[10] The new station was designed by Charles Holden[10] in a modern European geometric style using brick, reinforced concrete and glass.

[17] On 23 June 1903 the District Railway tracks extended north of Acton Town to a new station at Park Royal & Twyford Abbey which became the first of the Underground's surface lines to use electric traction instead of steam with the Acton Town – Ealing Common section also electrified.

Part of a dismantled bridge where the shuttle crossed Bollo Lane remains near the entrance to Acton Works[22] On 4 July 1932, the Piccadilly line was extended west from its original terminus at Hammersmith and shared the route with the District line to Ealing Common.

[10] The new station was designed by Charles Holden[10] in a modern European geometric style using brick, reinforced concrete[7] and glass.

From the ticket hall enclosed stairs descend to the platforms under integral concrete canopies on paired piers in alternating broad and narrow bay formation.

[10] A part of the narrow bays is infilled by kiosks, integral poster boards, roundel signs and fixed seating.

[7] The stated reason for why it should be listed was: Reinforced concrete post and lintel construction with red brick infill, some load-bearing.

Symmetrical almost square and double-height ticket hall flanked by kiosks on bridge, from which parade of shops descends to Bollo Lane with secondary entrance under stepped boxed lighting to the rear.

Ticket hall gives on to complex access area with open frame construction, whence enclosed stairs descend to platforms under integral concrete.

The narrow bays part infilled by kiosks, integral poster boards, roundel signs and fixed seating.

[9] The run between Acton Town and Hammersmith spans nearly three miles – the longest distance between stops on the Piccadilly line.

[30] Since 16 December 2016, Acton Town is also served by Night Tube trains between Cockfosters and Heathrow Terminal 5.

[32] On 25 March 1993, a woman named Jean Bradley was stabbed to death by a man after leaving Acton Town tube station.

[36] Since the fire, witnesses in the area have described the roof as burned and partially caved in, though the damage to the abandoned Platform 5 itself is unknown.