Acton Central Railway Station

Acton Central railway station is on the North London Line, between and, in Travelcard Zone 3. It is also where trains change power supply from overhead line equipment (OHLE or AC) to Third rail (DC), or vice versa, depending on direction of travel. HistoryThe station was opened as Acton on 1 August 1853 by the North and South Western Junction Railway (N& SWJR), but was renamed Acton Central on 1 November 1925. The N& SWJR was leased jointly to the London and North Western Railway (LNWR), the Midland Railway (MR) and the North London Railway (NLR) from 1871, but only the NLR operated passenger trains on the N& SWJR until operation of the NLR (and thus of the N& SWJR also) was taken over by the LNWR in 1909. Under the terms of the Railways Act 1921, the LNWR and MR amalgamated (together with some others) at the start of 1923 to form the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, which then absorbed both the NLR and the N& SWJR. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. When sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Railways.

Acton Central railway station is on the North London Line, between and, in Travelcard Zone 3. It is also where trains change power supply from overhead line equipment (OHLE or AC) to Third rail (DC), or vice versa, depending on direction of travel. HistoryThe station was opened as Acton on 1 August 1853 by the North and South Western Junction Railway (N& SWJR), but was renamed Acton Central on 1 November 1925. The N& SWJR was leased jointly to the London and North Western Railway (LNWR), the Midland Railway (MR) and the North London Railway (NLR) from 1871, but only the NLR operated passenger trains on the N& SWJR until operation of the NLR (and thus of the N& SWJR also) was taken over by the LNWR in 1909. Under the terms of the Railways Act 1921, the LNWR and MR amalgamated (together with some others) at the start of 1923 to form the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, which then absorbed both the NLR and the N& SWJR. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. When sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Railways.