Dominic F.:
... which didn't help me when I was trying to resolve that Bishop's
Road is the original Paddington, and Praed Street was added later.

An interesting point here is that the Praed Street station and junction
were actually in the plan for the Metropolitan at the time when the
terminus was first moved to Paddington. Then they realized that since
connecting tracks with the GWR main line were planned, it would be
cheaper to eliminate the junction and put the station on the connecting
tracks instead -- hence, Bishop's Road.

But you knew this, if you've read CULG http://www.davros.org/rail/culg
on the Hammersmith & City Line.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Ken doesn't spell very well. Fortunately,
he has other virtues." -- Dennis Ritchie

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