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Ealing Broadway station
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Ealing Broadway is a major single-level interchange station in Ealing in London, England. It is in the London Borough of Ealing, West London, and is served by the London Underground and also National Rail on the Great Western Main Line. On the Underground, it is one of three western termini of the District line, the next station being , and it is also one of two western termini of the Central line, the next station being . On the National Rail network, it is a through-station on the Great Western Main Line, down the line from , between and .
The station is managed by Transport for London and is served by London Underground and Elizabeth line services. The station saw a major upgrade and expansion as part of the Crossrail project, with a rebuilt ticket hall and the provision of step free access.
The Great Western Railway (GWR) opened its pioneering broad gauge tracks through Ealing Broadway between and 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', but was renamed Ealing Broadway in 1875.
District Railway (DR, now the District Line) services commenced on 1 July 1879, when the DR opened a branch from on its 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 to station, which quickly became unprofitable. It was also intended to use the connection for a service to station (via ), but this was never introduced.
Following electrification of the main District line route through to in 1903, the section to Ealing Broadway was electrified in 1905, and the first electric trains ran to Ealing Broadway on 1 July 1905. The original brick-built DR station was replaced with a stone-faced building in 1910.
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