Northolt tube station

Northolt
Entrance on Mandeville Road
Northolt Location of Northolt in Greater London
Location	Northolt
Local authority	London Borough of Ealing
Managed by	Transport For London
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	5
London Underground annual entry and exit
2011	4.28 million[1]
2012	4.42 million[1]
2013	4.61 million[1]
2014	4.99 million[1]
Railway companies
Original company	London Transport Executive
Key dates
21 November 1948	Station opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
London Transport portalCoordinates: 51°32′53″N 0°22′08″W / 51.5480°N 0.3688°W

Northolt is a station on the London Underground Central line in Northolt in the London Borough of Ealing. It is in Travelcard Zone 5 and between Greenford and South Ruislip stations.

History

The Great Western Railway constructed a halt at this location named Northolt Halt in 1907, on their New North Main Line to Birmingham. It was renamed Northolt (for West End) Halt, before gaining station status under its original shorter name. It was closed in 1948 when the Central line was extended on a new pair of tracks from North Acton, the current Northolt tube station opening on 21 November 1948.^[2] The opening had been planned to be in the 1930s but was delayed by World War II.

The station today

The station has an island platform with passenger access down from the booking hall. Trains terminating at the station may use either a turnback siding west of the platforms to leave the running lines and run eastwards later or a crossover east of the station for more immediate return to central London.

North of the Central line tracks there is the singled track of the former GWR New North Main Line from Paddington which now is used by freight trains and a single daily passenger service (operated by Chiltern Railways) between Paddington and Gerrards Cross.^[3] There are no longer any platforms on this line.

Gallery

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  Looking west, with ex-GWR route on the right, and reversing siding visible ahead

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  Looking eastward along the island platform

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  Roundel on eastbound platform face

Transport links

London bus routes 90, 120, 140, 282, 395, E10 and night route N7.

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. "Central Line, Dates". Clive's Underground Line Guides. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
3. "Timetable 11 December 2011 to 13 May 2012" (PDF). Chiltern Railways. Retrieved 7 February 2012.