"Northolt station, 1978." View SSE from Mandeville Road: in the foreground is the ex-GWR station on the Acton -Northolt (New North Main) Line, the 1903 new Paddington - Birmingham route. This had a local passenger service along here until 27/11/48, when the West Ruislip Extension of the LPTB Central Line opened - seen here on the far side, and the present London Underground station for Northolt was built just to the right, on the other side of Mandeville Road. This scene is puzzling, as nothing like it is there at the present day (2013): the older houses on the left do not seem to have survived and in 1978 the ex-GWR station, which had already been closed nearly 30 years before and was only a Halt until 1929, looks substantial and possibly even in use.