Northolt tube station

Northolt
Station entrance on Mandeville Road in July 2008
Northolt Location of Northolt in Greater London
Location	Northolt
Local authority	London Borough of Ealing
Managed by	Transport for London
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	5
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019	4.98 million
2020	3.38 million
2021	2.47 million
2022	3.96 million
2023	3.94 million
Railway companies
Original company	London Transport Executive
Key dates
21 November 1948	Station opened
Other information
External links	TfL station info page
Coordinates	51.5480°N 0.3688°W / 51.5480; -0.3688
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Northolt is a station on the London Underground Central line in Northolt in the London Borough of Ealing. It is in Travelcard Zone 5 and between Greenford and South Ruislip stations.

History

The Great Western Railway constructed a halt just to the east of this location named Northolt Halt in 1907, on their "New North Main Line" (now the Acton–Northolt line) to Birmingham. It was renamed Northolt (for West End) Halt, before gaining station status under its original shorter name. It was closed in 1948 when the Central line was extended on a new pair of tracks from North Acton, the current Northolt tube station opening on the opposite side of the road bridge on 21 November 1948. The opening had been planned to be in the 1930s but was delayed by World War II.

The station today

The station has an island platform with passenger access down from the booking hall. Trains terminating at the station may use either a turnback siding west of the platforms to leave the running lines and run eastwards later or a crossover east of the station for more immediate return to central London.

In 2018, it was announced that the station would gain step-free access by 2022, as part of a £200m investment to increase the number of accessible stations on the Tube.

North of the Central line tracks there is the singled track of the Acton–Northolt line from Paddington which is now used by freight trains and a single daily passenger "parliamentary service" (operated by Chiltern Railways) between Paddington and Gerrards Cross. There are no longer any platforms on this line.

Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
South Ruislip towards West Ruislip		Central line Ruislip Branch		Greenford towards Epping, Hainault or Woodford via Newbury Park
Disused railways
South Ruislip		Great Western Railway New North Main Line		Greenford

Gallery

• 
  Looking west, with ex-GWR route on the right, and reversing siding visible ahead in July 2008
• 
  Looking eastward along the island platform in July 2009
• 
  Roundel on eastbound platform face in July 2008

Transport links

London bus routes 90, 120, 140, 282, 395, E10, Superloop route SL9 and night route N7.