South Acton railway station (England)

South Acton
South Acton Location of South Acton in Greater London
Location	South Acton
Local authority	London Borough of Ealing
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code	SAT
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes[1]
Fare zone	3
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	0.876 million[2]
2019–20	0.794 million[2]
2020–21	0.263 million[2]
2021–22	0.519 million[2]
2022–23	0.615 million[2]
Key dates
1880	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
Coordinates	51°29′58″N 0°16′15″W / 51.4994°N 0.2707°W / 51.4994; -0.2707
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History

South Acton station was opened on 1 January 1880 by the

A short spur of the District Railway from Acton Town, 1,232 yards (1,126 metres) long, was authorised by the Metropolitan Railway Act of 1874.^[3] When first opened, the spur was used for goods trains from 15 May 1899 onwards. Passenger services were introduced on 13 June 1905 to provide an interchange with the North London Railway which ran services from north London to the District Railway's Richmond branch. It thus provided an easier interchange for Richmond for eastbound passengers than changing trains at Turnham Green further east.

Operations

The South Acton station on the District line of the London Underground was located adjacent to South Acton station on the North London line on the north-west side of the tracks.

Initially, the line had through passenger services to Hounslow Barracks (now Hounslow West). However, the line was relatively little used and in 1932 the line was reduced to a single track, operated by a one-car shuttle service between Acton Town and South Acton.

In 1933 the railway became part of the London Passenger Transport Board, becoming a branch line of the District line.

Just south of the station before the

In later years, the shuttle train was normally worked by a single car of London Underground G Stock, specially modified for one person operation and fitted with additional brakes. Given the (then highly unusual) driver-only operation, the branch line was equipped with a two wire emergency telephone system at window level, a feature normally found only in tunnels on the London Underground.

Closure

The South Acton to Acton Town shuttle last ran on 28 February 1959 and the spur closed as from 2 March 1959.^[5] Nothing now remains of the spur, except for a few bridgeheads and sections of the old trackbed, which indicate the route. Currently the rest of station of the same name continues to be well used.

Branch line to Kew Bridge and Brentford

A 2 km long branch exists to Old Kew Junction near

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  The Acton Town branch line appears on this 1926 Tube map
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  The Acton Town and Kew branch lines shown in detail
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  South Acton on the present-day North London line

Services

South Acton currently has the following London Overground (North London Line) services, which is operated by Class 378s:^[6]

Off-peak (daily):

• 4tph to
  Stratford
• 4tph to
  Richmond

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to South Acton railway station.

• Train times and station information for South Acton railway station (England) from National Rail
• Excel file displaying National Rail station usage information for 2005/06
• www.sarag.org Local residents association with historical information about South Acton
• London's Abandoned Tube Stations – South Acton

Preceding station	London Overground			Following station
Gunnersbury towards Richmond		North London line		Acton Central towards Stratford
Disused Railways
Turnham Green Line closed, station open		Midland Railway North London Line		Acton Central Line and station open
Terminus		N&SWJ Railway Hammersmith branch		Rugby Road Line and station closed
Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Acton Town Line closed, station open		District line South Acton branch (1905-59)		Terminus