Greenford tube station
Central line · Zone 4 · Ealing
About Greenford station
Two stations have stood side by side here. The Great Western Railway opened the first Greenford on 1 October 1904 on the joint “New North Main Line”, today’s Acton–Northolt line. The present station next to it was designed by Brian Lewis for the Central line extension in the London Passenger Transport Board’s 1935–40 New Works Programme, then completed by Frederick Francis Charles Curtis and opened on 30 June 1947, after a delay caused by the Second World War. Service at the old main-line station was gradually reduced until it closed in 1963, and its site can still be seen from inside Central line trains.
The Underground platforms sit above street level on an island, with a bay between them for Great Western Railway’s branch shuttle to West Ealing. Greenford was the first Underground station to have an escalator up to platforms above street level, and until 2014 it kept the last wooden-treaded escalator still in service anywhere on the network. Operational responsibility passed from British Rail to London Transport on 13 November 1967. A step-free scheme was halted in 2009 after £3.9 million had been spent, then restarted; its glass incline lift opened on 20 October 2015.
First and last trains from Greenford
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central towards West Ruislip, Northolt or Ruislip Gardens | 06:04 – 01:01 | 06:04 – 01:01 | 06:04 – 01:01 | 07:18 – 00:18 |
| Central towards Epping, Hainault or Loughton | 05:32 – 00:02 | 05:32 – 00:02 | 05:32 – 00:02 | 06:50 – 23:43 to White City |
Times are TfL’s published timetable departures from this station; on Saturday the list follows TfL’s “Saturdays and public holidays” timetable.
At the busiest hour on a weekday there are up to 13 Central trains an hour per direction from Greenford, counting both directions separately.
Connections
- Buses: 395.
- National Rail: Great Western Railway.
Station facilities
What is near Greenford station
Greenford doubles as an interchange: the Great Western Railway shuttle calls at South Greenford, Castle Bar Park and Drayton Green on its way to West Ealing, a journey of just over ten minutes, and on the Tube the neighbours are Perivale and Northolt. Bus routes 92, 105, 395 and E6 serve the station. The nearest named place is the College of Excellence, about 150 m away; otherwise the station serves the wider Greenford area of the London Borough of Ealing.
| Place | Walk from the station |
|---|---|
| College of Excellence | 150 m |