The station is situated in a cutting with the ticket office at street level.

The station was opened by the District Railway (DR, now the District line) on 9 September 1874 as 'North End (Fulham)'[8][9] when it opened its extension from Earl's Court to Hammersmith.

At that time the next station west was Hammersmith - Barons Court did not open until 1905.

On 5 May 1878, The Midland Railway began running a circuitous service known as the "Super Outer Circle" from St Pancras to Earl's Court via Cricklewood and South Acton.

It operated over a now disused connection between the NLR and the London and South Western Railway's branch to Richmond (now part of the District line).