Acton Main Line train station
You can reach 36 stations directly from Acton Main Line on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Ealing Broadway, with 154 trains a day.
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- 36 direct destinations
- 206th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 3 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Acton Main Line
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ealing Broadway | 154 | 149 | 119 |
| London Paddington | 154 | 149 | 119 |
| Hanwell | 152 | 149 | 119 |
| Hayes and Harlington | 152 | 149 | 119 |
| Southall | 152 | 149 | 119 |
| West Ealing | 152 | 149 | 119 |
| Bond Street | 151 | 146 | 114 |
| Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 | 151 | 148 | 119 |
| London Liverpool Street | 151 | 146 | 114 |
| Tottenham Court Road | 151 | 146 | 114 |
| Farringdon | 151 | 146 | 114 |
| Whitechapel | 151 | 146 | 114 |
| Abbey Wood | 143 | 138 | 101 |
| Custom House | 143 | 138 | 101 |
| Canary Wharf | 143 | 138 | 101 |
| Woolwich | 143 | 138 | 101 |
| Heathrow Terminal 4 | 141 | 133 | 108 |
| Stratford | 8 | 8 | 13 |
| Chadwell Heath | 7 | 7 | 13 |
| Forest Gate | 7 | 7 | 13 |
| Gidea Park | 7 | 7 | 13 |
| Goodmayes | 7 | 7 | 13 |
| Ilford | 7 | 7 | 13 |
| Manor Park | 7 | 7 | 13 |
| Maryland | 7 | 7 | 13 |
| Romford | 7 | 7 | 13 |
| Seven Kings | 7 | 7 | 13 |
| Brentwood | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| Harold Wood | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| Shenfield | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| Burnham | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Maidenhead | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Reading | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Slough | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Twyford | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| West Drayton | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Lines serving Acton Main Line
Acton Main Line is on the Great Western Main Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Acton Main Line station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Acton Main Line station on 1,364 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 264 paths on the Wednesday, 97 paths on the Saturday and 8 paths on the Sunday. 177 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 05:00 to 06:00 on the Tuesday, with 35 paths booked.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Acton Main Line station is
2,699,464 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 206th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Acton Main Line and Bond Street than any other pair: 466,372 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Nearest other stations
- Acton Central 0.6 miles
- South Acton 1.2 miles
- Ealing Broadway 1.4 miles
- Harlesden 1.4 miles
- Willesden Junction 1.5 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Acton Main Line, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- North Acton Halt · 0.6 miles
- Old Oak Lane Halt · 0.8 miles
- Park Royal · 0.8 miles
- Rugby Road Halt · 1.1 miles
- Old Oak Common · 1.1 miles
- Park Royal West Halt · 1.1 miles
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Facilities at Acton Main Line station
Acton Main Line is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:40 to 10:40 · Saturday: 08:00 to 15:15 · Sunday: closed
Toilets
From National Rail's station record, last updated 10 September 2026.
Getting to Acton Main Line station
Acton Main Line station is in Ealing, London, and is run by Elizabeth line.
The nearest motorway junction is M4 J1 (Chiswick Roundabout), 1.9 miles south.
3 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Acton Main Line Station.
Acton Main Line is inside the London Travelcard area.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Acton Main Line station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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