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View north across Friary Road to the cafe at its junction with Horn Lane. The railway is behind the cafe.

750 Mobikes for hire have been installed in Ealing in September 2017. They are unlocked and locked using a smartphone app, and can be left either in a Mobike area or at any cycle parking area. See Image for a Manchester Mobike and more explanation of the scheme. See https://mobike.com/uk/ for company website and app.

The lock attached to the seatpost has jaws which fix the back wheel. On top of the lock is a QR code which can be read by a smartphone to unlock the bike. The bike can be left at a Mobike stand which is just a marked-off area of pavement, or it can be left anywhere bikes can be parked (with exceptions like gated areas and underground parking). See also Image for more description of this group of bikes.

An exotic touch in these suburban surroundings.

A view of Image from across the junction. The A4000, Horn Lane, swings left here over the railway lines; on the right of the cafe is Friary Road.

Acton Main Line will be an Elizabeth Line (Crossrail) station. The steelwork has been installed for this new ticket office behind the blue barrier, a footbridge, and lifts to platforms. The small existing ticket office is on the right. As part of the development pavements have been widened and relaid. Traffic light have been replaced by a mini-roundabout and pedestrian crossings.

A new Transport for London poster to show that no scooters are allowed to be ridden on the station. A neat scooter symbol with a red circle and diagonal similar to a road sign.

Preparing for Crossrail (Elizabeth Line) a new entrance hall with ticket office and ticket gates. See Image for ticket office replaced.

The present ticket office is on the Horn Lane (A4000) bridge over the Main GWR railway west from Paddington. The trains stopping here are TFL Rail. The station is being rebuilt for the Elizabeth Line (Crossrail) and there will be a more frequent service to Paddington, on through Bond Street and Tottenham Court Road and on to East London. There are Lime-E electric assist hire bikes in the picture - see Image for details.

Opened in 1868 by the Great Western Railway on the line from London Paddington to Reading. After the line was quadrupled in 1876, a large station building was erected over the railway lines, to the right of this image. This was replaced in 1974 by a much smaller booking office where the building to the right is. This was replaced by the actual building on the right in 1996. In 2021, the new station building on the left was opened, leaving the 1996 building empty, when this image was taken.