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	327	221
Didcot Parkway	203	196	139
Swindon	162	147	95
Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3	161	160	175
Maidenhead	92	70	57
Twyford	90	68	54
Slough	79	72	59
Oxford	75	70	53
Bristol Temple Meads	70	68	36
Cholsey	70	50	20
Goring & Streatley	70	50	20
Pangbourne	70	50	20
Tilehurst	70	50	20
Bath Spa	68	67	36
Chippenham	68	67	36
Bristol Parkway	65	46	41
Cardiff Central	62	40	30
Newport	62	40	30
Taunton	55	53	35
Exeter St Davids	53	45	36
Newbury	53	13	14
Newton Abbot	47	41	34
Bridgend	44	37	28
Neath	44	37	28
Port Talbot Parkway	44	37	28
Swansea	44	37	28
Plymouth	42	33	30
Worcester Shrub Hill	41	33	29
Charlbury	40	33	29
Evesham	40	33	29
Kingham	40	33	29
Moreton-in-Marsh	40	33	29
Hanborough	39	33	28
Pershore	37	33	29
Honeybourne	36	33	29
Totnes	35	29	29
Tiverton Parkway	35	30	26
Thatcham	33	0	0
Theale	33	0	0
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 3 March 2027

From 3 March 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
Ladbroke Grove · 2.0 miles
Primrose Hill · 2.0 miles
St. Quintin Park and Wormwood Scrubs · 2.2 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.