Passenger traffic greatly increased through Paddington during the war , partly by evacuation to the relatively quiet Thames Valley , and .
Holidaymakers chose to travel west as large areas of the south and east coasts had been taken over for military purposes .
Passenger traffic greatly increased through Paddington during the war , partly by evacuation to the relatively quiet Thames Valley , and because holidaymakers chose to travel west as large areas of the south and east coasts had been taken over for military purposes .