Trains At Acton Mainline, GWML, 16/12/23
Acton Main Line is a railway station on the Great Western Main Line in Acton, west London, England. Located 4 miles 21 chains (6.9 km) down the line from London Paddington between Paddington and Ealing Broadway stations. The station is served and managed by the Elizabeth line. The station was rebuilt with step-free access as part of the Crossrail project. It is in fare zone 3.
The Great Western Main Line opened through Acton in 1838, however the Great Western Railway (GWR) was initially focused on long distance traffic. The station was opened by the GWR on 1 February 1868. Originally simply named Acton, it was operated by the Western Region of British Railways following nationalisation in 1948. On 26 September 1949 it was renamed Acton Main Line.
The Great Western Railway built a large freight marshalling yard adjacent to the station in the late nineteenth century. It was one of a series of such yards on the perimeter of London used for the transfer of freight between railways. The yard continues in use but on a much reduced scale.
Acton Main Line was first proposed to be part of the Crossrail project in the 1990s. In 2003, initial public consultation proposed that no Crossrail services would stop at the station. In 2004, it was proposed that services would call at the station seven days a week, but no stations improvements were planned. The number of seats available into central London from the station would double, due to longer and more frequent trains. Following criticism, it was announced in 2005 that a new station building and step free access would be built as part of the project.
In May 2011, Network Rail announced that it would deliver improvements and alterations to prepare the station for Crossrail services. In 2016, the station design was completed, and submitted to Ealing Council for approval. The work would include a new station building designed by Bennetts Associates with level access from Horn Lane, platform extensions, new platform canopies and step-free access to all platforms. Outside the station.
Duration of the video: 14:00 - 15:30
We’ll be seeing services by Great Western Railway, Heathrow express, Elizabeth line & hopefully some freight as well in the time that is spent here.
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I really enjoyed my time that was spent here especially with the amount of variety I managed to see plus I haven’t visited this station once in awhile but it was a great station to revisit though.
My next station will be Stratford which is situated on the Great Eastern mainline I haven’t revisited that station in quite a long time but I’m sure it’ll be a great place to come to so until then thanks for watching and I’ll see you in the next video.
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Nice video mate and great horns from trains and very good luck with doing Stratford
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Many thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video