Acton Town tube station, railway station in the United Kingdom
Acton Town is an Underground station in the London Borough of Ealing, served by both the District Line and the Piccadilly Line. The station building dates from the 1930s and is a Grade II listed structure built in the Art Deco style, with four platforms arranged across two levels.
The station opened in 1879 under the name Mill Hill Park and was renamed Acton Town in 1910. It was then fully rebuilt in the 1930s by architect Charles Holden, who gave it the brick and concrete form it has today.
The station takes its name from the district of Acton, a long-established area to the west of London. Its rounded brick facade and tall windows make it easy to spot from the street, and it remains a daily reference point for people moving through this part of the city.
The station sits in an outer zone of the London Underground network, so journey times to central London can vary depending on the line and direction taken. Several bus routes stop close to the entrance, making it easy to reach nearby areas of Ealing and Hounslow without returning to the Underground.
Next to the station stands Frank Pick House, named after the man who shaped much of the visual identity of the London Underground in the early 20th century. Pick was the person who commissioned Charles Holden to design this and many other stations across the network.
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