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Paddington

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Paddington

Area of west London, England, situated north of Hyde Park and west of Marylebone. Paddington station is one of London's main railway stations, serving Wales and the West of England. Until about 1820 Paddington was a village, but its selection as a terminus for the Great Western Railway in the 1830s brought rapid development. The name Paddington means ‘the settlement of Padda's people’.

Paddington station was built 1850-54, and was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It replaced the Great Western Railway's original terminus which had been in operation since 1838.

Around 30 people were killed and hundreds injured in a train crash outside Paddington rail station in October 1999, when a train failed to stop at a red light in the morning rush hour.

The Paddington Canal to Uxbridge, built 1795-1801, was linked in 1805 with the Grand Union Canal, and finally extended to the Regent's Canal, forming a link with the River Thames at Limehouse. The Shillibeer omnibus service from Paddington Green was opened in 1829.
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To the Paddington Station, and then if we are in good time, as I think we shall be, you shall tell me all about Mary and the children.
Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context
Afterwards he took a taxi and called at his rooms, walked restlessly up and down while Jarvis threw a few clothes into a bag, changed his own apparel for a rough tweed suit, and drove to Paddington.
The Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
In Paddington all Cornwall is latent and the remoter west; down the inclines of Liverpool Street lie fenlands and the illimitable Broads; Scotland is through the pylons of Euston; Wessex behind the poised chaos of Waterloo.
Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context
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