First Class Lounges | Great Western Railway

Our comfortable First Class lounges are great places to catch up on some news and enjoy a coffee before your train leaves.

All our lounges offer:

drinks and snacks
Wi-Fi
somewhere to charge your mobile devices
live TV, and train information
access to assistance dogs (other well-behaved dogs are also welcomed at Paddington)

London Paddington opening hours

Location: Platform 1

- you can use our lounges up to 2 hours before your outward journey, and up to 1 hour after you arrive
- the drinks and snacks on offer are only for consumption in the lounge; we have separate catering on our long-distance, high-speed services
- our Paddington lounge is dog-friendly; this means that, as well as registered assistance dogs, well-behaved dogs on leads are also welcome
- we are unable to offer storage facilities for unaccompanied luggage
- we do not allow non-folding bikes in the lounge; there is a secure storage area between platforms 8 and 9

Day	Standard opening hours
Monday to Friday (including bank holidays)	05:00 to 23:30
Saturday	05:00 to 21:00
Sunday	10:00 to 23:30

Location: Platform 1

Location: Station concourse

Day	Standard opening hours
Monday to Friday (including bank holidays)	07:00 to 21:45
Saturday	07:30 to 15:30
Sunday	20:00 to 21:15

Location: Platform 1

Day	Standard opening hours
Monday to Friday (including bank holidays)	07:00 to 22:30
Saturday	07:30 to 15:30
Sunday	22:00 to 22:30