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The Greenford Branch Line is a Network Rail suburban railway line in west London, England. It runs northerly from a triangular junction with the Great Western Main Line west of West Ealing to a central bay platform at Greenford station which is also on the London Underground Central line. A triangular junction near Greenford connects to the Acton-Northolt Line (formerly the New North Main Line). The line serves mainly the suburbs of Ealing and Greenford. It is one of the few remaining true branch lines in the Greater London area. The passenger service is provided by Great Western Railway.〔(http://www.gwr.com ) - www.gwr.com〕 Trains from the branch continue on the Great Western Main Line to reach Paddington, typically in 24 minutes, and call at the three intermediate stations: West Ealing, Ealing Broadway and . All services are operated with two-car Class 165 Turbo diesel trains. There is no Sunday service. ==History== The opening of the line in 1903 coincided with the opening of a station at Park Royal on the Acton-Northolt Line to serve the Royal Agricultural Show held in the grounds of part of the Twyford Abbey Estate.〔(www.brent-heritage.co.uk ) - Twyford & Park Royal〕〔(www.british-history.ac.uk ) - West Twyford〕 The Show ran from 15 June 1903 to 4 July 1903 during which period trains operated a circular service to and from Paddington via Park Royal and Ealing. Normal services started on 2 May 1904 and the links to Greenford station were put in on 1 October 1904. The loop formed by the GWML, the branch and the ANL is sometimes used for turning trains for operational reasons such as balancing wheel wear. On weekends in 2008 during engineering works on the West Coast Main Line the line was used by Virgin Trains' Euston-Birmingham International "Blockade Buster" service which ran to Euston via Willesden, Acton Main Line, Ealing Broadway, Greenford, High Wycombe, Banbury and Coventry using pairs of 5-car Voyager sets. On two Sundays in February 2010, Chiltern and Wrexham & Shropshire trains were diverted to Paddington via the line while engineering work blocked the route to Marylebone. Locally the service is called the 'Push-and-pull', a term which dates from the days of steam, when the engine could not change ends at Greenford and so the locomotive pulled the carriages one way and pushed them on the return run (see GWR Autocoach). In the 1950s the service frequently ran with two auto-trailers, one either side of the engine. During the 1960s and '70s the service was normally operated by a 'Bubble Car' two-carriage diesel railcar. NSE later reduced it to a single carriage. As , and have short platforms only two-car trains can be used.〔Trackmaps 3, Dia. 19A〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Greenford Branch Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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