Paddington | |
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London Paddington | |
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 Paddington Circle and Hammersmith & City lines station Marylebone Lancaster Gate [2] |
Cycle parking | Yes |
Toilet facilities | Yes |
National Rail annual entry and exit | |
2013–14 | 35.09 million[3] |
2014–15 | 35.72 million[3] |
2015–16 | 36.54 million[3] |
2016–17 | 35.84 million[3] |
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 | |
WGS84 | 51°31′02″N 0°10′39″W / 51.5173°N 0.1774°W |
Paddington railway station,[4] also known as London Paddington,[5] is the main National Rail and London Underground station in northwest central London. It also has access to the Elizabeth Line.
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.