With its canals, trains, trams and the Underground, Paddington became a vast transport hub, home to Brunel’s GWR, ‘God’s Wonderful Railway’. Nearby, a messy laboratory led to the discovery of penicillin and today, the massive rail goods and maintenance yards for so long hidden from public view have been transformed with canal-side waterways, public art, plastic boats and three quirky but functional bridges. After All Change At King’s Cross, Grain to Google, Bedlam to Broadgate and Wonderful Waterloo, Paddington is the fifth of our Blue Badge guide Rachel Kolsky’s “Behind the Termini” series .
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