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Green light for Crossrail station at Paddington
Ruth Bloomfield5 Feb 2010
Plans to build a new Crossrail station at Paddington have been approved by Westminster council.
A modern steel and glass building part-powered by solar panels and with a green roof to attract birds and insects will replace the existing Hammersmith and Fulham line station.
The concourse will feature art installations and a piazza created between the entrance and the Regent's Canal.
A Crossrail spokeswoman said of the East to West line: When Crossrail opens in 2017, Paddington will be just 10 minutes to Liverpool Street and 17 minutes to Canary Wharf.
Paddington is one of the most complex of all the central London Crossrail stations due to its sprawling layout, and the mainline and Underground services which already use it.
The entrance will be on the north side of the station the south side, much of which is Grade I-listed, will be preserved. Platforms will be built beneath Eastbourne Terrace.
Reader views (2)
Where are they going to put the Hammersmith and City platforms? I can't see that they can move them. Maybe there are building the new entrance above them? Since the new entrance is being built on the east side of Paddington and the Crossrail platforms will apparently be under the west side, I would think travellers will have a long walk to the platforms.
- Phil Jones, London EU, 05/02/2010 13:40
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"will replace the existing Hammersmith and Fulham line station."
I think not. I really think not.
- Mark Jenkins, not Hammersmith, not Fulham, 05/02/2010 12:19
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