London Paddington railway station

London Paddington is a major interchange: 119 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Reading, with 403 trains a day.

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Address: Praed Street, London, W2 1HQ

Direct trains from London Paddington

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Reading	403	372	237
Didcot Parkway	202	214	155
Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3	161	160	182
Swindon	161	147	98
Maidenhead	92	88	44
Twyford	90	86	41
Slough	79	90	69
Oxford	75	73	54
Bristol Temple Meads	70	68	36
Cholsey	70	68	33
Goring & Streatley	70	68	33
Pangbourne	70	68	33
Tilehurst	70	68	33
Bath Spa	69	67	36
Chippenham	68	67	36
Bristol Parkway	65	46	46
Cardiff Central	62	40	35
Newport	62	40	35
Newbury	55	41	14
Exeter St Davids	51	46	38
Taunton	51	52	35
Newton Abbot	45	41	36
Bridgend	44	37	28
Neath	44	37	28
Port Talbot Parkway	44	37	28
Swansea	44	37	28
Worcester Shrub Hill	41	33	29
Charlbury	40	33	29
Evesham	40	33	29
Kingham	40	33	29
Moreton-in-Marsh	40	33	29
Plymouth	40	33	32
Hanborough	39	33	28
Pershore	37	33	29
Honeybourne	36	33	29
Thatcham	35	27	0
Theale	35	27	0
Tiverton Parkway	35	30	26
Totnes	34	29	30
Worcester Foregate Street	33	32	27

and 79 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy London Paddington is

69,897,084 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 3rd busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 3,848,407 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between London Paddington and Tottenham Court Road than any other pair: 7,219,052 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.

Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.

Changing from 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, London Paddington loses 1 including Newquay.

Nearest other stations

Paddington 0.1 miles
London Marylebone 0.8 miles
Bond Street 1.3 miles
Kilburn High Road 1.5 miles
Queen's Park 1.7 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of London Paddington, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Edgware Road · 0.4 miles
Great Portland Street · 1.5 miles
South Kensington · 1.6 miles
Queen's Park station, Brent, London · 1.7 miles
Queen's Park · 1.7 miles
Ladbroke Grove · 2.0 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.