It is on the Uxbridge branch of the Piccadilly line between Park Royal and Ealing Common stations.

West Acton station on the Central line is located about 550 metres to the east at the other end of Queen's Drive.

This new extension was, together with the existing tracks between Ealing Common and Acton Town, the first section of the Underground's surface lines to be electrified and operate electric instead of steam trains.

North Ealing was the only station on the South Harrow branch not rebuilt in the 1930s to the "Holden" style for the start of the Piccadilly Line service.

A 1930s railway sub-station is built alongside the Eastbound platform and is typical of the LPTB brick and concrete architectural style of the period.