the District Railway began services. Electric trains reached Ealing Broadway in 1905, and the Central line arrived in 1920. A major rebuild in the 1960s replaced the original brick and stone buildings with a concrete ticket hall and shops. In the 21st century the Crossrail upgrade gave the station a new double-height ticket hall, step-free lifts and a glass-fronted entrance.

Visitors find nine platforms served by National Rail, Elizabeth line, Central line and District line trains. Platforms seven to nine still display early solid-disc Underground signs from before 1919. The new ticket hall leads straight to lifts that reach every platform, and a footbridge links the main platforms at the eastern end. Outside, the public space has paving, seating and street trees, making the station a clear gateway to Ealing’s streets and services.