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There is a fictional underground Paddington station on the North London System in the novel The Horn of Mortal Danger (1980). [112] Paddington station was the subject of William Powell Frith's 1862 painting The Railway Station. The portrait was viewed by over 21,000 people (paying a shilling each) in the first seven weeks of its being publicly ...
The station was the second opened by the MR at Paddington. The earlier station, named Paddington (Bishop's Road), opened on 10 January 1863. [10] It is north of the mainline station and is served by trains on the Hammersmith branch. From 1 November 1926, the MR provided all Inner Circle services. [10]
Entrance from the mainline station. In December 2009, Circle line services began serving the station. Originally operating as a loop-line using tracks constructed by the MR and the DR and serving only the station in Praed Street, the Circle line's route was altered to include the Hammersmith branch to increase train frequency on the branch and improve the regularity of Circle line trains.
Platforms on a brand-new London train line were briefly evacuated at Paddington Station just hours after the line’s grand opening on Tuesday, May 24.This footage shows passengers evacuating the ...
Paddington station was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The permanent building opened in 1854. Paddington Bear was also named after the station; in Michael Bond's 1958 book A Bear Called Paddington, Paddington is found at the station by the Brown family.
Paddington tube station may refer to one of two London Underground stations serving Paddington mainline station that are shown as a single station on the tube map: Paddington tube station (Bakerloo, Circle and District lines) Paddington tube station (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines)
News of a fatality at Slough station reaches Swindon control room leading to a line closure to allow emergency services access. A Thai princess takes a tour of Paddington. Thieves have raided a scrap yard and used the track to escape.
The Queen arrives at Paddington aboard one of GWR new Intercity Express Trains. At Reading station, Revenue Protection Officer Lyn has to call for back-up when a fare-dodger makes a run for it. 6