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 | |
| 240px 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 | |
.jpg){kind=link}
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]
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).. |
| Paddington (Praed Street) | ||||
| Preceding station | London Underground
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
towards Harrow & Wealdstone
| Bakerloo line | towards Elephant & Castle
|
||
towards Hammersmith (via Tower Hill)
| Circle line | Subsurface station towards Inner Circle
|
||
towards Wimbledon
| District line | |||
| Paddington (Suburban) | ||||
| Preceding station | London Underground
|
Following station | ||
towards Hammersmith
| Circle line | towards Inner Circle
|
||
| Hammersmith & City line | towards Barking
|
Paddington Station Media
- DISTRICT(1888) p140 - Paddington Station (plan).jpg
The layout of Paddington Station in 1888
- Hilton London Paddington.jpg
The Praed Street facade of the Great Western Hotel (now the Hilton London Paddington)
- Jagger GWR memorial1.jpg
- Paddington - GWR 43187 meets Brunel.JPG
The statue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- Paddington Station rush hour.jpg
The concourse at rush hour
- A Class 387 Heathrow Express EMU and Hitachi GWR Bullet Train In Paddington Station.jpg
- Paddington Pergola (52130213007).jpg
An entrance to the Elizabeth line station, with the canopy above
- Paddington station Elizabeth Line 25th May 2022 41.jpg
Paddington station Elizabeth Line platforms seen on 25th May 2022, one day after opening. Temporary terminus until "Autumn 2022".
References
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Paddington Archived 2012-01-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 4 July 2012
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).