London Paddington train station

London Paddington is a major interchange: 140 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Bond Street, with 664 trains a day.

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• 140 direct destinations
• 3rd busiest in Britain
• Staffed full time
• Step-free throughout
• 152 parking spaces
• 7 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from London Paddington

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

and 100 more stations, each served less often.

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Lines serving London Paddington

London Paddington is on the Great Western Main Line and the Elizabeth Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through London Paddington station, hour by hour

No freight is booked through or alongside London Paddington station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.

How busy London Paddington station 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.

Sundays

Sunday is a different railway here: 111 stations instead of 140, a drop of about 21%. Saturday runs to 121.

Nearest other stations

• London Marylebone 0.8 miles
• Bond Street 1.3 miles
• Kilburn High Road 1.5 miles
• Queen's Park 1.7 miles
• South Hampstead 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
• Ladbroke Grove · 2.0 miles
• Primrose Hill · 2.0 miles
• St. Quintin Park and Wormwood Scrubs · 2.2 miles

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Facilities at London Paddington station

London Paddington is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.

Ticket office: Monday: 06:10 to 22:15 · Sunday: 07:00 to 22:15

Toilets · WiFi

Parking at London Paddington station

• Station Car Park 152 spaces, 7 accessible

From National Rail's station record, last updated 10 September 2026.

Getting to London Paddington station

London Paddington station is in Westminster, London, and is run by Network Rail.

The nearest motorway junction is M1 J1 (Staples Corner), 4.4 miles north-west.

7 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Paddington Station / Eastbourne Terrace.

London Paddington is inside the London Travelcard area.

Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.

London Paddington station elsewhere

• National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
• Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
• Wikipedia the station's history
• OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from

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