Heathrow express is fast and easy way to get to downtown London…read more I normally buy a ticket from a staff before I get out of the secured area. Credit card is accepted. Not many people know this (or at least people I talked to so far) that if you are a star alliance gold, complimentary upgrade to the first class of seats are available. No need to buy first class ticket, just show your card to the attendant and take an available seat. Seat is pretty comfortable and get to charge your phone while on board. Short ride felt really short. WiFi worked good for quick email check.

If you value your time, this is worth every penny. Get from LHR to central London in fifteen…read moreminutes. I believe this is the most expensive or one of the most expensive train journeys on earth, in terms of distance + cost. The train itself is basic, nothing special considering how expensive it is, but it is truly efficient. The only thing is that if you are planning to grab a taxi/uber at Paddington, it definitely decreases the efficiency (I had to wait 15 for the Express train, then walk across the street and wait 15 minutes for an uber to my hotel which took 30 minutes - if I had just taken a car from the airport it wouldn't have been that much slower, but that's also assuming minimal traffic).

Paddington Station is huge. You can get almost anywhere in London from here. Lots of shops and…read moreplaces to eat are in the station. Two groceries are in the station, which makes it very convenient to pick some things up. A hotel is in the renovated older part of the station. It has a direct entrance rate into Paddington Station. This is a good location to stay. Lots of hotels in different price range ranges are within a 5 to 10 minute walk shopping and restaurants are all set within a 5 to 10 minute walk.

This iconic train station was actually the first station I arrived at during my first British…read moreadventure. I have since passed through many times in the last 3.5 years and it is still magnificent. The architecture is very grandiose and picture-worthy. It is relatively easy to navigate; if I can do it as a tourist, I'm confident most can figure it out ;) The toilets (bathrooms) are a bit hidden. You need to go down a set of stairs for the ladies. The wallpaper reminded me of 2006 Victoria's Secret, and the doors are floor to ceiling offering the most privacy of any public restroom I have been in. The entire station is ridiculously clean compared to any US train or bus station I have traveled through. There are many options for coffee and food, as well as a mini M&S and Tesco Express.... Tesco Express meal deal for less than £4 cannot be beat!!! 5 stars for convince, cleanliness, friendliness, and Tesco Express.

I want to give it a higher review, but I could only do 3 stars because it felt like a hot mess. The…read morelines were very long, the security people were not friendly, and there were not enough of seats when 3 different trains were waiting at the same time. Somehow even with 20 minutes of boarding everyone got on and the train left on time. That was amazing!

Arrived into St. Pancras the other day from Gare du Nord and it was a decent experience…read more After hopping off my train, it was merely a walk to the connected Underground station! I love how they have numerous shops and eateries between the long distance train station and the underground! The loos are complimentary too!

Very smooth transition from cab to Eurostar train station with a herd of humans efficiently…read morecoasting through the safety entry points. They have an international currency exchange kiosk. Once in the terminal for Paris departure, we found refuge at a few basic seats. They offer two cafes and a clean bathroom. The train arrived on time with quick boarding. The lower large luggage area on the train is limited on a first come first serve basis, although has higher shelving available. The ride was great without any issues with clean bathrooms. They offer a Eurostar Cafe onboard where we ordered water and chips. The cashier was friendly and offered us French mini chocolates, which we graciously took. At the cafe we purchased subway passes for Paris called Navigo. Much easier process than flying.

Incredibly rude staff. My husband forgot to take his phone out of his pocket. We felt it was a…read moresimple mistake, and while we understand that it poses an issue and it needed to go through screening, they acted like it was the worst thing he could have done. We were then berated for bringing luggage (normal sized bag plus carry-on). Then we were told more than once to get into the wrong line. One lady said that whatever she told us to do was correct (despite the signage and us questioning it), but the very next lady demanded to know who told us to go to her line, because it was incorrect. There was absolutely no need for the staff to be as rude as they were. You'd think they were all given notice this morning or something. We are not rude passengers. We try to make sure we're following the rules, we read signs before we ask questions, and we don't bring prohibited items, etc. We know it was nothing we did, nor was it anything we could have differently (apart from remembering to remove the phone from the pocket). They were treating everyone this way. I would rather brave CDG than do this again.

Crazy and what I was hoping it would be. A little bit of everything mixed with hectic hustle and…read morebustle. The bathrooms were not easy to find in my area and of course the pain of paying is something that should be free in a transportation facility. Still a one time adventure that I experienced and people were helpful for this tourist.

Paddington mainline train station mixes grand architecture with a hectic, crowded space, Honesty I…read morereally only detoured here for the Paddington Bear statue,( I expected bigger but then I watched a movie.when I got back to the states, so actually he's life size, I guess) also I wanted to see the crowds. So with thousands of solid Yelp reviews before me just read those, but for me it earns its reputation as a London rail icon and something to see for yourself.

This will be short…read more If you visit London, stay in the Maidenhead area. It's worth it and this train station services Maidenhead and offers easy access to London. The staff are friendly and extremely helpful. It's a good place to start your exploration of the London area.

For some reason, I decided to jump off the train here--perhaps because it feels like a major…read morestation, though not quite. Then again, it's probably also because the name rings a bell, not that I got all that much time to explore the place - I simply went to the pub. The station itself seems pretty old, but the buildings don't quite have the charm that others do. That said, I still found it to be a decent station, especially given its close proximity to the town centre. Oh, it has some decent facilities as well.

Well, I have now discovered one of the worst parts of England. That is pretty much because Milton…read moreKeynes was a planned suburb, and honestly, it comes across pretty horrid. Anyway, the station really isn't all that much to consider, though it does offer a pretty decent interchange. However, It's definitely not a place I would recommend.

The Milton Keynes Central train station is served by Virgin Trains inter-city services and by…read moreLondon Midland local services. This station is very easy to navigate with a whole flock of taxis waiting outside ready to take you where you need to go. They also have a ton of bus stops here for travel. Outside the station are all sorts of convenience stores, hotels and there is even a skateboarding park just about a block away. It's very convenient to walk to from my company apartment (about a 15 minute walk) so was super convenient during my time in MK to get to London.

Okay, this is probably the station you get off at to get to centre-court because, well, it is a…read moremajor interchange station, and there does seem to be a major shopping precinct here as well. Even a few pubs, but then again there are lots of pubs in England. Oh, you can like catch the tram here as well, which I think is also pretty good. Yeah, as a station it's pretty good, and certainly places you into the centre of the action - well, as long as it isn't the Tennis you're looking for.

Wimbledon station is one of the busiest stations on the South West Trains network, on the main line…read morefrom Waterloo to Southampton. It is also the terminus of the Wimbledon branch of the District Line of TfL, and of the Tramlink to Croydon, and provides an interchange with the Sutton loop of the Thameslink service via Blackfriars. It is used by 19 million passengers a year on the main line, a similar number on the District Line, and over 2 million on Tramlink. The station opened on the Waterloo to Woking Line in 1838, with the other branches owning over the subsequent 40 years, although the line towards Sutton opened as late as 1929. In 1997 the line to West Croydon was closed for conversion into the Tramlink, reopening in 2000. In 1881 the station was relocated from its original site on the opposite side of the bridge. The station was rebuilt in the Art Deco style in the 1920s. The station has 11 platforms: 1-4 for the District Line terminus, which has its own concourse on the north side of the station (where the toilets are located); 5-8 on the South West main line; 9 for Thameslink services and 10a and 10b for Tramlink. Platforms 6 and 7 are on the fast lines and only used occasionally. All stopping suburban services from Waterloo stop here. Lifts provide step free access to all platforms. The ticket office and concourse are located on the north side of the station adjacent to the staircase to the District Line. There are shop units along the bridge above the platforms selling food, and future shop units on the District Line concourse. There is an exit on the south side of the station next to the entrance to the Centre Court shopping centre.

Can't imagine a more convenient way to visit Windsor and what must surely be the most iconic castle…read moreon the planet (and fully repaired since 1992 when it formed the icing on the cake of QEII's annus horribilis!). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annus_horribilis Parking is a zoo and horrendously expensive - take the train to Eton and enjoy :)

Windsor & Eaton Riverside is located right at the bottom of the hill from the Castle and gets you…read morevery close to town. This is a good overground train station with trains that go to Waterloo station in Central London. Having this line makes a day trip out of London to Windsor very easy and affordable if you do not want to take a tour on a tour bus. For us, we were able to find a late morning train and got to Windsor & Eaton in around a half hour. The train was nice and air conditioned and when we pulled into the station it was easy to exit and find our way to the items on our list including a trip to the castle and a boat tour. The attendants at the station were very nice when we returned and let us know which train we needed to board. The station is small but it does have two platforms and a little news stand with refreshments.

A part of me thinks that this might have once been a terminus station, though I have since noted…read morethat the British Rail line goes through here, so it appears that it was just a terminus station for the District and Central Lines. I jumped off here because I ended up catching the Elizabeth Line train from Heathrow, and I thought I might simply go for a bit of an explore, especially since it was first thing in the morning. The station does feel pretty tacky in parts though they also seem to have fixed it up a bit more now that the Elizabeth Line goes through here. Also, it pretty much dumps you into the middle of a shopping district, which is pretty cool.

Way out west, where one of the District Line branches finally meets up with the one of the Central…read moreLine branches is Ealing Broadway. The station is also a stop on the Great Western Line that runs out to Reading, so if you're looking to avoid Paddington for some reason (afraid of bears, perhaps?) then you might consider taking the Tube here and catching one of the slow trains. There is no step-free access from street level to the platforms. Depending on which platforms you might be switching between, it's possible you might have a step-free experience. Signs from one line to another are clearly marked and there are ticket barricades with Oyster readers at the exits. If you are switching platforms from the trains to the Tube, don't forget to hit one of those readers because there isn't a barricade between those. On the platforms, you'll find a Costa kiosk as well as a West Cornwall Pasty. Up in the ticketing level is a WH Smith. The station is in Travelcard Zone 3. On the Central Line, the next stop is West Acton and on the District, it's Ealing Common.