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The band Supertramp used Paddington station to record the train sounds featured in the song "Rudy" on the 1974 album Crime of the Century. [113] There is a documentary television series about Paddington station on Channel 5 called Paddington Station 24/7. [114]
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]
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.
Paddington is an area in the City of Westminster, in central London, England. [1] A medieval parish then a metropolitan borough of the County of London, it was integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965. Paddington station, designed by the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel opened in 1847.
Paddington is the main London terminus for trains from south Wales and the West of England. This is a list of the 356 heavy rail passenger stations in and around London , England (340 being within the boundary of Greater London ) where London area ticketing applies.
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.
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)
The London station group is a group of 18 railway stations served by the National Rail network in central London, England. The group contains all 14 terminal stations in central London, either serving major national services or local commuter routes, and 4 other through-stations that are considered terminals for ticketing purposes.