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The deep-level station was opened by the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway (BS&WR, later the Bakerloo line) on 1 December 1913 as the temporary terminus of its extension from Edgware Road. [10] To enable the BS&WR to continue its route to the north-west of Paddington, the station platforms were constructed in a tight curve. [17]
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 ...
Paddington (/ ˈ p æ d ɪ ŋ t ən /) is a London Underground station in Paddington, London. It is located adjacent to the north side of Paddington mainline station and has entrances from within the mainline station and from Paddington Basin .
Map of Zone 1 Underground stations, pre 2021. London is split into six approximately concentric zones. Zone 1 covers the West End, the Holborn district, Kensington, Paddington and the City of London, as well as Old Street, Angel, Pimlico, Tower Gateway, Aldgate East, Euston, Vauxhall, Elephant & Castle, Borough, London Bridge, Earl's Court, Marylebone, Edgware Road, Lambeth North and Waterloo.
Although the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines station at Paddington is on the other side of the main line station to the Bakerloo, Circle and District lines station, it is shown as a single station on the current Tube map, but still counted as two in the official station count. It has been shown as two separate stations at different times in ...
London Paddington station; the Great Western Hotel; St Mary's Hospital 51°31′1.2″N 0°10′23″W / 51.517000°N 0.17306°W / 51.517000; -0.17306 Praed Street ( / p r eɪ d / ) is a street in Paddington , west London, in the City of Westminster , most notable for being the location of London Paddington station and St Mary's ...
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)
Many of the principal central London stations are managed by Network Rail and together form a London station group. Most other stations are managed by the train operating company that provides the majority of services at the station. The London Underground is the manager of some stations that are also served by heavy rail services.