The Elizabeth Line entrances and exits are beside platform 1, there are escalators and lifts (elevators), which provide step-free access between its trains and this part of the mainline station.Īll of other platforms within the main station have step-free access from Platform 1.

The part of the Underground station that these lines use is adjacent to the main concourse and you won't have to use any stairs when arriving on Circle and District line trains which are heading to Edgware Road though you need to take an escalator to/from the Bakerloo line. This is particularly the case if you arrive at Paddington by the Elizabeth line, or by these Underground lines, the Bakerloo line train, or by a Circle or District line train which has travelled via Bayswater and Notting Hill. If the first part of Paddington mainline station you access is its main concourse, and you’ll be taking a GWR express train or the Heathrow Express, it’s actually a comparatively simple station to use.

Paddington is arguably London’s most elegant station, it’s certainly one of the few large stations, which looks more magnificent after night falls, the lighting scheme is superb.īut depending on how you arrive at Paddington, it can also be somewhat awkward location in which to take a train.Īlthough note the use of the word ‘depending’.

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