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Greenford station is a London Underground and National Rail station in Greenford in west London . Greenford is the terminus of National Rail's '''Greenford branch''', and is in Travelcard Zone 4 . The London Underground platforms are served by trains on the Central Line , on which it is located between Perivale and Northolt stations. Greenford station is above ground level and has an island platform layout, with access up from the booking hall to the platforms. It is unique on the London Underground in two ways; firstly since it is the only station that has an escalator up to the platform level and secondly it is the last remaining wooden escalator in service on the network. A third centre Bay Platform between the Central Line platforms hosts the Greenford branch service, which is operated by the First Great Western train operating company. The next station on this line is South Greenford and the line connects with the Great Western Main Line at West Ealing , although most trains run through to and from Paddington . The line between Greenford and Ealing Broadway line also carries freight services from the main lines out of Paddington, and occasional passenger services on diversion; both these can be observed from the Tube platforms. In addition, also visible is one of the few remaining semaphore signal installations in London; this is part of the unmodernised signalling on the adjacent line eastbound from Northolt Junction towards Paddington. The original Greenford station, which was main line only, was opened by the Great Western Railway on 1 October 1904 . The present station was built as part of the extension to the Central Line carried out under the LPTB's 1935-40 New Works plan, but only completed after the Second World War ; it was opened on 30 June 1947 . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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