Paddington (Bishop's Road) tube station

Paddington (Bishop’s Road) station stands beside the mainline station in the City of Westminster. It sits on the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines, between Royal Oak and Edgware Road. The entrance on Bishop’s Bridge Road leads directly to the platforms. A second Underground station on Praed Street handles Bakerloo, Circle and District lines. The two stations share the same name but are not connected underground. The station opened in 1863 as the western end of the world’s first underground railway. The Metropolitan Railway ran services to Farringdon using dual-gauge tracks. In 1864 a boiler exploded, injuring four people and damaging the roof. The Hammersmith & City Railway began in 1864, and separate tracks opened in 1871. The name changed from Bishop’s Road to Paddington in 1933. Visitors find a rebuilt station with longer platforms and lifts for step-free access. A new entrance opens onto Paddington Basin. Trains run every ten minutes through the day and late into the night. The concourse links to the mainline station for onward journeys.