Paddington
Location type
Major stationName and dates
PaddingtonStation code: PAD National Rail
Where: London and South East, England
Opened on the Great Western Railway.
Chronology Dates
| 16/01/1854 | Great Western Railway Paddington New station, departure side, opened. |
| 29/05/1854 | Great Western Railway Paddington New station, arrival side, opened. |
| 07/08/1854 | North Metropolitan Railway Act passed for the line which was to be renamed the Metropolitan Railway. This was to be a cut-and-cover line running east from Paddington. |
| 01/10/1861 | Great Western Railway Third rail laid into London Paddington allowing standard gauge trains to enter the station. |
| 06/07/1978 | Bristol and Exeter Railway 12 passengers killed in a fire on a Penzance to London Paddington sleeper train. |
