Paddington Station
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| Address | Praed St, Paddington, London, UK |
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| Construction started | 1852 |
| Opened | May 29, 1854 |
| Phone | +44 345 711 4141 |
| Managed by | Network Rail |
| Architects | Isambard Kingdom Brunel |
| Matthew Digby Wyatt | |
| Did you know | As an alternative rail terminal to Chiltern, Railways Paddington is the alternate rail terminal to the town of Birmingham when Marylebone station is not open to the public. |
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| ID | 860524 |
About Paddington Station
Paddington, also known as London Paddington, is a Central London railway terminus and London Underground station complex, located on Praed Street in the Paddington area. The site has been the London terminus of services provided by the Great Western Railway and its successors since 1838.
Where is the Paddington Station
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Elizabeth line: Central section sees one million journeys in five days
More Than A Million journeys have been made on the central section of the Elizabeth Line in its first Five Days .
Since opening on Tuesday, More Than two million trips have been made across the whole Line , which links Reading and Heathrow to Shenfield and Abbey Wood , Transport for London (TfL) said.
There is currently no Sunday service on the £18. 9bn Line and trains are Not Yet stopping at Bond Street.
London's mayor Sadiq Khan described it as a " roaring success".
The Project is at least £4bn over budget and opened nearly three-and-a-half years late.
The Elizabeth Line is initially operating in three separate sections - Between Abbey Wood and Paddington, Liverpool Street and Shenfield, and Paddington to Heathrow and Reading.
Last Tuesday, at Paddington Station and Abbey Wood , in south-east London, to board The First passenger services.
The Railway , which links Reading to The West with Essex in The East , via Central London , slashes journey times for many Londoners.
TfLElizabeth Line - in Numbers :
£19bn total costEurope's largest construction project
42 km of new tunnels
10,000workers
13 years of construction
10new stations in London
Source: TfLMr Khan said he was " Blown Away by this fantastic new Line " that was " fit for a Queen" and he was " proud to see the roaring success".
Howard Smith , TfL's director of the Elizabeth Line , said The Service had received " a great reception" with hundreds of thousands of customers flocking to it each day.
He Said : " It is already having a transformative impact on local businesses and opening up access to new areas of London. "
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