The New West Ealing / Acton Main Line Stations
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 พ.ค. 2021
- Three more stations on TfL Rail out west have gone step free, and two of them have got impressive new stations entrances to go along with them. Crossrail's #ElizabethLine is coming along nicely, so I went for a look at Hanwell, West Ealing and Acton Main Line to see what work had been done.
It's fun to go back and watch "Least Used ... Acton Main Line" from December 2019, when the works were still taking place, for a comparison: • Acton Main Line - Leas...
Ealing Times on Hanwell Station: www.ealingtimes.co.uk/news/19...
TfL Press Release on Acton Main Line: tfl-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/...
So when the TfL Press Office invite me down for these sorts of things, they always try and stay out of shot - as they have to buy donuts/cakes for the rest of their team in the office if they accidentaly get on camera. So there's always a bit of a cat-and-mouse game between us when i try and get them IN SHOT at some surreptitious moment. I think they're safe at the moment though as their whole team are still all working from home (Covid) so i didn't cost the nice press man a box of donuts .... this time. ;-)
Even before you pointed him out you could see his reflection in the lift doors before you got in.
i need your mask! best one ever!!! #purpletrain
Is there a difference between the purple trains and the orange ones? 🤔 They both run on proper size railways, have overhead power lines, and are both administered by the TfL, right? So why different colours?😄
@@martinnyberg9295 Fares ?
@@highpath4776 Dunno 🤷 I haven’t been to London in 25 years (TfL wasn’t even a thing) but I would be surprised if there is not a common fare system for the whole shebang.
18 steps from main ticket hall to overbridge at West Ealing.
That's equivalent to a 15 storey building 👍
All that is missing is the sign to say so!
@@GAMcIlwraith Nurtz, beat me to it.
Nope
@@theawesomegamer6204yes it is??
I like how the construction barriers outside west ealing station are also purple. 😁
Yess 😁😁 💜
why can i sense the eye roll from viki as Geoff brings home a full BR double arrow for the bathroom,
Haha why not? I would. I know some road enthusiasts back in 2006 who bought back signs from a downgraded motorway (the A6144 (M)) after asking the Highway Agency. If TfL were really nice then we would all have them on our living room walls :D
The MBTA (Boston USA metro) sells off their old signs when they renovate stations, people will pay a few hundred dollars for those things
I live the way how they separated National Rail platforms and Elizabeth ones visually in the passenger information system in West Ealing, it's clean and legible
The white soffit at the new entrance of West Ealing and Acton Mainline was done by my family firm. It was installed last year. My dad did most of the design for these stations (the soffit only). I was much more involved with some other stations. These 2 stations have a blended seamless system. The seamless system for the later stations are using a triangular pattern to achieve the same thing. So for all these stations the white soffits look like one piece, but are composed of a number of smaller panels. The material used is GRP.
awesome stuff! lovely work. from an ealing resident
Hanwell is a very nice station, great to see it's been sensitively modernised, something we're so much better at now than back in the 60s and 70s
Now 'Purple Rain' is playing in my head...Thanks Geoff!!
Used to live 5 minutes from West Ealing station, and I am amazed at how it has changed. Grew up there in the 50s and 60s, and used to play on the roof of the shops just round the corner, which I presume is now the new entrance.
'I think someone will come later and deactivate these'
Now you've pointed it out I suppose they will 😄
Don't bank on it. It all gets forgotten over a cup of railway tea and a box of donuts from Geoff. Lol 😊
Maybe he can have the validator for his bathroom? Possibly turn it into a cabinet or loo roll dispenser?
I'll be the one to do that
A lot of allotments located in London leave little to love.
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lol ...
The West Ealing Station looks brilliant!
Its a station, calm down
when you asked about the sign for your bathroom it sounded like Chris the engineer replying
7:44 This joke made my doves cry :-)
I really enjoy these updates to the transport infrastructure even though I’m unlikely to visit them! But it is great to see the improvements to stations.
Loved "we're stealing" in the auto captions for West Ealing.
to England will I steal, and there I'll steal
I never knew about Hanwell station but it looks really classy. Old the Victorians would put a fireplace in a station waiting room! Very nice renovation done on it. I hope they are able to keep it looking that good!
Hanwell is well worth a visit. Great views of the viaduct from the park next door and they also have a small "zoo" with Flamingos, meerkats and leamas.
I like the way they've fused together the old structures with the new upgrades in these stations.
West Ealing, for a while, had about 4 or 5 different TOC style signs on the platforms... - old NSE stuff hanging around, FGW Link style, New GWR style and then the temporary TfL style. I'm assuming they've all been covered over by TfL
Well. My old stomping ground, has really changed. Hmmm, not sure if I like the new look,but these stations did need a revamp. Thanks for the video Geoff. - A "Prince" amongst men..... I'll get my coat.
Any stations renamed ? formlery know as indeed per the West Ealing full name in shot but not referred to.
@@highpath4776 No, but Hanwell still has one or two signs on the platforms reading the old name "Hanwell and Elthorne.."
Hi Geoff! I absolutely LOVE your videos. Keep up the great work :D
Solid work as ever, Geoff! Thankfully I'm blessed enough to drive these platforms most days as a trainee driver for the purp line, but its amazing to see people like yourselves giving crossrail the exposure it deserves, it really is an awesome project and will be a great addition to the map! The people deserve an amazing line after the patience shown in waiting for the line to be fully finished. :) keep up the amazing videos, been a fan for a long time, and a long time to come hopefully! :)
thanks Martin, very kind. I came away from filming this thinking “you know what it DOES actually feel like it’s all coming together now” and it will be here before we know it. Hope to see you on a test train soon!
@@geofftech2 likewise! I'll be sure to say hi! And also nice to see you finally come to my local town and do the croxley link for episode 14 of "Londons" lost railways. As for the ebury way part at the end, you say there's not much to see but there's actually still part of the narrow gauge railway in place that ran to the croxley Mills if you know where to look ;)
Love the attention to detail at Hanwell station. Great work!
Thanks Geoff - I have been watching this channel for about 6 months now...... The thing is, I didn't even know I was interested in the railways, but I find all this stuff fascinating !!
Welcome aboard john! :-)
That bench next to the lift is so cute and that waiting room is adorable
Nice, Geoff. Enjoyed that. It is great to keep up from New Zealand.
I just love the way Geoff presses the lift buttons with such gumption!! He even punches the door of the Cross Purp Eliz Line Train at 10:01!! Love it! Keep up the great work!
This is a good response to those who think one; that rail service can't be easy, and two; just how much work goes in to making things easy for rail customers to use! The area around London is almost impossibly hard to reconfigure; there are an incredible number of below ground water and sewage pipes and electrical pathways to dig around, and properties that can't be disturbed or are too expensive to work around. The modern system is thus stuck with the original route and all that can be done is upgrade the old stations and track bed. That they have done such a great job is a tribute to their ingenuity and efforts!
I remember the "old" station being built by NSE in the mid 80s. I also remember the "old old" station before that when platform 4 was the other side (towards London) of the road bridge and you had to walk along a narrow walkway under the bridge to get to it. No bay platform then of course, that area was used as a milk train siding. There was a dairy on Manor Road called Craddocks. They used to deliver us milk.
When we’re finally able to travel to London, we’re planning to stay in Ealing, so I appreciated the tour around the new station!
Finally,,,, this has been so long awaited I thought it would never happen 😱
I had a paper round in the evenings.i would cycle to hanwell and pick up a load of evening papers from the train.
Cycle back to puddlecombs shop in Boston road.he would sort out the papers,I would then go and deliver them all.
Happy days .
What I like about these videos is that Geoff is the only one who really showcases a passion for modern transport infrastructure bits across the UK, & now here, in my hometown of Ealing. If no-one else does it, he's certainly the person to do it.
Watched the Acton Main Line Least Used video and now I can’t get MMMBop out of my head... Thanks Geoff! Seriously though, keep up the good work!
Ah, I was there just last weekend (hanwell)! I think it’s lovely - so many modern features yet beautiful old platform signs etc.
Wow, how lovely. Great to see a cosy waiting room in a station !
Geoff, Hanwell Is My Favourite National Rail/Elizabeth Line Station, It's a very lovely station.
There 9 steps here and the Greenford Shuttle has arrive! Brilliant Geoff, love the editing as well, great video
Wow. Crossrail actually revealed their look a few months ago
Awesome! Acton Main Line is my local and I've been using it every single day since it's opened! It is SO much better now
Love this channel. Greetings from Des Moines, Iowa.
Love the new West Ealing station. It's so good! Well worth the wait.
Hi Geoff, wow. I know there’s controversy about the timelines going out the window, but the work really is beautiful - the care they took with Hanwell is wonderful.
Notice the original GWR brown/cream colours at Hanwell was a loverly touch.
pre-Grouping GWR colours, lovely ... isn't it?
Great video Geoff. Exciting times especially with lockdown restrictions lifting and the city hopefully getting back to normal.
4:45 - spotted the West Ealing roundel mat on the floor! Spotted your man's reflect at 6:24. Nice to see what they look like now, I feel a trip is required...
Could have done with that canopy in Feb 2019 when getting off the Ghost Train to wait for the Paddington service - it really chucked it down and had to try and shelter in that now disused stairwell!!
Spare footbridge ? Give it to Pilning, and spare lifts for Brigg please 😂
Very nice station.. I would definitely love to visit one day
The "old" West Ealing Station building stands on Drayton Green Road (Argyle Road starts at the fork to the north, the junction with Manor Road) and was built (IIRC) c1988. It replaced the original GWR station dating from when the line was built.
Along Manor Road, the redundant buildings backing on to the railway was series of shops one of which was a dairy which made milk deliveries with pedestrian operated electric floats. As a child I used to "help" one of the milkmen.
The new station stands on the site of the milk dock where milk was transferred from rail tanks into road tanks and is where I first went on the footplate of a steam loco. The dock closed, I think, in the 1960s.
On the downside (westbound) of the station where Waitrose now stands was a stone goods shed built to accommodate broad gauge vehicles. I think it was the last one although there is a timber shed at Didcot GWS depot. Westwards from the shed was a goods yard now occupied by industrial units.
thanks Roger! good info. i couldn''t tell where Argyel road finished and Drayton Green Road started, it's not obvious on Google Maps! sounds like you're a local and have great memories of the area ... what's it like seeing it nowadays with Crossrail coming in??
@@geofftech2 My grandparents moved into Drayton Gardens (two away from Manor Road) in 1934. My first paper round was with a newsagent just round the corner in The Avenue. Apart from a few years in the army, I lived in the area from 1959 until 1993.
I too remember the old old West Ealing Station and the milk train siding. The dairy was called Craddock's. A milkman called Wally used to deliver to us on Argyle Road.
@@michaelgeraghty4981 I was trying to remember the name of the dairyman. Thanks for the reminder.
Hanwell looks nice, I like the way they mixed old and new together.
I was around Ealing Broadway a few days ago and the construction of the brand new entrance there looks very nice so far and it's nearly complete. The outdoor shelter looks very good especially when it's raining heavily, people will make more space under that big shelter so they can stay dry. The step free access lifts to Platforms 3 and 4 are being tested and the cladding to the lift shafts are now been fitted which is fantastic. I'm really looking forward to seeing the new Station entrance at Ealing Broadway when it opens later this month or in June because it will benefit a lot of people and it will be more spacious than before.
Nice to bump into you at Acton Main line 😁
Hanwell where I grew up. Would walk past there on way to park but hardly ever went in.
I had a paper round
@@brianfield792 Worked weekends at the hotel by the station in the 60s.
Hanwell that is.
@@bobparsons77 Park Hotel? On the corner by the train bridge? That was at bottom of our road. Only remember going in there once as a kid for someone's birthday. They had a disco. In the early 80s while I was still going to St Joseph's school, that hotel "suddenly" had a fire and was pulled down. I remember the land stayed empty for a few years until eventually, permission for posh flats was granted. They are still there to this day. Used to carry on cutting through them while at high school but would occasionally get moaned at by the residents that it was private property and not a cut through.
Wow! What a change at West Ealing. Surely it will now be less confusing for passengers for Greenford finding their platform.
Better if the service ran to Ealing broadway then off to Clapham Junction.
Hanwell is Grade 2 listed, but they could workaround it to make it step free due to preserving the heritage
I remember when Hanwell was almost falling down and there was talk of demolishing it hence it was on the "heritage at risk" register. Geoff's shots show that TfL have done a nice job restoring it.
I feel like that last snippet in the video could have been edited (sans mask) into any of Geoff's previous Cross-Purp-Liz Line videos and it would still be accurate for the time of upload. It's been "a-coming" for a very long time! 😆
Most beautiful waiting room!
Great video Geoff! I haven’t been on a #PurpleTrain yet, but I hope to in the summer months!
the station is looking so good like other new station
Went to school behind Hanwell station. Part of an episode of Not Going Out was filmed at the back of the station. Men Behaving Badly was filmed not only in Ealing Broadway Centre but also outside the train station, the original entrance.
Always love the look of Hanwell station
I love seeing all the brick-build station buildings. They look so pleasantly traditional. Too much concrete and steel these days... *the very next scene* ... Ah, yes. I see what they've done here with the new station buildings. :\
Hanwell looking fine! One of my favourite stations
“Ready for when the full line is up and running”
So Never? Lol
Well they've started testing through the Central London tunnels....take a deep breath...😂😂😂
*CROSSPURPELIZ*. I have waited to hear that term used in common parlance again 😂
i can't remember if if "CrossPurpEliz" or "CrossElizPurp" now ... which did i say first ??
@@geofftech2 i remember it as crosslizpurp
@@geofftech2 Pretty sure it was CrossElizPurpRail
This type of content and any of the tube map videos, I think are the most enjoyable to watch
Great video Geoff ! will be down to ride the purple trains when it is fully open !
Hi Jeff
Are you are aware that the new ticket hall at Hayes and Harlington has now opened.
Apparently it opened yesterday 14th September 2021
Also have you been to Southall which also opened recently.
Keep up the excellent vlogs
Peter Williams
Nice video! The external lift is reminiscent of Shrewsbury.....
Hi Geoff, used to live in Ealing many, many years ago. Good to see the old stations revamped. I hear class 387/3s are going to cover for the Hitachi sets. Test run from Reading to Bristol Parkway made yesterday. I suppose the comfort cannot be any worse bearing in mind these are specified as outer suburban commuter trains. 😳
@1:28, a tiny, one person lift and a chair designed for a child. 🤔 @1:42, unlocked just for you. I don't see it being kept open with so few station staff on hand to keep an eye on potential vandas. West Ealing station is a vast improvement as is Acton Main Line. @9:29, bigger lift.
Thanks, Geoff for doing the footwork so we can enjoy your vids from the comfort of our armchair. 😊
love this 😄 would you ever do a video showing which stations have been spruced up with new bridges/ticket halls thanks to crossrail? can think of a fair few on the shenfield branch which probably did!!
I’ll never get over how much Geoff enjoys lifts, ALL THE LIFTS!
A lift is a train that goes vertically
I believe that as soon as COVID is over he’s going to visit all the lifts in Britain. Bit like “All the Stations” but lifts.
Can’t wait!!!
I remember the Greenford shuttle from when I lived a Greenford 30 years ago - back then it went all the way into Paddington.
Amazing transformation, thanks Geoff. Used to live in both (and commute into the centre from) West Ealing and Hanwell... proper name for Hanwell, btw, is 'Ealing without feeling' and I would prefer if you gave it its correct title in future please).
West Ealing was pokey and depressing and largely unpleasant to enter from Argyle Road... although incredible pub, Drayton Arms just across the road with monumental beer garden.
Hanwell used to be single entrance (the Station Approach access was, ironically, boarded up, meaning a huge detour along Church Road and under the bridge if approaching from Uxbridge Road side). The station was also painfully slow on Oyster take-up compared to most others in zone 3/4, but always largely charming to commute from.
'It's just a lift' says Geoff after making an 11 minute video about new lifts
I'm a recent arrival in Geoff/ATS world so forgive me if everyone says this but an all the heritage stations series would be a really nice way to celebrate when the pandemic lifts. Should help the heritage industry too.
"If only it was purple rain." The Prince of commentary. :)
That looks like an impressive fireplace in the waiting room. Nice to see it didn't get ripped out during the refurb but I think we'll have a bit of a wait before someone gets a fire going in it.
I was very favourably impressed with the waiting-room fireplace too
How I enjoy these videos. Miss London. Love tube 🚇
Was a crash in late 80s that end up near west Ealing station. When the carriages were removed from the track, they were laid into the Waitrose carpark that is next to the station.
Looking forward to seeing the West Ealing sign in your bathroom LOL LOL
Could you go to Taplow next? I went there last weekend and it looked great, apart from the small amount of works left! Bit of a shame to see that wonderful nostalgic footbridge go though, but the new one is nice and spacious.
On my website i have photos of all these stations before the refurbishment so sometime soon ill have to come and get new photos but I’ll probably wait until its all completely finished everywhere.
I like the way i found out more about the trail running with Geoff then crossrail's own website.
Nice bit of infrastructure there - good upgrades...
I am fifty two and grew up in Hanwell. In my lifetime this is now the third West Ealing station. The new station is located where the milk dock used to be.No one misses the Pressed Steel units.
At west Ealing Stn there used to be small shops at the side where the new part is a dry cleaners, car spares and mini cab office in the past
Still is, across the road! Minus car spares. Don't forget the greasy spoon café. Not sure where the Manor Road residential high-rise development has gotten to; haven't been following it the past year or so.
Does anyone else here want them to actually officially name that line 'CrossPurpEliz'... just because?
I remember the old West Ealing station as my uncle used to live near, he died in 1981 that was the last time I ever went near there...
Awesome
Hanwell looks a beautiful station, love all the retro feel of so many GWR stations, especially Birmingham Moor St.
I'll probably do West Ealing on a day I do all the stations on the Greenford branch, maybe also some more TfL Rail stations on that day too. Can't wait to spend more time in London on the railways and tube.
I did Acton Main Line when I did Ealing Broadway a couple of years ago. TfL Rail 345 from Paddington to AML and back, then GWR 387 to Ealing Broadway before heading back into central london on the Central line (why is the labyrinth at West Acton still not there, 2 years on from my previous visit?)
Managed to get to a train out of Hanwell without a bird exploding! 👏👏👏
Nice!!
Google Maps is still showing the entrance as being in Argyle Road since you asked :-) I've updated it to what seems to be more or less the correct place. I'm sure people who are more local than me will have done so too.
That looks amazing Geoff i should put that on my channel
Cheers Geoff
So is Redcar British Steel now a disused station for Paul and Rebecca to visit???
Will be difficult as its surrounded by Private Land...!
@@delboy7039 the station as it is still exists but a train journey from Middlesbrough to Redcar should enable a non stop visit.
I can just about remember when West Ealing had staggered platforms, with the eastbound platform to the east of the road bridge. Never got out there then, so I don't know what it looked like at street level, but I'm guessing from its brickwork double-arrows that the 'old' station building dates from the previous station rebuild when that platform was moved. According to Wikipedia that rebuild was 'by early 1990', and the 'old' station building was built in 1987, so it is less than 35 years old!.
Some nice educational local history posters would be a good addition for the waiting rooms.
That chair at 1:29 is for the moment the Help point puts you on hold for ETERNITY!!!
West Ealing is my local station and I’m still not used to the new entrance!
Found myself heading to the old one multiple times now and have to turn around.
The new ticket hall is really nice though