Paddington station
Paddington railway station,[3] also known as London Paddington,[4] is the main National Rail and London Underground station in northwest central London. It also has access to the Elizabeth Line.
| London Paddington | |
.jpg) The Victorian train shed at Paddington at Night | |
| Location | Paddington |
|---|---|
| Local authority | City of Westminster |
| Managed by | Network Rail |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Station code | PAD |
| DfT category | A |
| Number of platforms | 13 |
| Accessible | Yes [1] |
| Fare zone | 1 |
| OSI | Paddington Bakerloo, Circle and District lines station  [2]Paddington Circle and Hammersmith & City lines station Marylebone  Lancaster Gate |
| Cycle parking | Yes |
| Toilet facilities | Yes |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 4 June 1838 | Temporary station opened |
| 29 May 1854 | Permanent station opened |
| Other information | |
| Lists of stations | |
| External links | |
The site is old. It has been as the London end of the Great Western Railway and its successors since 1838. Much of the current mainline station dates from 1854, and was made by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The site was first served by Underground trains in 1863, and was the first western end-point of the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground railway.
The station now has an extra job as the London end point for the Heathrow Express airport service. Paddington is in Travelcard Zone 1.
Services
Rail
The fast services are run by First Great Western. The main stations for the services are shown below:[5]
| Journeys in 2007/08 (million) | |
|---|---|
| Reading | 4.0 |
| Didcot Parkway | 1.1 |
| Swindon | 1.0 |
| Bristol Temple Meads | 0.9 |
| Bath Spa | 0.8 |
| Cardiff Central | 0.7 |
| Bristol Parkway | 0.6 |
| Newbury | 0.6 |
| Exeter St Davids | 0.4 |
| Chippenham | 0.4 |
There are also trains to Slough, Ealing, Heathrow Airport and Maidenhead.[6]
One train from Paddington goes to Heathrow Airport that being the Heathrow Express which travels to Heathrow airport and doesn't stop at any stations along the way.[7]
Underground
Below are the lines and main stations on the line:
- Bakerloo line services:[8]
- Edgware Road
- Oxford Circus
- Charings Cross
- Waterloo
- Wembley
- Circle line services:[9]
- Kings Cross
- Liverpool street
- Blackfrias
- Victoria
- Westminster
- District line services:[10]
- Earls Court
- Notting Hill Gate
National Rail
The National Rail part is named London Paddington, a name used outside London, but not by many people who live there. Parts of the station, like the main train shed, were built in 1854 by Isambard Kingdom Brunel as the London end point for the Great Western Railway (GWR). Today, it is one of 18 UK railway stations looked after by Network Rail.[11]
Paddington has 14 end platforms, numbered 1 to 14. Platforms 1 to 8 are below the oldest three parts of Brunel's 1854 train shed, and platforms 9 to 12 are below the fourth part. Platforms 13 and 14 are within the Metropolitan Railway's old Bishop's Road station to the north-west. There are two through platforms, 15 and 16, used by the London Underground's Hammersmith & City and Circle lines.[12]
| Paddington (Praed Street) | ||||
| Preceding station |  London Underground
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
towards Harrow & Wealdstone
|
Bakerloo line | towards Elephant & Castle
|
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towards Hammersmith (via Tower Hill)
|
Circle line | Subsurface station towards Inner Circle
|
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towards Wimbledon
|
District line | |||
| Paddington (Suburban) | ||||
| Preceding station | London Underground
|
Following station | ||
towards Hammersmith
|
Circle line | towards Inner Circle
|
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| Hammersmith & City line | towards Barking
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Paddington Station Media
The layout of Paddington Station in 1888
The Praed Street facade of the Great Western Hotel (now the Hilton London Paddington)
The statue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
The concourse at rush hour
Paddington station Elizabeth Line platforms seen on 25th May 2022, one day after opening. Temporary terminus until "Autumn 2022".
The statue of Paddington Bear
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References
- ↑ "London and South East" (PDF). Rail Map for People with Reduced Mobility. National Rail. September 2006. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
{{cite web}}: External link in|work= - ↑ "Out of Station Interchanges" (XLS). Transport for London. May 2011. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012.
- ↑ "Stations Run by Network Rail". Network Rail. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ↑ "Station Codes". National Rail. Archived from the original on 25 November 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ↑ "Great Western Route Utilisation Study" (PDF). Figure 3.10. Network Rail. March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
- ↑ Paddington Archived 2012-01-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 4 July 2012
- ↑ "Our Company". Heathrow Express. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ↑ Bakerloo Line services Archived 2012-03-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 4 July 2012
- ↑ Circle Line services Archived 2012-04-28 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 4 2012
- ↑ District Line services Archived 2012-01-14 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 4 2012
- ↑ Network Rail Archived 2012-09-01 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 17 July 2012
- ↑ "Paddington - Station Guide" (PDF). Network Rail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2008. Retrieved 15 July 2012.