Ealing Broadway station

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Ealing Broadway

Location	Ealing
Local authority	London Borough of Ealing
Managed by	First Great Western
Station code	EAL
Platforms in use	9
Travelcard zone	3
NR 2004/5 usage	6.307 million[1]
NR 2005/6 usage	5.997 million[1]
NR 2006/7 usage	3.480 million[1]
LUL 2005 usage	13.508 million[2]
LUL 2007 usage	17.528 million[2]
1838 1879 1920	Opened (GWR) Opened (MDR) Start (CLR)
List of stations	Underground · National Rail
External links	Departures • Facilities
London Transport Portal
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Ealing Broadway is a National Rail and London Underground station in Ealing in west London. National Rail services are provided by First Great Western and Heathrow Connect and London Underground services are provided by the District and Central Lines.

The station is the terminus for both London Underground lines; on the District Line the next station to the east is Ealing Common and on the Central Line the next station to the east is West Acton. For National Rail services the next station to the east is either Acton Main Line or Paddington and to the west is either Southall or West Ealing depending on operator and route.

The station is located in Haven Green (B455) at the termination of The Broadway and is in Travelcard Zone 3.

Contents 1 History 2 The station today 2.1 Services 3 Future developments 4 External links 5 References

[edit] History

The Great Western Railway (GWR) opened its first section through Ealing Broadway between Paddington and Taplow on 6 April 1838 although Ealing Broadway station itself did not open until 1 December 1838. As the only station in the area when it opened, the station was initially named Ealing. The name was later changed to its current form.^[3]

Metropolitan District Railway (MDR, now the District Line) services commenced on 1 July 1879 when the MDR opened a new branch from Turnham Green on its Richmond line. The MDR built its own station building and separate platforms to the north of the GWR station. Between 1 March 1883 and 30 September 1885 MDR trains also served the GWR station on a short-lived service running to Windsor.

Following the electrification of the main District route through Ealing Common to Uxbridge in 1903, the section to Ealing Broadway was electrified in 1905 and the first electric trains ran to Ealing Broadway on 1 July 1905. The original brick-built MDR station was replaced with a stone-faced building sometime between 1907 and 1916.

Prior to World War I, plans were made by the GWR to construct a new line between Ealing and Shepherd's Bush to connect to the West London Railway. The Central London Railway (CLR, now the Central Line) was to provide passenger services on this line by extending its tracks a short distance north from its terminus at Wood Lane (now closed) to meet the GWR tracks. CLR services to Ealing Broadway started on 3 August 1920 with, initially, just one intermediate stop at East Acton.

Originally separate companies, by 1920 the MDR (then known as the District Railway) and the CLR were both owned by the London Electric Railway Company (LER). Despite this, CLR services operated from the GWR station, again, with their own platforms built between the District Railway's and GWR's platforms.

The GWR built station was demolished in the 1970s and replaced by a low concrete structure containing shops and a ticket hall with a high rise office building above. The new station building serves all the lines and the separate District Line station ticket hall was closed although the building remains with the original station entrance occupied by a shop.

On 8 June 2006 a 14 year old male was killed whilst trespassing on the District line railway track at Ealing Broadway Platform 9 station.

[edit] The station today

The combined station has nine platforms; four National Rail (platforms 1 to 4), two Central Line (5 and 6) and three District Line (7 to 9). Platforms 1 and 2 are for the through trains except for when engineering works are taking place meaning that trains will stop there. Platform 3 serves trains leaving London while Platform 4 is the line into London.

District Line platforms 8 and 9 are partially covered by a short canopy and retain a number of examples of the early solid-disc Underground sign used before Edward Johnston designed the familiar roundel in 1919. The Central Line platforms are provided with a shared awning canopy, but the majority of the National Rail platforms are open to the elements although there are some waiting rooms on each platform.

All platforms are accessed through ticket barriers.

[edit] Services

The typical off-peak service frequency is:

First Great Western

• 6tph (trains per hour) to Paddington (First Great Western)
  • 4tph run non-stop
  • 2tph call at Acton Main Line
• 2tph to Greenford
• 2tph to Reading
• 2tph to Oxford, with some continuing to Banbury

Heathrow Connect

• 2tph to Paddington (does not call at Acton Main Line)
• 2tph to Heathrow Terminal 4 (Heathrow Connect)

London Underground

• 6tph on the District line to Tower Hill via Earls Court
• 9tph on the Central line of which:
  • 6tph to Hainault via Newbury Park (Central Line)
  • 3tph to Woodford via Hainault (Central Line)

[edit] Future developments

Crossrail line 1 will call at Ealing Broadway. Services are due to commence in 2017. The station will be rebuilt with a spacious glass structure.^[4]

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ealing Broadway railway station

• London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • District Railway station, 1907
  • District Railway station, 1916
  • Great Western Railway & Central Line station, 1933
  • District Line ticket hall, 1955
  • British Railways & Central Line station, 1955
  • Out of use District Line station building, 1982
• www.londonstation.com - Platforms 8 and 9 with early roundel signs visible
• Beary's London Underground - Early roundel

Coordinates: 51°30′53″N 0°18′06″W / 51.5147°N 0.3017°W / 51.5147; -0.3017

• Train times and station information for Ealing Broadway station from National Rail

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ealing Broadway station from Office of Rail Regulation statistics
2. ^ ^{a b} Transport for London - London Underground performance update
3. ^ MacDermot, E T (1927). History of the Great Western Railway. 1 (1833-1863) (1 ed.). London: Great Western Railway. 
4. ^ Future Ealing Broadway station

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Terminus		Central line		West Acton towards Epping, Hainault or Woodford via Hainault
		District line		Ealing Common towards Upminster or High Street Kensington
National Rail
Acton Main Line London Paddington on Sundays		First Great Western Great Western Main Line		West Ealing or Southall
Terminus or Acton Main Line		First Great Western Greenford Branch Line		West Ealing
London Paddington		Heathrow Connect Paddington - Heathrow		West Ealing Southall on Sundays

Future Development

Preceding station		Crossrail		Following station
West Ealing toward Maidenhead or Heathrow Airport		Crossrail		Acton Main Line toward Abbey Wood or Shenfield

Disused Railways

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
West Ealing towards Windsor		District line		Ealing Common towards Upminster

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