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PHOTO SOUTH EALING UNDERGROUND STATION THE STATION BUILDING. NOTE THE SMALL TOWER A TYPICAL HOLDEN FEATURE ONLY SMALLER. (PICCADILLY LINE) SOUTH EALING UNDERGROUND STATION (PICCADILLY LINE) 28 AUGUST 2026. THE ORIGINAL STATION WAS OPENED IN MAY 1883 BY THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY (KNOWN SIMPLY AS THE DISTRICT RAILWAY) ON ITS NEW EXTENSION FROM MILL HILL PARK (NOW ACTON TOWN) TO HOUNSLOW TOWN. IN JANUARY 1933 THE LONDON ELECTRIC RAILWAYS� PICCADILLY SERVICES WERE EXTENDED FROM ACTON TOWN TO HOUNSLOW WEST (THE TRACK BEING QUADRUPLED SO FAR AS NORTHFIELDS) CALLING AT SOUTH EALING. IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS THE LONDON PASSENGER TRANSPORT BOARD (FORMED IN JULY 1933) DECIDED TO TOTALLY REBUILD THE STATION BUT THEY ONLY GOT SO FAR AS PROVIDING A NEW SHELTER WAITING ROOM AND CANOPY ON THE EASTBOUND ISLAND PLATFORMS IN 1936 AND A TEMPORARY STATION BUILDING TO REPLACE THE ORIGINAL. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHO DESIGNED THIS BUT IT MAY HAVE BEEN STANLEY HEAPS THE UERL�S CHIEF ARCHITECT. IT WAS IN THE STREAMLINE MODERNE STYLE AS CHAMPIONED BY CHARLES HOLDEN CONSULTANT ARCHITECT TO THE LPTB. THE DISTRICT LINE SERVICE WAS WITHDRAWN IN OCTOBER 1964. THE STATION WAS AGAIN REBUILT IN 1983 REFLECTING THE STYLE OF HOLDEN�S STATIONS. AT THE SAME TIME A SMALL CANOPY WAS PROVIDED ON THE WESTBOUND ISLAND PLATFORM AS A MINIATURE VERSION OF THAT ON THE EASTBOUND PLATFORM. FURTHER THE STATION WAS REFURBISHED IN 2006. PICTURED IS THE STATION BUILDING. NOTE THE SMALL TOWER A TYPICAL HOLDEN FEATURE ONLY SMALLER. COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) H LLEWELYNPHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS
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