London Paddington Bath Spa Train

London Paddington railway station, operated by Network Rail, is a main line railway station and terminus for the First Great Western services to west London, the Thames Valley and long distance inter city services to south west England and South Wales. The station is also the terminus for the Heathrow Express, a high speed service linking central London with Heathrow Airport. The station has a staffed ticket office and passengers are also able to collect tickets purchased in advance (for example, on the internet) from one of the automatic ticket machines located in the station.

Passenger facilities at the station include ATM's, First Class Lounge, pay phones, public wifi, cafes and shops, toilets and baby changing facilities.

Passenger services departing the station are operated by First Great Western, Chiltern Railways and Heathrow Express. Between them they offer passengers destinations including Heathrow Airport, Reading, Didcot Parkway, Swindon, Bristol Temple Meads, Bath Spa, Cardiff Central, Bristol Parkway, Newbury, Exeter St Davids and Chippenham.

London Paddington is also served by four London Underground lines: the Bakerloo, Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines. Although Paddington is not served by the Central line, the short walk to Lancaster Gate tube station is taken by many commuters heading for the West End or the City, as it can be quicker than alternative routes.

Parking is available at the station for 152 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day.

Bath Spa railway station, in the historic city of Bath, offers passengers services towards London Paddington via Reading and Chippenham (roughly every 30 minutes in each direction), Bristol Temple Meads, Weston-super-Mare, Taunton, Cardiff Central, Portsmouth Harbour, London Waterloo, Salisbury, Glasgow Central, Birmingham, Sheffield, Leeds, Newcastle and Edinburgh Waverley.

The railway station is located on the Great Western Main Line and is operated by First Great Western who also operate some of the passenger services along with CrossCountry and South West Trains.

Passenger facilities include public wifi, toilets, baby changing facilities, pay phones, an ATM, shops and a cafe. Recent developments have begun to closely integrate the railway station with the new Bath bus station and the SouthGate shopping centre. Parking is available at the station for approximately 360 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day.

Bath Spa station was built in 1840 for the Great Western Railway by Brunel and is a grade II* listed building. It is in an asymmetrical Tudor style with curving gables, and lies on the north bank of the River Avon, with the line swerving across from the southern bank to the station and then back again. The station opened in 1840 and was originally named Bath, but was given its present name of Bath Spa in 1949.