Paddington station

Paddington
London Paddington
The Victorian train shed at Paddington at Night
Paddington Location of Paddington in Central London
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
Fare zone	1
OSI	Paddington Bakerloo, Circle and District lines station Paddington Circle and Hammersmith & City lines station Marylebone Lancaster Gate Kilburn High Road {{rail-interchange|london|overground]]
Cycle parking	Yes
Toilet facilities	Yes
National Rail annual entry and exit
2013–14	35.09 million
2014–15	35.72 million
2015–16	36.54 million
2016–17	35.84 million
Railway companies
Original company	Great Western Railway
Key dates
4 June 1838	Temporary station opened
29 May 1854	Permanent station opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°31′02″N 0°10′39″W / 51.5173°N 0.1774°W / 51.5173; -0.1774

Paddington railway station, also known as London Paddington, is a National Rail and London Underground station in Paddington in northwest central London. It also has access to the Elizabeth Line.

The site of the station 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 station is also site to the Thames Tunnel, opened in 1843. The site was first served by London 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

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.

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.

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	Paddington (Praed Street)
Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Warwick Avenue towards Harrow & Wealdstone		Bakerloo line		Edgware Road towards Elephant & Castle
Bayswater towards Hammersmith (via Tower Hill)		Circle line		Edgware Road Subsurface station Terminus
Bayswater towards Wimbledon		District line
	Paddington (Suburban)
Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Royal Oak towards Hammersmith		Circle line		Edgware Road towards Edgware Road (via Aldgate)
		Hammersmith & City line		Edgware Road towards Barking

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