London - Paddington Station, train from Slough 1926 - BBC Hulton postcard

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• Picture / Image:  A busy platform at Paddington in May 1926 as a local train from Slough arrives behind 2221 Class 4-4-2T No. 2223. The locomotive had been driven by amateur footplateman because of the General Strike
• Publisher:  BBC Hulton Picture Library, c.1980s
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London Paddington station, often shortened to simply Paddington, is a central London railway terminus and London Underground station complex in fare zone 1. The site has been the London terminus of the Great Western Railway and its successors since 1838. Much of the mainline station dates from 1854 and was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The site was first served by Underground trains in 1863, as the original western terminus of the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground railway.

The station is the London terminus for First Great Western, which provides the majority of commuter and regional services to West London, the Thames Valley region and long-distance intercity services to South West England and South Wales. Destinations served include Reading, Bristol, Cardiff, Swansea, Oxford, Newbury, Taunton, Exeter, Plymouth, Penzance, Cheltenham, Worcester and Hereford. Paddington is also the London terminus for the Heathrow Express, which provides fast train services to London Heathrow Airport.

Paddington is one of 19 stations managed by Network Rail.

The National Rail station is officially named London Paddington, a name commonly used outside London but rarely by Londoners, who call it just Paddington, as on the London Underground map. Parts of the station, including the main train shed, date from 1854, when it was built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel as the London terminus for the Great Western Railway (GWR). It is one of 19 stations managed by Network Rail.^[6]

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london borough=city of westminster

period=post-war (1945-present)

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size=continental/ modern (150x100 mm)