Key Words :- Underground station

Address :- Station Parade, Acton Lane, London, Greater London, W4 5NE
Grid Ref :- TQ 20351 78693
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.49438 , Long -0.267751
Local Authority :- Ealing London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Middlesex
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No :- 1358798,
Site Condition :- Operational site, in use for original purpose

Description and History of Site:-
Metropolitan & District Railway Station opened as Acton Green Station 1 July 1879; renamed Chiswick Park & Acton Green Station March 1877; renamed Chiswick Park Station 1 March 1910.

The present station was designed by Charles Holden (opened 1933), and serves the District lines.

The station building is one half of a drum and plinth structure. There is extensive glazing between thin brick panels in the drum. The low flat-roofed plinth contains shops and ticket hall. The station name is displayed in bronze letters around the top edge of the drum.

The platforms have gently curved canopies. Concrete platform walls carry enamel roundels in cream tiled panels.

[Details from Gordon Biddle]

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