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==Elizabeth line station<span class="anchor" id="Elizabeth"></span>==
[[File:Paddington Pergola (52130213007).jpg|thumb|An entrance to the Elizabeth line station, with the canopy above]]
[[File:Paddington station Elizabeth Line 25th May 2022 41.jpg|thumb|Elizabeth line platforms|alt=A wide island platform, with glass platform edge doors at either side. There are purple roundels labelled Paddington and benches in the centre. The ceiling is concrete with large circular light fixtures.]]
As part of the [[Crossrail]] project, a new underground station was constructed on the site of the former taxi rank in Departures Road.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paddington Crossrail Station |url= https://ramboll.com/projects/ruk/paddington-crossrail-station |access-date= 15 August 2020 |website=Ramboll Group |location= Copenhagen}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Paddington Station |url= http://www.crossrail.co.uk/route/stations/paddington/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101026030835/http://www.crossrail.co.uk/route/stations/paddington/ |url-status= dead |archive-date= 26 October 2010 |access-date= 15 August 2020 |publisher= Crossrail }}</ref> The platforms opened with the launch of the [[Elizabeth line]] on 24 May 2022.<ref name=":1" />
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Built using [[Station box|cut and cover]] construction, the [[station box]] is {{convert|23|m||abbr=on}} deep and {{convert|260|metres||abbr=on}} long.<ref>{{cite news |title=Paddington Crossrail contract signed |work=Rail |location=Peterborough |page=21 |date=10 August 2011}}</ref> As part of the construction of the station, the taxi rank was moved to the north side of the station,<ref>{{Cite press release |last=Whitcombe |first=Juliet |title=Paddington's new taxi rank opens |url= http://www.crossrail.co.uk/news/articles/paddingtons-new-taxi-rank-opens |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130620001611/http://www.crossrail.co.uk/news/articles/paddingtons-new-taxi-rank-opens |url-status= dead |archive-date= 20 June 2013 |date=13 February 2012 |access-date= 15 August 2020 |publisher=Crossrail }}</ref> and Eastbourne Terrace was closed in early 2012 for two years to allow construction of the station box to take place.<ref>{{Cite press release |last=Eleftheriou |first=Krista |date=14 February 2014 |title=Paddington's Eastbourne Terrace reopens to buses |url= http://www.crossrail.co.uk/news/articles/paddingtons-eastbourne-terrace-reopens-to-buses |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180403004648/http://www.crossrail.co.uk/news/articles/paddingtons-eastbourne-terrace-reopens-to-buses |url-status= dead |archive-date= 3 April 2018 |access-date=15 August 2020 |publisher=Crossrail}}</ref>
The station was designed by [[Weston Williamson]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 August 2020 |title= Paddington Elizabeth Line Station |url= https://www.westonwilliamson.com/projects/paddington-elizabeth-line-station |access-date=15 August 2020 |publisher=Weston Williamson + Partners |location= London}}</ref> with a {{convert|90|metres||abbr=on}} clear opening into the underground station covered by a {{convert|120|metres||abbr=on}} long by {{convert|23|metres||abbr=on}} wide glass canopy. Artwork of [[cloud formations]] by the artist [[Spencer Finch]] has been digitally printed onto the glass canopy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Artwork at Paddington |url= http://www.crossrail.co.uk/route/art-on-crossrail/artwork-at-paddington |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190901091750/http://www.crossrail.co.uk/route/art-on-crossrail/artwork-at-paddington |url-status= dead |archive-date= 1 September 2019 |access-date=15 August 2020 |publisher=Crossrail }}</ref> The station was awarded a [[Civic Trust Awards|Civic Trust Award]] in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 Civic Trust Award Winners |url=https://www.civictrustawards.org.uk/uploads/2023_Civic_Trust_Awards_Winners.pdf |access-date=1 April 2023 |website=Civic Trust Awards |page=4 |quote=}}</ref>
In the [[History of the Crossrail line|1990s proposals for Crossrail]], the station was to be built in the same location on Eastbourne Terrace but would have been designed by the architect [[Will Alsop]] with a similar canopy-based design.<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 July 1994 |title=Architecture: Colourful ideas of wilful Will |url= http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/architecture-colourful-ideas-of-wilful-will-1415088.html |access-date=15 August 2020 |newspaper=The Independent |location= London}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1 May 2003 |title=End of the line for Alsop as Crossrail picks John McAslan |url= http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/archive/end-of-the-line-for-alsop-as-crossrail-picks-john-mcaslan |access-date=15 August 2020 |work=Architects' Journal |location= London}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |author= Alsop and Störmer Architects |title=Selected and current works |year=1999 |publisher=Images Pub. Group |isbn=1-86470-001-7 |location=Mulgrave, Vic. |pages=100|oclc=42213362}}</ref>
Like all Elizabeth line stations, the station has been built to be fully accessible, with lifts and step-free access. An underground connecting passage between the [[Paddington tube station (Bakerloo, Circle and District lines)|Bakerloo line]] platforms and the [[Elizabeth line]] platforms has been built.<ref>{{Cite press release |date=6 January 2015 |title=TfL confirms contractor for Bakerloo line link |url= https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2015/january/tfl-confirm-contractor-for-bakerloo-line-li |access-date=15 August 2020 |publisher=[[Transport for London]]}}</ref>
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