Ealing Broadway
Station entrance seen in May 2022
Ealing Broadway Location of Ealing Broadway in Greater London
Location	Ealing
Local authority	London Borough of Ealing
Managed by	Elizabeth line[1]
Owner	Transport for London Network Rail
Station code	EAL
DfT category	C1
Number of platforms	9
Fare zone	3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2020	7.72 million[2]
2021	6.93 million[3]
2022	13.43 million[4]
2023	15.43 million[5]
2024	17.08 million[6]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	6.910 million[7]
– interchange	23,653[7]
2020–21	2.066 million[7]
– interchange	7,409[7]
2021–22	4.769 million[7]
– interchange	17,992[7]
2022–23	8.237 million[7]
– interchange	74,728[7]
2023–24	13.700 million[7]
– interchange	0.162 million[7]
Railway companies
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
6 April 1838	Opened (GWR)
1 July 1879	Opened (DR)
3 August 1920	Start (CLR)
20 May 2018	Start (TfL Rail)
Other information
External links	TfL station info page Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51°30′53″N0°18′06″W / 51.5147°N 0.3017°W /51.5147; -0.3017
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Ealing Broadway is a major single-levelinterchange station located inEaling, in theLondon Borough of Ealing,West London forLondon Underground services andElizabeth line services on theNational RailGreat Western Main Line.

On the London Underground, it is one of three western termini of theDistrict line, the preceding station beingEaling Common, and it is also one of two western termini of theCentral line, the preceding station beingWest Acton. On the National Rail network, it is a through-station on the Great Western Main Line, 5 miles 56 chains (9.2 km) down the line fromLondon Paddington, betweenActon Main Line andWest Ealing.

The station is managed by theElizabeth line and saw a major upgrade and expansion as part of theCrossrail project, with a rebuilt ticket hall and the provision of step-free access.^[8]

TheGreat Western Railway (GWR) opened its pioneeringbroad gauge tracks through Ealing Broadway betweenPaddington andTaplow on 6 April 1838, although Ealing Broadway station did not open until 1 December of that year. As the only station in the area when it opened, it was initially named 'Ealing',^{[9][page needed]} but was renamed Ealing Broadway in 1875.^[10]

District Railway (DR, now the District Line) services commenced on 1 July 1879, when the DR opened a branch fromTurnham Green on itsRichmond line. The DR built its own three-platform station (including a siding) to the north of the GWR one. However, following the installation of a connection between the two railways to the east of the stations, DR trains also served the GWR station from 1 March 1883 to 30 September 1885, on a short-lived service running toWindsor and Eton Central station, which quickly became unprofitable.^{[11][12][13][14][page needed]} It was also intended to use the connection for a service toUxbridge Vine Street station (viaWest Drayton), but this was never introduced.^[11]

Followingelectrification of the main District line route throughEaling Common toSouth Harrow in 1903, the section to Ealing Broadway was electrified in 1905, and the firstelectric trains ran to Ealing Broadway on 1 July 1905. The original brick-built DR station was replaced with a stone-faced building in 1910.^[15]

Prior toWorld War I, plans were made by the GWR to construct a new, mainly freight, line betweenEaling andShepherd's Bush, to connect west-to-south with theWest London Railway. TheCentral London Railway (CLR, now the Central Line) would use the line by extending its tracks the short distance north from its terminus atWood Lane (now closed), to meet the new GWR tracks. CLR services to two new platforms at Ealing Broadway, built between the GWR and DR stations, started on 3 August 1920, with, initially, just one intermediate stop atEast Acton. The line also carried GWR steam freight trains until 1938, when the links at Ealing Broadway and west ofNorth Acton were removed, and the line was fully transferred to London Underground.

Originally separate companies, by 1920 the DR and the CLR were both owned by theUnderground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL). Despite this, the CLR services operated via the GWR station building, not the Underground one.

The GWR-built station was demolished in 1961^[16] and replaced by a low concrete structure containing shops and a ticket hall, opened in 1965, with a high-rise office building above. The new station building serves all the lines, and the separate District Line station ticket hall was closed, although the building remains, and the original station facade is now the entrance for multiple shops.^[17][18]

On Platform 9 (District line) there are some roundels of a style dating fromc. 1908, three of which are replicas made in 1992.[19]^[20]

In the mid 1990s, theGreat Western Main Line through the station was electrified as part of theHeathrow Express project.^[21]

In the early 1990s, theCrossrail project was proposed to serve Ealing Broadway.^[22] After many years of planning, the project was approved in 2007. An interimTfL Rail service between suburban stations andLondon Paddington began in 2018,^[23] transferring to theElizabeth line on 24 May 2022.^[24]

• On 16 November 1937, asteam railcar overran signals and crashed into thesignal box.^[25]
• On 19 December 1973, an express passenger trainwas derailed when an unsecured inspection door on the locomotive hauling it struck point rodding, causing a set of points to move under the train. Ten people were killed, 94 were injured.^[26][27]
• On 19 July 2000, aReal IRA bomb was planted near tracks in the station. It was discovered and destroyed by police under acontrolled explosion.^[28]
• On 2 March 2016, a District Line train derailed just outside the station due to a set of points set incorrectly. There were no injuries.^[29]

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Legend
GWRtoSlough Elizabeth line toWest Ealing 1 20  3 40  5 6 70  8 90  Ealing Broadway Elizabeth linetoActon Main Line   GWRtoPaddington District line toEaling Common Central line toWest Acton

The combined station has nine platforms:

• Two National Rail platforms (1 and 2). These are only used by Great Western Railway (GWR) trains between Didcot Parkway and London Paddington, except during engineering works or a disruption.
• Two Elizabeth line platforms (3 and 4). Platforms 1, 2, 3 and 4 all are mostly in the open, but have small canopies and shelters. These platforms can be used by GWR too.
• Two Central line (5 and 6), which have a shared awning canopy.
• Three District Line (7 to 9). District Line platforms 8 and 9 are partially covered by a short canopy, and retain one original example and a number of replicas of early solid-disc Underground signs, used beforeEdward Johnston designed the familiarroundel in 1919.

All platforms are accessed through a gateline of ticket barriers.

As part of theCrossrail project, the station was upgraded and expanded to meet increased passenger numbers, improve the interchange between various rail and local bus services and provide step free access.^[8]

Initially, only minor station improvements were planned as part of the Crossrail project, such as platform lengthening.^[30] However, after local and regional campaigning,^[31] the station was upgraded and step free access provided.^[32] After further criticism by local people of poor design,^[33] the station entrance was redesigned with a large glass frontage and a long curved canopy to the street.^[34]

Designed byBennetts Associates,^[35] the station upgrade has involved demolishing the old cramped ticket hall and staircases, replacing them with:^[8]

• A new double height ticket hall, twice as large as the previous ticket hall.
• Improved and enlarged public realm outside the station with new paving, seating and street trees.^[36]
• Step free access from street to platform via new lifts, making the station fully accessible.
• Refurbishment and upgrade of existing platforms, including new signage, waiting rooms and customer information screens.
• Platform extensions to accommodate the longerClass 345 trains used byCrossrail.
• New footbridge at the eastern end of the station linking platforms 1–4.

After several periods of delay,^[37] construction on the upgrade began in 2018 byNetwork Rail. On 27 May 2021, the majority of the new station facilities, including the station building and ticket office, were completed and opened to the public.^[38]

In the early 2010s, theWest London Business group backed a Surbiton-to-Brent Crosslight metro tube line, called theWest London Orbital underground railway, based onCopenhagen Metro technology, which would include a station underground at Ealing Broadway.^[39][40] TheLondon Borough of Ealing does not support the proposal, saying "no consensus to progress this project [due] to extremely high costs".^[41]

In 2008, the London Group of theCampaign for Better Transport published a plan^[42] for an off-road orbitalNorth and West London Light railway (NWLLR), sharing theDudding Hill Line freight corridor, and using the middle two of the six track beds atNorth Acton. In April 2009, Ealing Council voted to call on Transport for London to look into the proposal.^[43]

The station would have been served by theWest London Tram, however this proposal was cancelled in 2007 as it was opposed by the councils of all three London Boroughs that would have been served by the line.^[44]

Ealing Broadway is served by a mixture ofNational Rail andLondon Underground services. National Rail services are operated by theElizabeth line, and London Underground services by theCentral andDistrict lines.

Services at the station are as follows.

As of the May 2023 timetable, the typical Monday to Friday off-peak service is:^[45]

• 4 tph (trains per hour) westbound toHeathrow Terminal 4
• 2 tph westbound toHeathrow Terminal 5
• 2 tph westbound toReading
• 2 tph westbound toMaidenhead
• 2 tph eastbound toShenfield
• 8 tph eastbound toAbbey Wood

Elizabeth line services are operated usingClass 345 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[46][47]

• 9 tph toNewbury Park of which 6 continue toHainault (Central line)
• 6 tph toUpminster viaEarl's Court (District line)

The Central line also operates a night service on Friday and Saturday nights as part of theNight Tube. The station is served by a train every 20 minutes toHainault and fromLoughton.

Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Terminus		Central line Ealing Broadway branch		West Acton towardsEpping,Hainault orWoodford via Newbury Park
		District line Ealing Broadway branch		Ealing Common towardsUpminster,High Street Kensington orEdgware Road
Preceding station	Elizabeth line			Following station
West Ealing towardsHeathrow Terminal 4		Elizabeth line		Acton Main Line towardsAbbey Wood
West Ealing towardsHeathrow Terminal 5				Paddington towardsShenfield
Southall towardsMaidenhead orReading				Paddington towardsAbbey Wood
Former services
West Ealing towardsWindsor		District Railway 1883-1885		Ealing Common towardsMansion House

The station is served by severalLondon Buses routes day and night.^[48]

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