Bodmin Parkway London Paddington Train

Bodmin Parkway railway station, operated by First Great Western, serves the town of Bodmin, and surrounding area, in Cornwall, England. The station lies on the Cornish Main Line which connects London to Truro, St Austell, Bodmin Parkway and Liskeard. The station has a staffed ticket office although passengers should note that it is not open in the late evening. Passengers are able to collect tickets purchased in advance (for example, on the internet) from one of the automatic ticket machines located in the station.

Facilities at the station include pay phones, refreshments and toilets. Passengers should note that ATM's and baby changing facilities are not available.

The entrance to the station, which is just south of the town itself, is on the platform served by trains to Penzance. A footbridge allows passengers access to Platform 2 which is served by trains to London Paddington and Plymouth. The bus link to Bodmin, Wadebridge and Padstow starts from outside the main entrance.

Passenger services calling at the station are operated by First Great Western and by CrossCountry. Some trains run through to or from London Paddington railway station, including the Night Riviera overnight sleeping car service and the Golden Hind which offers an early morning service to London and an evening return. Other fast trains are the mid-morning Cornish Riviera and the afternoon Royal Duchy.

Parking is available at the station for 70 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day.

Located in central London, London Paddington railway station offers 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 railway station is operated by Network Rail and 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.

Passenger facilities at the station include ATM's, First Class Lounge, pay phones, public wifi, cafes and shops, toilets and baby changing facilities. Parking is available at the station for 152 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day. The National Rail station is officially named London Paddington, a name commonly used outside London but rarely by Londoners, who call it just Paddington.

The site has been the London terminus of the Great Western Railway and its successors since 1838. Much of the mainline station dates from 1854 and was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The site was first served by Underground trains in 1863, as the original western terminus of the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground railway.