Taunton London Paddington Train

Taunton railway station, operated by First Great Western, serves the Somerset town of Taunton and lies on the London Paddington to Penzance Line and the Cardiff Central to Taunton Line. The station is approximately 140 miles to the west of London Paddington railway station. 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.

The station is located on an embankment and a bridge above road level about 1 mile from the town centre which is to the south of the station.

Facilities at the station include ATM's, pay phones, cafe, shops, toilets and baby changing facilities.

Passenger services calling at the station are operated by First Great Western and CrossCountry. Between them passenger services generally depart towards London Paddington, Castle Cary, Bristol Temple Meads, Exeter St Davids, Paignton, Plymouth, Penzance, Cardiff Central and to destinations in the north of England and Scotland.

Parking is available at the station for 193 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.