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King’s Cross St Pancras ⇄ Paddington Station | Tube Journey, Train Times & Fares

The journey from King's Cross St Pancras to Paddington is in fare zone 1 and it’s a direct train on the Hammersmith & City tube line

• From King’s Cross St. Pancras take the Hammersmith & City Line
• Leave the train at Paddington

Number of tube stops: 5 · Journey time: Approx 12 mins

Stations on the route: King’s Cross St. Pancras ➜ Euston Square ➜ Great Portland Street ➜ Baker Street ➜ Edgware Road ➜ Paddington

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Alternative routes include King’s Cross St. Pancras to Lancaster Gate , King’s Cross St. Pancras to Edgware Road and King’s Cross St. Pancras to Bayswater

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King’s Cross St. Pancras station is wheelchair accessible, and has step-free access from the street to the train

The Elizabeth line at Paddington station is wheelchair accessible, and has step-free access from the street to the train. The Bakerloo, Circle (coming from Hammersmith) and Hammersmith & City lines only have step-free access from the street to the platform, and there may be a step up or gap to the train. The Circle (heading towards Edgware Road) and District lines are not wheelchair accessible

King’s Cross St. Pancras station entrance – There’s a lift between the King’s Cross forecourt entrance and the booking hall. There are four flights of stairs between the Pancras Road entrance and the Metropolitan line booking hall (16 steps down +3 steps down +2x11 steps down) or one flight of stairs to the Northern/​Piccadilly/​Victoria line booking hall (7 steps down). There are four flights of stairs between the Belgrove Street and Crestfield Street entrances and the Metropolitan line booking hall (19 steps down +5 steps down +2x11 steps down) or one flight of stairs to the Northern/​Piccadilly/​Victoria line booking hall (7 steps down). After that there’s a lift down to the platforms. If you want to avoid the lift then you can get an escalator to the Piccadilly line platforms, an escalator (or 3x17 steps down +11 steps down) to the Victoria line platforms, or two escalators (or one escalator and 3x17 steps down +11 steps down) to the Northern line platforms

Paddington station exit – There’s an escalator between the Bakerloo line platforms and the exit (or four flights of 18 stairs). There’s a lift between the eastbound Circle/​District platforms heading towards Edgware Road and the exit, and the Circle/H&C platforms heading to/from Hammersmith and the exit

The journey from Paddington to King's Cross St Pancras is in fare zone 1 and it’s a direct train on the Circle tube line

• From Paddington take the Circle Line
• Leave the train at King’s Cross St. Pancras

Number of tube stops: 5 · Journey time: Approx 13 mins

Stations on the route: Paddington ➜ Edgware Road ➜ Baker Street ➜ Great Portland Street ➜ Euston Square ➜ King’s Cross St. Pancras

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Alternative routes include Paddington to Lancaster Gate , Paddington to Edgware Road and Paddington to Bayswater

The Elizabeth line at Paddington underground station is wheelchair accessible, and has step-free access from the street to the train. The Bakerloo, Circle (coming from Hammersmith) and Hammersmith & City lines only have step-free access from the street to the platform, and there may be a step up or gap to the train. The Circle (heading towards Edgware Road) and District lines are not wheelchair accessible

King’s Cross St. Pancras station is not wheelchair accessible

Paddington station entrance – There’s an escalator between the entrance and the Bakerloo line platforms (or four flights of 18 stairs). There’s a lift between the entrance and the eastbound Circle/​District platforms heading towards Edgware Road (via the National Rail concourse), and the Circle/​H&C platforms heading to/​from Hammersmith (or three flights of 10, 5 and 16 stairs)

King’s Cross St. Pancras station exit – There’s a lift from the platforms to the booking hall. If you want to avoid the lift then you can get an escalator from the Piccadilly line platforms, an escalator (or 11 steps up +3x17 steps up) from the Victoria line platforms, or two escalators (or one escalator and 11 steps up +3x17 steps up) from the Northern line platforms. After that there’s a lift to the King’s Cross forecourt exit. There are four flights of stairs from the Metropolitan line booking hall to the Pancras Road exit (2x11 steps up +3 steps up +16 steps up) or one flight of stairs from the Northern/​Piccadilly/​Victoria line booking hall (7 steps up). There are four flights of stairs from the Metropolitan line booking hall and the Belgrove Street and Crestfield Street exits (2x11 steps up +5 steps up +19 steps up) or one flight of stairs from the Northern/​Piccadilly/​Victoria line booking hall (7 steps up)

Tube fare between King's Cross St Pancras and Paddington

This tube journey is in Oyster zone 1. The cheapest fare is £2.70 off-peak (£2.80 peak) when you pay by Oyster or contactless . There’s no return fare, you just pay the same as two single tickets

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For Oyster and contactless off-peak is outside the hours of 6.30 AM-9.30 AM and 4 PM-7 PM (Mon-Fri). For travelcards it’s any time after 9.30 AM (Mon-Fri). Weekends are always classed as off-peak. Note: Between the 8th March and 31st May 2024 TFL are running a trial called ‘Off-Peak Friday Fares’, where Fridays will be classed as off-peak all day.

The fare is based on what time your journey begins. It doesn’t matter what time your journey ends.

Other ways to make this journey

Travel on foot – You could walk the 2½ mile distance in about 47-52 minutes

Travel by taxi – A 2½ mile taxi fare between Paddington underground station and King’s Cross St. Pancras will cost you around £14.30 to £24.60 and take about 12-23 mins

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How to travel between Paddington and other London stations

Tips for making the easiest possible transfers across the city centre when travelling between Paddington and the other major stations in central London.

These guides on how to travel between Paddington and the other London stations are focused on, or at least include, the easiest routes - so that the simpler alternatives when travelling with heavy luggage or with young children etc can be followed.

Also note the advice for travel to a station from Paddington can vary from that on how to access Paddington from another station, for multiple reasons including the availability of lifts (elevators) in various locations and the access to and from bus stops.

At weekends the Underground lines and both the Elizabeth line and Thameslink trains can be impacted by construction work, those affecting the Underground and Elizabeth line trains can be looked up here , while those impacting the Thameslink trains, can be found here .

From Paddington:

The trains to the other London stations use three separate parts of Paddington station .

The trains which travel along the northern edge of central London, the Circle via King's Cross and the Hammersmith & City lines, use a separate Underground station which is at the other end of the station, adjacent to platforms 12 and 14. In this Underground station a lift (elevator) is available between the ticket hall and the trains, but the route to this station which avoids stairs, is the long way round.

The notes on how to reach each station below will include which part of the station you'll need to head to in order to take the optimum onward train.

The Bakerloo line of the Underground provides a direct link from Paddington to Charing Cross . It can be directly accessed from the main concourse.

Note that when heading to Paddington, the suggestion is to take a combination of Jubilee and Bakerloo lines via from Waterloo (East), but as no seat reservations are available on the trains which depart from Charing Cross , it's best to head there in order to board a train. All trains from Charing Cross will call at London Bridge, but by the time they arrive there, spare seats will be harder to find.

If you'll be arriving on a long-distance train, take the Elizabeth line between Paddington and Tottenham Court Road and then connect there for the northbound Northern line There are four advantages of this route:

• Escalators and lifts (elevators) are available at Tottenham Court Road, the transfer point will be by the front of the trains.
• At Euston you will only need to take a short flight of stairs which lead up to the escalator to the Underground ticket hall - on the other side of the Underground station ticket gates, there are escalators up to the main station, but there are also lifts over to the right-hand side

What looks like a simpler route from Paddington to Euston is taking an eastbound Circle or Hammersmith & City line train to Euston Square, but the two negatives of this option are:

• The shortest route at Paddingtonfrom the long-distance trains to the Underground station that these two lines use, involves ascending a flight of stairs.
• Euston Square is also a 3-5 minute walk to Euston station and the exit from the eastbound platform at Euston Square is solely by stairs. However, some of the non-express trains to Paddington arrive at its platforms 12 and 14 and these are adjacent to the Underground station that the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines use.

These stations share the same Underground station.

If you don't have luggage The easiest connection from Paddington to both King's Cross and St Pancras stations, is to take the direct link provided by the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines of the Underground.

Though if you will be travelling on to the likes of Ipswich, Norwich and Southend, now that the Elizabeth line trains towards Shenfield are calling at Stratford (for the attractions in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park ) making the transfer there will be easier than at Liverpool Street.

The Elizabeth line entrance is by platform 1, so when arriving by train at any other platform go straight ahead on to the main concourse and then when you reach it turn to the right and go through the arches pictured below.

The typically quickest route from Paddington to London Bridge is to take the Bakerloo Line to Baker Street, where a short walk through a passage way connects to the eastbound Jubilee Line.

Though the Thameslink trains go direct from Farringdon to numerous destinations including Greenwich, Brighton and Gatwick Airport.

The opening of the Elizabeth Line hasn't impacted on the route from Paddington to Victoria station , so the only direct rail link is by taking the Circle line.

The Bakerloo line of the Underground provides a direct link from Paddington to Waterloo station , take any southbound train

To Paddington

The trains from the other London stations use three separate parts of Paddington station :

• The Elizabeth line station is right beside the main station building, parallel to platform 1. The exit from the Elizabeth line station can be accessed by lifts (elevators) and escalators.

The Circle line via Victoria trains which travel along the north bank of the River Thames and the Bakerloo line tube trains which travel across the western side of central London, both arrive at an Underground station, which is by the main concourse. The access from the Bakerloo line is by escalator, there is no lift (elevator) up from the trains. However, the access from the Circle line trains, which use this part of the Underground station, to the main concourse is step-free, the trains arrive at a platform right beside the ticket-hall and a very short escalator links the ticket hall to the main concourse.

The Bakerloo line is particularly distant from the entrance/ticket hall of Charing Cross underground station, because the Bakerloo line station was originally entirely separate. So the transfer at Charing Cross between stepping off a mainline train and being on the Bakerloo platform takes around five minutes.

Making this connection into the Jubilee line, using a combination of Waterloo East and Southwark stations, is also simpler than making the connection into the Jubilee line at London Bridge.

If you don't have luggage etc so walking across city streets and descending staircases won't be an issue, the easiest option for a Euston to Paddington transfer is to take any westbound Circle or Hammersmith and City line train from Euston Square station, the train will be heading to Hammersmith. An elevator is available to the westbound trains at Euston Square, but you need to cross to the other side of Euston Road, but on arrival at Paddington, by far the quickest route to the trains is by using stairs.

If you do have heavy luggage: The first stage of the alternative route is to take a southbound Northern line train on the route 'via Charing Cross' to Tottenham Court Road. Though a short flight of stairs leads to the southbound Northern Line platform - then at Tottenham Court Road station a lift (elevator) goes to the westbound Elizabeth line. At Paddington both lifts (elevators) and escalators are available for the transfer up from the Elizabeth line.

Also take this route if you'll want or need to make use of the facilities in Paddington station, such as its food/drink outlets or the ticket office.

If you don't have heavy luggage: Head to the the part of the Underground station at King's Cross and St Pancras used by both the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines and take an eastbound train to Paddington, these trains will be heading to Hammersmith. These Underground lines can be accessed by lift (elevator), but in St Pancras, if you arrive by the EMR or Southeastern trains, the access to them is at the opposite end of the station

If you do have heavy luggage

This route involves a transfer but the step-free access to and from the mainline trains is shorter at all stations in comparison to the transfer from and to the Circle and the Hammersmith & City line trains,

(1) From King's Cross:

• Once you have entered St Pancras International go straight ahead and you will then see the entrance to the part of the station, used by Thameslink trains, over to the right, on the other side of a ticket desk.

(2) From St Pancras: Elevators and relatively short escalators are available down to the platform/track used by the southbound Thameslink trains, which is platform A.

Go direct from Liverpool Street to Paddington on a westbound Elizabeth line train.

The Elizabeth line can be accessed through the Underground ticket hall which is opposite platforms 3 to 6. The primary access from the main concourse into this Underground ticket hall is by using a short flight of stairs, but an elevator is also available to the left of these stairs.

On the other side of the ticket barriers the access to the Elizabeth line is a short walk away through a passage way over to the right, an escalator...

... and a lift (elevator)...

... lead down to the trains.

Though if your train to London will be calling at Stratford, then connecting there into the Elizabeth line will be easier than at Liverpool Street, by the front of the trains there are lifts on each of the platforms at Stratford.

(1) If you are happy to use escalators and squeeze on to tube trains , then typically the quickest route from London Bridge to Paddington is to take the northbound Jubilee line to Baker Street, because at that station a simple cross-platform transfer is available with northbound Bakerloo line trains which call at Paddington.

(2) Though an easier option, particularly if you have luggage etc is to head for platform 5 to take a Thameslink train to Farringdon, where elevators and escalators provide a link to the westbound Elizabeth line. At Paddington yet more lifts/elevators and escalators link the Elizabeth line to the main concourse, so the access to the onward trains is easier than when taking the Bakerloo line. And if a Thameslink departure is due within the next 3-5 mins, it can be quicker than taking the Underground.

Westbound Circle line, trains heading towards Edgware Road are scheduled to depart every 12 mins from Victoria , but the waiting time can be longer. Though a tick in the box is that at Paddington station , making the transfer to the main concourse from the part of the station that these Circle line trains arrive at, couldn’t be easier.

The northbound Bakerloo line trains go direct to Paddington station from Waterloo .

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I'll be arriving from the Northeast into Kings Cross on a Sunday afternoon with a pushchair and luggage. Can anyone please advise me on the best way to get to Paddington for our connecting train to Windsor please without having to negotiate escalators/lots of stairs? If a taxi is my only option to avoid escalators do you know how much I can expect this to cost roughly? I know traffic will have a bearing on the final cost but just a rough guide would be helpful.

Thank you :)

The 205 bus will get you there otherwise you may be interested in this thread about Euston (about a 5 min walk from Kings Cross) -> Paddington: http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTopic-g186338-i17-k7252153-London_Euston_to_paddington_Train-London_England.html#56517700

A taxi would be about ten quid. The 205 bus would be less.

Kings Cross and Paddington Underground stations both have lifts now - no stairs or escalators to negotiate (unless you really want to). And extra-wide ticket barriers at both stations too, a member of staff will even open them for you.

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Unless someone comes along and says they've found the H&C lift (and tells you how to find it), if you're wary of escalators, I really can't believe you want to negotiate your way across the horrendous Euston Road for the westbound 205 stop either.

For the next few years (H&C lifts are due at Paddington some time between before 2018), in the poster's position, it's either cope with the stairs from the H&C at Paddington, or get a taxi

Thank you for all the replys.... I'm going to take the easy option and get a taxi ;)

http://www.stationmasterapp.com/blog/2013/12/new-step-free-access-at-paddington/

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I'm open to taxi or tube.

The circle line tube takes you straight to Paddington (so does the 205 bus if you'll consider buses).

20 minutes on the tube, taxi will be pushed to beat that.

EDIT: and lava_tory makes a great point, once you factor in waiting time for a HEX, tube will be pretty much the same time and save you about £20.

Allow a bit of extra time for congestion at Paddington though as the Undrground station is being rebuilt and it is rather cramped at the moment. The good news is that a new station entrance and new stairways and lifts will be opening early in 2012.

Also, if travelling at the weekend or between Christmas and New Year, check for scheduled engineering closures.

If you were to get the tube to Paddington, I would just get the tube (Piccadilly line) direct to LHR.(£5 single*)

Otherwise taxi to Paddington will take around 20 minutes and be about £12-16 plus cost of HEX or HEC.

*Tube fares go up slightly in Jan 2012.

Thank you all! Tube direct to LHR sounds like the best plan, thank you!!!

I was in this situation once and my cab fare from that area to Paddington on a Saturday morning with little traffic was about 5 pounds. At the time, I had a prepaid ticket for the HEX which is why I didn't take the tube direct to LHR.

Hi and thanks again.

Thanks for your help!

So, you decided against the cheaper, no changes route of just taking the Piccadilly line all way?

Thanks again!

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