Editing Paddington (section)

==== National Rail ====
[[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]] services from Paddington run towards [[Slough railway station|Slough]], [[Maidenhead railway station|Maidenhead]] and [[Reading railway station|Reading]], with intercity services continuing towards destinations in [[South West England]] and [[South Wales]], including [[Oxford railway station|Oxford]], [[Worcester Shrub Hill railway station|Worcester]], [[Bristol Temple Meads railway station|Bristol]], [[Cardiff Central railway station|Cardiff]], [[Exeter St Davids railway station|Exeter]], [[Plymouth railway station|Plymouth]] and [[Penzance railway station|Penzance]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/static/documents/content/routemaps/nationalrailoperatorsmapzoom5811December.pdf|title=National Rail Train Operators|website=[[Rail Delivery Group]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204014426/https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/static/documents/content/routemaps/nationalrailoperatorsmapzoom5811December.pdf|archive-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>

The [[Elizabeth line]], operated by [[Transport for London]] (TfL), runs a stopping service from Paddington to Reading, either as part of through-running services from the central and eastern parts of the Elizabeth line or starting from Paddington. These trains mostly depart from the deep-level Elizabeth line platforms underneath the western side of the mainline station. These deep-level Elizabeth line tracks emerge above ground adjacent to the mainline tracks just west of [[Royal Oak tube station]] and join them at that point, thereafter sharing the relief line tracks with some [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]] stopping services as far as the Elizabeth line terminus at Reading. Elizabeth line services link the Paddington area both to destinations in west London and [[Berkshire]] and to the centre and eastern side of London.

Trains to [[Heathrow Airport]] also depart from Paddington, operated both by the Elizabeth line (stopping services via [[Ealing Broadway station|Ealing Broadway]]) and the [[Heathrow Express]] (no intermediate stops).<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />