Swansea London Paddington Train

Swansea railway station, operated by Arriva Trains Wales, serves the city of Swansea in Wales and is one of four railway station serving the city. The station is the terminus of a short branch line off the South Wales Main Line, which itself is a branch off the Great Western Main Line, and the West Wales Line which connects Swansea through Carmarthenshire to Pembrokeshire in West Wales. 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 ATM's, pay phones, cafe, shops, toilets, baby changing facilities and a tourist information office.

Passenger services calling at the station are operated by Arriva Trains Wales and First Great Western. Between them they operate services towards Manchester Piccadilly, Hereford, Shrewsbury, Camarthen, Cardiff Central, Cheltenham Spa, London Paddington, Bristol Parkway, Pembroke Dock, Fishguard Harbour and Milford Haven. Some of the Arriva Trains Wales boat trains to and from Fishguard Harbour commence at Swansea and connect with the Stena Line ferry to Rosslare Europort in Ireland with a daily morning and evening service in both directions.

Parking is available at the station for 41 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.