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Paddington Train Station is situated in the north-west section of Central London, just north of Hyde Park and about 1km from Oxford Street.
For the visitor to London flying into Heathrow, Paddington is significant as the central London Terminus of the Paddington Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect train services. These trains are the most comfortable and speedy transfer into London.
Paddington Station also provides the main train services from London to South Wales and South-west England to places like Cardiff, Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth and Swansea.


For the visitor, Paddington train station also provides shorter services to Windsor, Bath and Oxford.

Three London Underground lines run through Paddington, the Circle Line connecting with other London mainline train stations, Euston, Kings Cross, Liverpool Street, Marylebone and Victoria.
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Schematic Of Airport Interchanges From Paddington
The Underground stations in the Paddington hotel district are Paddington and Lancaster gate, both within 5 minutes walk of each other.
The schematic below shows where you can connect to airport public transport using these London Underground stations.
Heathrow and airports/stations To Paddington Map
Full Details of Getting To Paddington
From London's Airports and Railway Stations

Paddington Hotel Map & District Briefing
In addition to providing descriptions of hotels and instant reservations for each hotel, we have an accurate street map of Paddington with the locations of each hotel. We have verified the locations by walking each street ourselves, they are not based on postcodes or automated mapping systems. We also have a thorough Paddington briefing.

>> Paddington Hotel Map
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Paddington Station Concourse Shops & Services Paddington Station
There is the normal shops and kiosks you would associate with a major rail station. There are countless outlets offering most snack foods from Burger King through baguettes, pizza's, pastries to bars and restaurants offering more substantial fayre.

There is a branch of Boots chemists and of course a choice of newsagents and money exchange facilities.
There is also a small supermarket.
Use of the public toilets within Paddington Station incurs a small charge.
There is also an information kiosk.

If you venture outside the station, the main road Praed Street has many of the same outlets duplicated but with more competition - you may find prices slightly lower than in the station.
There is a also a small Budgens supermarket on the other side of the road from the station.
Railway Tickets Paddington Station
There are manned ticket offices that will sell you tickets for all the railway services from Paddington Railway Station. The ticket office takes all major credit and debit cards.

For some of the longer distance services it is much cheaper normally to buy an advance purchase ticket of one sort or another. These can be purchased online from web sites like 'The Trainline', but you have to collect the tickets from a machine, like that pictured right. These 'collection' machines are only at the main railway stations in the UK - there is not one for example at Heathrow Airport.

Machine To Collect
Advance Purchase Rail Tickets
The Underground Station is below the railway station and has a separate ticketing facility.
Left Luggage Paddington Station
There is a manned left luggage facility at Paddington station operated by the Excess Baggage Company.
The company have their own web site where you can obtain current rates.

The office is open 7 days a week from 07:00 to 23:00. You can find the office at platform 12.

As well as doing the standard luggage storage, the Excess Baggage Company can ship your luggage world-wide, perhaps home?
Heathrow Airport to Paddington Station
By far the most comfortable transfer from Heathrow to Paddington is to catch the Heathrow Express from Heathrow. There is a dedicated kiosk in the middle of the station concourse, (see picture below).
It is slightly cheaper to purchase your tickets on-line in advance and it can save you a few minutes too if there are queues at the ticket booth.

>>Details of Heathrow Express

Popular Paddington Accommodation
Cardiff B&B Paddington
Best Western Hotes (3) Paddington
Edward Hotel - cheap Paddington hotel
London Guards Hotel - opposite Hyde Park
Thistle Hotel Hyde Park / Lancaster Gate
Darlington Hyde Park Hotel Paddington