Table of Contents

1. Brunel and the Great Western Railway

2. The First London Terminus, 1835–1850

3. Building the New Station, 1850–1855

4. Maturity, 1855–1947

5. The Station at Work, 1855–1947

6. Decline, Revival, and the Future, from 1948

7. The Architecture of the Station

8. Related Buildings and Structures

About the Author

Steven Brindle MA Dphil FSA is an English Heritage historian and author of best-selling books on Brunel and on Paddington Station.

Reviews

'The text has been revised and updated to include the recent refurbishment of the 1913-14 roof span at Paddington .... There is also an account of the virtual last-minute discovery of a cast iron canal bridge designed by Brunel in Bishops Bridge Road, hitherto concealed by brickwork until it was about to be demolished .... The numerous illustrations, a number of which are new, are excellently reproduced. Most of them have considerable historic value, which together with original drawings and plans, many in colour, combine to form an attractive book.'
*Railway & Canal Historical Society Journal*

Paddington ... is a detailed monograph, to be read not only by the railway historian, but by those interested in the built environment in general, in which railways ... are such an important ingredient.
*Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society, Volume 61*