North Ealing tube station

North Ealing
North Ealing Location of North Ealing in Greater London
Location	Ealing
Local authority	London Borough of Ealing
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2011	0.94 million[1]
2012	0.90 million[1]
2013	0.86 million[1]
2014	0.89 million[1]
Railway companies
Original company	District Railway
Key dates
23 June 1903	Station opened
4 July 1932	District line service replaced by Piccadilly line
Listed status
Listing grade	II
Entry number	1390751[2]
Added to list	30 October 2003
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
London Transport portalCoordinates: 51°31′03″N 0°17′19″W / 51.5175°N 0.2886°W

North Ealing is a London Underground station on the Uxbridge branch of the Piccadilly line between Ealing Common and Park Royal. The station is located on Station Road, a short distance from the junction of Queens Drive and Hanger Lane (A406, North Circular Road). It is in Travelcard Zone 3. West Acton station on the Central line is located about 550 metres to the east at the other end of Queens Drive.

Despite its name, the station is geographically located to the east of Ealing Broadway; the areas of Gurnell, Pitshanger, Montpelier and Hanger Hill/Hanger Lane are more geographically suited to the term "North Ealing". There is even a primary school named North Ealing within Pitshanger.

History

North Ealing station was opened on 23 June 1903 by the District Railway (DR, now the District line) on its new extension from north of Ealing Common to Park Royal & Twyford Abbey (closed and replaced by Park Royal in 1931), where the Royal Agricultural Society's Park Royal show grounds had been recently opened. The line was opened fully to South Harrow on 28 June 1903.

This new extension was, together with the existing tracks between Ealing Common & 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.

North Ealing was the only station on the South Harrow branch not rebuilt in the 1930s to the "Holden" style for the start of the Piccadilly Line service. It retains its slightly rural air as a result. An 1930s railway sub-station is built alongside the Eastbound platform and is typical of the LPTB brick and concrete architectural style of the period.

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 was replaced by the Piccadilly line and, from this date, District line trains west from Ealing Common ran to Ealing Broadway only.

Connections

London Buses routes 83 and 112 serve the station.

Gallery

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  Looking westbound

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  Looking eastbound

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  Looking west from footbridge

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  Roundel

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  Main Entrance

References

1. "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLS). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
2. "North Ealing London Regional Transport Underground Station". The National Heritage List for England. English Heritage.

External links

• "North Ealing". Photographic Archive. London Transport Museum. Archived from the original on 2014-02-21.
  • North Ealing station, circa 1907
  • Platforms, 1940
  • North Ealing station, 1958