Sudbury Town tube station
Piccadilly line · Zone 4 · Brent Ealing
About Sudbury Town station
Of Charles Holden’s Piccadilly line stations, Sudbury Town carries the higher listing: it is Grade II*. The building went up after the District Railway’s original was demolished in 1930 and 1931, in preparation for the Piccadilly line taking over the branch, which it did from 4 July 1932. A tall brick box of a ticket hall, pierced by clerestory windows and roofed with a flat concrete slab, rises over a low horizontal range of shops and facilities, a European modernist design in brick, reinforced concrete and glass. Look at the signs too: some original ones use Johnston Delf Smith, a wedge-serif variant of the Underground’s standard Johnston typeface.
The station itself is older than the building. The District Railway opened it on 28 June 1903 on the extension to South Harrow, part of the first stretch of the Underground’s surface lines to run electric trains rather than steam. A 1986 refresh was carried out in consultation with the Wembley History Society, the Thirties Society and the GLC. Its sister stations on either side, Sudbury Hill and Alperton, follow the same Holden pattern.
First and last trains from Sudbury Town
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piccadilly towards Rayners Lane or Uxbridge | 05:32 – 01:11 to Uxbridge | 05:32 – 01:11 to Uxbridge | 05:32 – 01:11 to Uxbridge | 07:04 – 00:16 to Uxbridge |
| Piccadilly towards Cockfosters, Acton Town or Arnos Grove | 05:20 to Acton Town – 01:01 to Acton Town | 05:20 to Acton Town – 01:01 to Acton Town | 05:20 to Acton Town – 01:01 to Acton Town | 06:53 to Acton Town – 00:26 to Acton Town |
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 7 Piccadilly trains an hour per direction from Sudbury Town, counting both directions separately.
Next stations from Sudbury Town
Running times between Sudbury Town and the adjoining stations, from TfL’s timetable.
| Line | Next station | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Piccadilly | Alperton | 2.7 min |
| Piccadilly | Sudbury Hill | 2.7 min |
Connections
Sudbury Town is served by the Piccadilly line only; there is no interchange with other rail lines here.
Station facilities
What is near Sudbury Town station
The main entrance faces Station Approach, with the forecourt known as Station Crescent, on the border between Brent and Ealing. The station serves Sudbury, the western part of Wembley, and has a car park. Note that the eastbound and westbound platforms are reached from different entrances. Barham Park Library is about 330 m away, and Sudbury & Harrow Road National Rail station lies around 350 m to the north.
| Place | Walk from the station |
|---|---|
| Barham Park Library | 330 m |