Acton Central
378220 with a London Overground service from Richmond to Stratford arriving at Acton Central station, opened in 1853, on 9th February 2019. When this station was part of the Broad Street to Richmond line, it was listed for closure in the infamous Beeching Report of 1963 but the line was reprieved, after much opposition from local residents, in 1966. It would have been madness to have closed an orbital suburban line that gets passengers from suburb to suburb quicker than any of the English Capital's buses can. Broad Street did, however, close in 1986 and this part of today's London Overground network runs to Stratford along a reopened section of the eastern part of the North London Railway through the Hackney district of east London that had closed following war damage in 1944 and now carries more passengers than it ever did. Beeching must be spinning in his grave or at least hanging his head in shame for ever having had the audacity to propose the line for closure in the first place.
Location: Acton Central
Original line: North and South Western Junction Railway
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: London Overground Class 378 units 2010-2023
Date: 09/02/2019
Image number: 67667
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