Railway Stations Served by Heathrow Express - London Paddington Station, Heathrow Express, Heathrow Terminal 5 Station (Paperback)

Chapters: London Paddington Station, Heathrow Express, Heathrow Terminal 5 Station, Heathrow Central Railway Station. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Paddington railway station, also known as London Paddington, is a central London railway terminus and London Underground station complex in the Paddington area of central London, England. The site is a historic one, having served as the London terminus of the Great Western Railway and its successors since 1838. Much of the current mainline station dates from 1854, and was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The site was first served by Underground trains in 1863, and was the original western terminus of the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground railway. The complex has recently been modernised, and has a new role as the terminus of the dedicated Heathrow Express service. The complex is in Travelcard Zone 1. The station complex is bounded at the front by Praed Street and at the rear by Bishop's Bridge Road, which crosses the throat of the main line station on the recently replaced Bishop's Bridge. On the west side of the station is Eastbourne Terrace, whilst the east side is bounded by the Paddington arm of the Grand Union Canal. The main line station is located in a shallow cutting, a fact that is obscured at the front by an hotel building, but which can be clearly seen from the other three sides. The surrounding area is partly residential, and also includes the site of the major St Mary's Hospital, as well as restaurants and hotels, as is usual near stations. Until recently there was not much office accommodation in the area, so that most of Paddington's commuters interchanged between National Rail and the London Underground to reach their destination in the West End or the City. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=152777