Tube train leaving South Ealing station
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Tube train leaving South Ealing station
Image: © Marathon Taken: 26 Jun 2013
The Metropolitan District Railway opened the line from Hounslow High Street to the junction with the MDR near Ealing on 1st May 1883. South Ealing station opened on the same day. District Line trains only ran over the line until 1932 when Piccadilly Line trains started to run over the branch when the depot at Northfields opened. By then a second pair of tracks had been laid between Acton Town and Northfields to give unimpeded access to the depot. The extra tracks came into use on 18th December 1932. The station had been rebuilt from June 1931 in readiness for the widening of 1932. The full service of Piccadilly Line trains running through to North London started in early 1933. District Line trains through South Ealing ceased in October 1964 and the service is now entirely provided by the Piccadilly Line. This view from the London-bound platform looks towards a Heathrow bound train on its way to Northfields, the next station which can be seen in the distance.
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