Suffolk Bumpkin

Hi All,


Just a couple of questions about travel on London underground.

The wife and I are shortly getting on a plane at Heathrow to emigrate to the USA (for the second time!).

This time though - we've decided to take the Heathrow Express train from Paddington underground , to Heathrow Airport.

My question is - are there TWO stations at Paddington? It looks like there are on the London underground map (unusually!)

If so - which one do we need? The one that sits on the Pink (Hammersmith and city) line? Or the one that sits on the Yellow and Green (circle and district line)?

Any help would be gratefully appreciated - as I've never been to Paddington before (we usually travel to Heathrow entirely on the tube via the Picadilly line - which takes AGES. Using the Heathrow Express is alot quicker it seems.

Many thanks in advance,

Bumpkin

NC Penguin

You need to go the mainline/British Rail station that is named Paddington. That's where the Heathrow Express starts and terminates.

There should be reasonable signage from the Tube directing you to Paddington mainline station.




NC Penguin

wongstonn

The previous answer is correct, you do want hte aminline station. A fuller answer to your question is that - as you have seen - several different tube lines stop at Paddington. Both at the station, howevber the entrance gates are at opposite ends of the mainline station so London commuters wishing to change tube lines here must go through ticket barriers, unlike at most other tube stations. That's why it is marked on the map as different stations. The bit you need to know is that they are both part of the train station complex so don't worry.

JAJ

I think there's less of a walk involved if you arrive at the Circle Line tube station.

Jeremy

Suffolk Bumpkin

Thank you all!!!...