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North Acton tube station is in North Acton, west London in the London Borough of Ealing. The station is on the Central line of the London Underground, between East Acton and Hanger Lane. It is on the boundary of Travelcard Zone 2 and Zone 3. ==History== The joint New North Main Line (NNML) of the Great Central and Great Western opened in 1903 and its North Acton railway station followed in 1904. The Great Western Railway (GWR) built the Ealing & Shepherd's Bush Railway, which connected the Central London Railway (CLR) with the GWR's Ealing Broadway station. CLR trains began using the route on 3 August 1920. The stations at North Acton and were built and owned by the GWR, and both opened on 5 November 1923. As Transport for London explains:〔(Transport for London : Central line facts )〕 North of the Central line tracks were two freight lines, removed in the 1960s, running alongside the Central line as far as White City; to the north of those at a slightly higher level were the two tracks of the NNML.〔("The Crookes Laboratories Ltd off Gorst Road and the surrounding industrial area, North Acton, 1947. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing." ). Britain from Above. Retrieved 2014-08-29.〕〔("Industrial properties between Victoria Road and Wales Farm Road, North Acton, 1948. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing." ). Britain from Above. Retrieved 2014-08-29.〕〔("The Ducon Condenser Works and the surrounding residential and industrial area, North Acton, 1938. This image has been produced from a damaged negative." ). Britain from Above. Retrieved 2014-08-29.〕 The footbridge to the NNML platforms is on the extreme left of this 1933 photograph.〔(London Transport Museum ) Historical photograph of North Acton station in 1933〕 Today, only the outer-most NNML platform remains partially intact.〔Jones, Richard (2006-04-17). ("37425 North Acton, 17/04/06" ). Flickr. Retrieved 2014-09-03.〕〔Lang, Duncan (2013-03-18). ("Untitled" ). Flickr. Retrieved 2014-09-03.〕 The NNML platforms closed when the Central line was extended on new track from North Acton to Greenford station in 1947. Between South Ruislip station and Old Oak Junction, the GWR line was progressively run down, and in many places it is now single-track, including the stretch running past North Acton. By May 2008, only freight trains and a once-daily passenger service provided by Chiltern Railways used this stretch of line. The Underground station had only two platforms until 1991–92,〔Heywood, Paul (2014-08-18). ("London" ). Flickr. Retrieved 2014-08-29.〕 whereby for operational flexibility an island platform was created by building a third platform north of the other two, where the old freight line track bed had been. The third platform became the eastbound road and the erstwhile eastbound platform (now the middle platform) was resignalled to allow it to be used also for terminating and starting services. This change allows shuttle services to be run to White City from Ealing Broadway and from West Ruislip in the event of problems elsewhere on the Central line, and at certain times of the day some trains coming from central London are scheduled to terminate at North Acton . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「North Acton tube station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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