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Heathrow Terminal 5 station


Heathrow Terminal 5 is a shared railway and London Underground station serving London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5. The station serves as a terminus for the Heathrow Express services to Paddington in central London, and for Piccadilly line services towards Cockfosters. The station is staffed entirely by Heathrow Express staff, unlike the other underground stations serving Terminal 4 and Terminals 2 & 3. The London Underground section of the station is situated in Travelcard Zone 6; it is the westernmost below-ground station on the London Underground network. The station was opened on
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Iberia has operated from Terminal 5 as well. Terminal 5 also serves UK and Irish flights like Heathrow Terminal 2, unlike Heathrow Terminal 3 and Heathrow Terminal 4 The transport network around the airport has been extended to cope with the increase in passenger numbers. This has involved widening of the M25 motorway and the construction of new branches of both the Heathrow Express and the London Underground Piccadilly line. Terminal 5 is served by Heathrow Terminal 5 station, which is located beneath the main terminal building, and serves both the London Underground and
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Heathrow Terminal 5 station


27 March 2008. It was designed by architects HOK International in conjunction with Rogers, Stirk, Harbour & Partners. Although situated underground, parts of the station's roofing are made of translucent ETFE laminate panels, allowing natural daylight to flood down both ends of all six platforms. It is the only station at Heathrow Airport where both the Piccadilly line and Heathrow Express services share the same station. The Terminal 5 station is served by the following rail services: Until 2012, free transfer was not possible between terminals via the Underground
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Heathrow Terminal 4


also accessible from Central London via the M4, exiting at Junction 3. There is a short stay car park directly opposite the terminal and a long stay car park on the other side of the twin rivers. Terminal 4 is served by Heathrow Terminal 4 Underground station on the London Underground's Piccadilly line and by Heathrow Express trains at Heathrow Terminal 4. Heathrow Express provides a free shuttle service to Heathrow Central station. At Heathrow Central, passengers can change for free services to Terminal 5, and also for the main Heathrow Express
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Airways International, and Turkish Airlines. Terminal 3 is connected by an underground walkway to Terminal 2. Terminals 4 and 5 can be reached by the free Heathrow Express rail service. London Underground services can also be used to transfer to Terminals 4 and 5 (the former requiring a change of train at Hatton Cross), but this service is only free to Oyster card holders. In addition, numerous buses ply between the Central Bus Station (for Terminals 2 and 3) and the other terminals. However, using the train
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Heathrow Central railway station


by TfL Rail, part of the new Crossrail project, replacing the Heathrow Connect service. Services initially run as far as London Paddington calling at all intermediate stations. In December 2018, the service will be rebranded the Elizabeth Line, and in December 2019 the full route opens, running through Central London to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east. Heathrow Central railway station is close to London Underground Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 tube station where Piccadilly line trains run to Terminals 4 and 5 and to central London. Heathrow Central also
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station serving Terminals 2 and 3, and also from bus stations at Terminals 4 and 5. All terminals lie within the Heathrow Free Travel Zone with free travel between the terminals. Terminals 2 and 3 are within walking distance of each other. Transfers from Terminals 2 and 3 to Terminal 4 and 5 are provided by Heathrow Express trains and the London Underground Piccadilly line. Direct transfer between Terminals 4 and 5 is provided by London Buses routes 482 and 490. Transit passengers remaining airside are provided with free dedicated transfer buses between terminals
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was renamed Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 in 1984, with the opening of a one-way loop serving , south of the central terminal area. To reflect the demolition of Terminal 1 at the end of June 2015, it was renamed again as Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3. From 7 January 2005 until 17 September 2006, the loop via Heathrow Terminal 4 was closed to allow the connection of a spur line to the now operational Heathrow Terminal 5 station. All underground services reverted to two-way working into Terminals
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Central London. For the first 45 years of its operation, public transport links to Heathrow Airport were provided by airport buses. Rail connections to Heathrow Airport began in 1977 with the extension of the London Underground Piccadilly line to Heathrow Central tube station (now Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3). The Tube was extended to Terminal 4 in 1986 and Terminal 5 in 2008. A new airport rail link opened between Heathrow and London Paddington station in 1998, when the Heathrow Express service began. This mainline rail service is due to be
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Heathrow Terminal 4 railway station


Heathrow Terminal 4 is a TfL Rail station serving London Heathrow Terminal 4 at London Heathrow Airport. A separate Heathrow Terminal 4 Underground station caters for London Underground Piccadilly line services which is adjacent to this station. Transport for London Travelcards are not valid on Heathrow Express services, though it is for TfL Rail. Journeys to and from Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 (Heathrow Central) are free of charge and can also be used by passengers changing terminals at Heathrow. The station opened on 23 June 1998, together with the Heathrow Express
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Heathrow Terminal 3


service is much quicker and easier for passengers with luggage. The bus service is free between terminals. As part of the three central terminals at Heathrow, it is well linked to the M4 motorway via the M4 spur road and through a tunnel under the north runway. Terminal 3 is accessed by the Piccadilly Line of the London Underground from Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 tube station, with trains towards Cockfosters via Central London. The Terminal is also accessed by TfL Rail and Heathrow Express from Heathrow Central where services go to Paddington.
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free Heathrow Express rail service. London Underground services can also be used to transfer to Terminals 4 and 5 (the former requiring a change of train at Hatton Cross), but this service is only free to Oyster card holders. In addition, numerous buses ply between the Central Bus Station (for Terminals 2 and 3) and the other terminals. However, using the train service is much quicker and easier for passengers with luggage. The bus service is free between terminals. As part of the three central terminals at Heathrow
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, with interchange available to the rest of the London Underground network. The Piccadilly line is integrated into the Transport for London fare system. From 2019, Heathrow Terminal 5 will be served by the Elizabeth Line, as part of the Crossrail project. This will provide another route to Central London, as well as areas like Canary Wharf on the Abbey Wood Branch and Essex on the Shenfield branch. Terminal 5 is also served by RailAir express buses, which link the terminal's bus station (see below) with Reading station,
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Heathrow Terminal 4 tube station


Heathrow Terminal 4 is a London Underground station at Heathrow Airport on the Heathrow branch of the Piccadilly line. The station is situated in Travelcard Zone 6. The station opened on 12 April 1986 to serve the then recently opened Heathrow Terminal 4. It is situated on a unidirectional loop tunnel which was constructed between the existing Hatton Cross and Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 stations. The station is one of four on the London Underground with only one platform, and is the only one with one-way train service. It is adjacent
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, it is well linked to the M4 motorway via the M4 spur road and through a tunnel under the north runway. Terminal 2 is accessed by the Piccadilly Line of the London Underground from Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 tube station, with trains towards Cockfosters via Central London. The Terminal is also accessed by TfL Rail and Heathrow Express from Heathrow Central where services go to Paddington. TfL Rail services are due to be replaced by Crossrail when it finally opens at some point in the future and services would be increased from two trains
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Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 tube station


Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 is a London Underground station at Heathrow Airport on the Heathrow branch of the Piccadilly line, and currently serves Heathrow Terminal 2 and Terminal 3. The station was named Heathrow Terminals 1, 2 & 3 until January 2016, when the station was renamed to reflect the closure of Heathrow Terminal 1. The station is situated in Travelcard Zone 6. Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station is nearby, though there is no direct interchange between the two stations. The station opened as Heathrow Central on 16 December
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, to be located to the east of T5C, as displayed in Heathrow's Capital Investment Plan for 2009. An underground automated people mover (APM), known as the "Transit", connects passengers between Terminal 5A, Terminal 5B and Terminal 5C. In a level below the APM are pedestrian walkways, which were opened for passenger use in 2015. Unlike most airport terminals, the main terminal building does not have direct road access. Instead it is fronted by a 6-level frontal building, which contains a bus station and taxi
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the traffic day. Since 16 December 2016, there is a 24-hour Night Tube service on Friday and Saturday nights from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Cockfosters, but not from Uxbridge to Acton Town or the Heathrow Terminal 4 loop. Like most Underground lines, the Piccadilly line is operated by a single type of rolling stock, in this case the 1973 tube stock, in the standard London Underground livery of blue, white and red. Seventy-nine trains out of a fleet of 86 are needed to run the line's peak service
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staff and various renovations and upgrades over the years, the building became increasingly decrepit and unserviceable. It was closed on 23 November 2009; Air France flight AF1881 to Paris was the last flight to depart from the terminal. The building was demolished in 2010, and the resulting space was combined with the adjacent area where the Queen's Building stood until its demolition in 2009 to form the site for the new terminal. Terminal 2 is connected by an underground walkway to Terminal 3. Terminals 4 and 5 can be reached by the
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Heathrow Central railway station


Central do not lie adjacent to the London Underground Piccadilly line platforms at Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 station. Instead they lie perpendicular, and at a far deeper level. The reasoning behind this is because the Heathrow Express line was tunelled into Heathrow from the north, whereas the Piccadilly line approaches from the east. Access to the station is reached via an underground pedestrian walkway which links Terminal 3 to the Central Bus Station and the Piccadilly line's Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 station. Since May 2018, the station has been served
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Heathrow Terminal 5


bus station, and to the TfL Rail semi-fast rail service to Paddington. Terminal 4 can be reached by changing trains to the Heathrow Express Shuttle service at Heathrow Central, which is also fare-free for this journey. The Piccadilly line of the London Underground provides a slower, but considerably cheaper, stopping service to central London, with a journey time of between 45 minutes and one hour depending on exact destination. Trains run every 10 minutes, and provide service to many stations en route to and within central London
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Balloon loop


off after Inverkeithing and connecting again at Kirkcaldy. Also, two London Underground lines have balloon loops; the Northern Line has one at Kennington, where trains can terminate, drive around the reversing loop, and then start again whilst others can pass through; whereas the Piccadilly Line has one serving Terminal 4 of Heathrow Airport (half of all trains use this loop to return eastwards back into London, while trains terminating at Terminal 5 must halt and reverse. Both the French and the British terminals of the Eurotunnel Shuttle service through the
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and there is a similar quarter-hourly service in the return direction. At Paddington they use dedicated platforms 6 and 7, although on occasions other platforms are used. There are two stops at Heathrow: Heathrow Central, serving Terminals 2 and 3 (journey time from Paddington 15 minutes); and Heathrow Terminal 5 (journey time 21 minutes). Until the opening of Terminal 5 on 27 March 2008, Heathrow Express terminated at Heathrow Terminal 4. In 2010, Heathrow Express introduced a dedicated shuttle between Heathrow Central and Terminal
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station, alternate Heathrow branch trains runs via the Terminal 4 loop, whilst the other alternate trains run directly to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3, and Heathrow Terminal 5. Until 2012, free transfer was not possible between terminals, in contrast to the Heathrow Express. In January 2012, free travel was introduced for Oyster card holders between the three Heathrow stations. But to travel from Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 or Terminal 5 to Terminal 4 one must change trains at Hatton Cross. This journey is free, despite Hatton Cross itself
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Heathrow Central railway station


and Heathrow Terminal 5 provided by Heathrow Express, normally running every 15 minutes, and by TfL Rail, normally running half-hourly and stopping at most intermediate stations. It is also serviced by the Heathrow Terminal 4 shuttle, which runs between here and Heathrow Terminal 4 approximately every 15 mins. The station was opened on 23 June 1998 upon the completion of the Heathrow Express Rail Link linking Heathrow Airport with direct non-stop services to Central London. In contrast to the stations Terminals 4 and 5, the platforms at Heathrow
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Heathrow Terminal 5 station


, unlike on the Heathrow Express. In January 2012, free travel was introduced for Oyster card and contactless payment card holders between the Heathrow stations on the Piccadilly line. Journeys from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Terminal 4 via the Piccadilly line require a change at Hatton Cross; this journey is free, despite Hatton Cross not being part of the free travel zone. From 2019, Heathrow Terminal 5 will be served by the Elizabeth Line, as part of the Crossrail project. Network Rail has put forward a proposal for a Western Rail
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Heathrow Central bus station


. Additionally, London Buses route 285 operates between Heathrow Central and Feltham railway station. Heathrow Central bus station is linked by underground walkways to Heathrow Central railway station, which is served by Tfl Rail and Heathrow Express trains, and Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 tube station on the London Underground Piccadilly line. These stations provide direct rail links with central London. In future, TfL Rail services will become part of the Elizabeth line, currently under construction. Heathrow Central bus station is open 24 hours a day and it is connected to
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tunnels (including eight escape shafts) and underground stations at and Terminal 4. Electrification of the Great Western Main Line (GWML) between Paddington and Airport Junction, where the new line diverged from the GWML, was also required. A flying junction known as "Stockley Flyover" was constructed to connect the tunnel to the GWML fast lines. Beginning in January 1998, an interim service called Heathrow FastTrain ran to a temporary station called Heathrow Junction, where a coach took passengers the rest of the way. The full service began
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Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 tube station


2 & 3 and Terminal 5. Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 has a double crossover immediately to the east which can be seen from the platform. This is used to allow trains to enter either platforms 1 or 2 heading westbound to terminate here. However, at present it is only used during times of service disruption. Also, a short distance to the west, are two further crossovers where the single track loop line from Terminal 4 rejoins the eastbound track from Terminal 5 to Terminals 2 & 3. The station has six
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Heathrow Terminal 4 railway station


. From 1998 to 2008, the station was the terminus of the Heathrow Express service from London Paddington. All services terminated here after calling at Heathrow Central. In 2005, the Heathrow Connect service was introduced, which provided a slower service to Paddington but calling at local stations along the way, as well as offering cheaper fares. This service also terminated at Terminal 4, together with the Heathrow Express. Upon the opening of the new Heathrow Terminal 5 station in 2008, all Heathrow Express services were re-routed to terminate
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Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 tube station


became the terminus of the line. This situation continued until 17 September 2006, when the Terminal 5 tunnel works were sufficiently complete for the loop tunnel and Terminal 4 station to reopen. Heathrow Terminal 5 station opened on 27 March 2008, but the frequency of trains on the Heathrow branch of the Piccadilly line remained the same as previously, with services from Hatton Cross to Heathrow split. Alternate trains run either to Terminal 4 (around the loop and back to Central London via Terminals 2 & 3), or direct to Terminals
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Heathrow Terminal 5


Heathrow Terminal 5 is an airport terminal at Heathrow Airport, the main airport serving London. Opened in 2008, the main building in the complex is the largest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom. Terminal 5 is currently used exclusively as one of the three global hubs of International Airlines Group, served by British Airways and Iberia, with the others being London Gatwick South and Madrid Barajas Terminal 4. Prior to 2012, the terminal was used solely by British Airways. The terminal was designed to handle 35 million passengers a
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Heathrow Terminal 4 tube station


Heathrow Terminal 4. For passengers travelling to or from Heathrow Terminal 4, a shuttle bus was provided from Hatton Cross tube station. This situation continued until 17 September 2006 when the loop line and station were reopened after construction finished, with new security and customer announcement technologies in place at the station. Heathrow Terminal 4 tube station is located on a unidirectional clockwise loop that branches off after Hatton Cross westbound, and rejoins the Heathrow branch eastbound to the west of Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3. Since the opening of Heathrow Terminal 5
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serve a new shared Heathrow Terminal 5 station. As of July 2019, Heathrow's four passenger terminals are assigned as follows: Following the opening of Terminal 5 in March 2008, a complex programme of terminal moves was implemented. This saw many airlines move so as to be grouped in terminals by airline alliance as far as possible. Following the opening of Phase 1 of the new Terminal 2 in June 2014, all Star Alliance member airlines (with the exception of new member Air India which moved in early 2017) along with
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Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 tube station


1977 as the final phase of the Piccadilly line's extension from Hounslow West to the airport. The preceding station, Hatton Cross, had opened as the interim terminus in 1975. At its opening, the station served as the terminus of what became known as the Heathrow branch of the line – previously it had been the Hounslow branch. It was the first time that an airport had been directly served by an underground railway system. With the development of the airport's new Terminal 4 underway for which a separate Underground station would
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and two satellite buildings linked to the main terminal by an underground people mover transit system. The second satellite (Concourse C), includes dedicated aircraft stands for the Airbus A380. It became fully operational on 1 June 2011. Terminal 5 was voted Skytrax World's Best Airport Terminal 2014 in the Annual World Airport Awards. The main terminal building (Concourse A) has an area of while Concourse B covers . It has 60 aircraft stands and capacity for 30 million passengers annually as well as more than 100 shops and restaurants.
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Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 tube station


Terminal 4. This meant that the westbound tunnel direct from Hatton Cross to Terminals 1, 2, 3 was hardly used for over 20 years. However, some early morning trains still went directly to Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3. To the confusion of some passengers, the last westbound train every day still does this. For the construction of the tunnel to the new Heathrow Terminal 5 station, the loop track and Terminal 4 station closed temporarily on 7 January 2005 and Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 once again
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Heathrow Terminal 5


Heathrow Express rail connections to the terminal. The railway station also has two additional, currently unused, platforms for use by a possible westward railway connection. Heathrow Express provides an express service to Paddington station in central London, stopping only at Heathrow Central station. Trains run every 15 minutes and the journey time to Paddington is 21 minutes. Premium fares are charged for the service to Paddington. However no fares are charged for the journey to Heathrow Central, which provides access to Terminals 1 to 3, to the Heathrow Airport Central
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serving Heathrow. On 30 March 2014, the flight to Tel Aviv moved to this terminal from Terminal 1. On 30 June 2015 when Terminal 1 closed, flights to Amman- Queen Alia, Baku, Beirut, Cairo, and Hannover moved to this terminal from the former Terminal 1. Some destinations are served from Terminal 3 due to capacity restrictions at Terminal 5. British Airways to Palermo formerly operated from Terminal 5, but in March 2017, it transferred its flights to Terminal 3. Since March 2012, International Airlines Group subsidiary
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Heathrow Connect


of the original Heathrow Express project, these lines were electrified at 25 kV AC overhead as a diversionary route, and feature Automatic Train Protection. An additional flyover bridge was built in 2008 as part of Crossrail works to enable trains to enter or leave the airport spur without crossing any of the Great Western Main Line tracks. Services initially terminated at Heathrow Central. Following Heathrow Express services being diverted to Terminal 5, from March 2008 Heathrow Connect services were extended to Terminal 4. The service pattern, , was as follows: Heathrow
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Heathrow Terminal 2


Heathrow Terminal 2, also known as The Queen's Terminal, is an airport terminal at Heathrow Airport, the main airport serving London, United Kingdom. The new development was originally named "Heathrow East Terminal", and occupies the sites where the previous Terminal 2 and the "Queens Building" stood. It was designed by Luis Vidal + Architects and opened on 4 June 2014. The original Terminal 2 opened in 1955 as the "Europa Building" and was the airport's oldest terminal. Terminal 1 closed to passengers on
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Heathrow Terminal 4 tube station


to Heathrow Terminal 4 railway station used by main line TfL Rail services. In-service routing took trains from Hatton Cross to Terminal 4 then Terminals 2 & 3 and back to Hatton Cross. On 7 January 2005, both the loop track and the station were closed temporarily in order to allow the construction of a new rail junction to link to the new Heathrow Terminal 5 station. All trains reverted to using the original westbound track from Hatton Cross direct to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 which was used prior to the opening of
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Transport in London


. On the western edge of the city in the London Borough of Hillingdon, it has two runways and five passenger terminals, with the £4bn fifth terminal opening in 2008. It is connected to central London by the dedicated Heathrow Express rail service, the Heathrow Connect local rail service and London Underground's Piccadilly line, and is connected to the M4 and M25 motorways. Gatwick is just under 40 km south of central London in Sussex, some distance outside London's boundary. With a single runway and two terminals, it
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The remaining 20% carbon reduction will be due to the new T2 Energy Centre, via biomass CHP fuelled by woodchips from local renewable resources, will provide heating and cooling to both Heathrow Terminal 2 and Heathrow Terminal 5. Construction of the terminal is spread across two phases. The first phase, started in 2009 and completed in June 2014, has involved the demolition of the old terminal and construction of half of the main terminal building, and the completion of the satellite building Terminal 2B. The second phase is due to begin after
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Heathrow Terminal 5


it will eventually transport passengers around the perimeter fence to Terminals 2 and 3. An underground automated people mover (APM) system, to the Bombardier Innovia APM 200 design, is used to transport passengers between the 5A, 5B and 5C buildings. Known as the "Train Transit System", the APM system is located air side and is thus only available to passengers and other authorised personnel. The system can accommodate up to 6,000 passengers per hour and the trains run at with a journey time of 45 seconds. Passengers descend
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Heathrow Airport


terminal, in addition to St. George's Interdenominational Chapel in an underground vault adjacent to the old control tower, where Christian services take place. The chaplains organise and lead prayers at certain times in the prayer room. The airport has its own resident press corps, consisting of six photographers and one TV crew, serving all the major newspapers and television stations around the world. Most of Heathrow's internal roads are initial letter coded by area: N in the north (e.g. Newall Road), E in the east (e.g.
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Heathrow Airport


's most recent capital investment plan. The transport network around the airport has been extended to cope with the increase in passenger numbers. A dedicated motorway spur links the terminal to the M25 (between junctions 14 and 15). The terminal has a 3,800 space multi-story car park. A more distant long-stay car park for business passengers is connected to the terminal by a personal rapid transit system, which became operational in the spring of 2011. New branches of both the Heathrow Express and the Underground's Piccadilly line
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Heathrow Express


operation. In 2005, a service called Heathrow Connect was started, operating a twice-hourly stopping service along the route using "Desiro" EMUs. In 2008, Heathrow Express was diverted to serve the new Terminal 5 in lieu of Terminal 4. The company employs 160 staff, who work in Airport Terminals and on-board the trains. Heathrow Airport Holdings have an agreement with Network Rail for access paths on the GWML until 2028. Trains depart Paddington every 15 minutes from 05:10 (06:10 on Sunday) until 23:25,
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Hatton Cross tube station


Cross was provided for passengers travelling to and from Terminal 4. Service round the loop restarted on 17 September 2006. From 27 March 2008, when the Terminal 5 station opened, alternate trains, of the twelve per hour arriving at Hatton Cross from London, have taken the Terminal 4 loop. These trains call at Heathrow Terminal 4, and then Terminals 2 & 3, before heading back to London. The other alternate trains run direct to Heathrow Terminal 5, via Terminals 2 & 3. On its opening in 1975,
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the old Terminal 1 was and where Terminal 2 is, a "Heathrow Hall" and a "Heathrow House". This hamlet was largely along a country lane (Heathrow Road) which ran roughly along the east and south edges of the present central terminals area. Development of the whole Heathrow area as a very much larger airport began in 1944: it was stated to be for long-distance military aircraft bound for the Far East. But by the time the airfield was nearing completion, World War II had ended.
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Crossrail


proposes integrating Heathrow Express services from Heathrow Terminal 5 into Crossrail to relieve the GWML and reduce the need for passengers to change at Paddington. As part of the Heathrow Southern Railway scheme proposed in 2017, the western extent of the Crossrail route could be extended beyond Heathrow Airport to terminate at . This extension would form part of a wider scheme to create new rail links in west London and Surrey serving Heathrow, and would require the construction of an extra platform at Staines station. This proposal has not been approved or funded. Stobart
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Piccadilly line


The Piccadilly line () is a London Underground line that runs between in suburban north London and in the west, where it divides into two branches: one of these runs to Heathrow Airport and the other to in northwest London, with some services terminating at . Coloured dark blue (officially "Corporate Blue", Pantone 072) on the Tube map, it is the fourth-busiest line on the Underground network with over 210 million passenger journeys in 2011/12. It is partly a deep-level line, with a number
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Heathrow Terminal 5


4. The possibility of a fifth terminal at Heathrow emerged as early as 1982, when there was debate over whether the expansion of Stansted or the expansion of Heathrow (advocated by BA) was the way forward for the UK aviation industry. Planning studies for the terminal began in February 1988 and Richard Rogers was selected to design the terminal in 1989. Rogers compared his design to the Centre Pompidou, an earlier project that has similar flexibility in its use of space. BAA formally announced its proposal for construction of T5 in May
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Heathrow Hub


Heathrow’s Terminal 5 to accommodate passenger growth. This includes a new terminal, a new railway station connecting Heathrow to the West Coast Mainline and Crossrail and direct access to the M25 motorway. According to a paper published by the think-tank the Centre for Policy Studies, the Heathrow Hub proposal would cost ~£10 billion compared to the £65 billion estimated cost of the Thames Estuary Airport situated on the Isle of Grain and promoted by London Mayor Boris Johnson. Heathrow Hub estimates the cost of implementing its expansion plan to reach ~£12.5
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Therefore, before construction began on the terminal building, a new taller air traffic control tower was constructed. Costing £50 million it was assembled off-site before being manoeuvred into position within the central terminal area near to Heathrow Terminal 3, during 2004. This new control tower weighs nearly 1000 tons and is in height, making it one of the tallest in Europe and twice the height of London's Nelson's Column. It became operational in April 2007. British Airways uses Terminal 5 to operate the majority of its flights
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Crossrail


platforms at central stations and at Heathrow. The stations will be fully equipped with CCTV and, due to the length of the platforms, train indicators will be above the platform-edge doors in central stations. It was announced on 5 July 2017 that Crossrail services would be extended to Heathrow Terminal 5 from December 2019, meaning that all Heathrow terminals will have a Crossrail service when the full service commences in December 2019. Crossrail will operate using the new Class 345 trains. These are currently being used on the two interim TfL
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Compass Centre


The building was completed 15 months later. When London Heathrow Terminal 5 opened on 27 March 2008, British Airways staff, including crew check-in staff, relocated from the Compass Centre to Terminal 5. A refurbishment of the head office was completed in September 2009, after Heathrow Airport Limited (then BAA) moved into the building. The Compass Centre was designed by Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners, which designed the core, external works, and shell of the building. Compass Centre is alongside but slightly askew from Heathrow's northern
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Heathrow Airport transport proposals


a spur from Heathrow Terminal 5 along a north-western alignment, connecting the airport to the Great Western main line. This connection will enable direct trains from , , and , and improve airport connections with the South West, South Wales and the West Midlands. In 2013, a proposal was announced for the Windsor Link Railway, a privately financed project to link the Slough–Windsor & Eton and the Staines–Windsor railway lines. The scheme also includes a branch to Heathrow Terminal 5, with a potential connection to Crossrail
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Heathrow Terminal 5


the main terminal building) and skybridges at level 5 (departures level). The combination of the two buildings with the linking walkways creates a series of open courtyards. One of these courtyards is occupied by the access structures for the railway station below; others contain a dancing fountain and a grove of 40 London Plane trees, and are accessible to passengers and other visitors. At the time of its design Terminal 5's proposed height was so tall that it would have blocked runway views from Heathrow Airport's then control tower.
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. A "dive-under" was constructed at Acton to allow passenger trains to pass slower freight trains leaving and entering a goods yard. It was completed in July 2016 and was brought into use in 2017. The Heathrow spur has three stations, at Heathrow Central (for Terminals 2 and 3), Terminal 4 and Terminal 5, and joins the main route at Airport Junction, between West Drayton and Hayes and Harlington. Construction of a flyover near Hayes & Harlington station began in 2014, and will allow Heathrow Express
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Atlantic. It has four passenger terminals (numbered 2 to 5) and a cargo terminal. Of Heathrow's 78 million passengers in 2017, 94% were international travellers; the remaining 6% were bound for (or arriving from) places in the UK. The busiest single destination in passenger numbers is New York, with over 3 million passengers flying between Heathrow and JFK Airport in 2013. In the 1950s, Heathrow had six runways, arranged in three pairs at different angles in the shape of a hexagram with the permanent
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Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 tube station


. Journeys from Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 or Heathrow Terminal 5 to Terminal 4 via the Piccadilly line require a change at Hatton Cross (this journey is free, despite Hatton Cross not being part of the free travel zone). As of March 2012, the station had undergone renovation works which featured an extended control room, all six escalators refurbished, a station enhancement and two Step Free Access lifts from the ticket hall (located near the bottom of the escalators from street level) to the platforms. Step Free Access to
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Heathrow Terminal 5 station


Approach to Heathrow, a short spur of track in tunnel which would run from a junction east of to Terminal 5 station. This would permit Great Western Main Line trains to run directly from and into Heathrow, without the need to change at Paddington. The proposal is currently at consultation stage and remains unconfirmed. In addition to the above rail links, the T5 Rail Station also has two safeguarded "heavy rail" platforms for use by a west-facing connection to the National Rail network. The south-leaning proposal would
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Feltham railway station


added a short detour to serve the station forecourt; passengers for terminal 4 were advised to change at Hatton Cross (which is in the Heathrow free travel zone with free travel between Hatton Cross and all terminals). In March 2008 terminal 5 opened and route 490 was diverted to serve it and to make the detour into Feltham station bus station. Hounslow Council is currently consulting on a direct rail link between the line and Terminal 5 of Heathrow. London Buses routes 285, 490 and H25 serve the station. Feltham lies on
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which offer interchanges with London Underground. Located in the London Borough of Hillingdon, Heathrow is by far the largest of London's airports and considered the main gateway into the United Kingdom for non-European visitors. Heathrow has five terminals and two parallel runways. Due to the location in London's western suburbs, Heathrow has had trouble trying to expand, with various expansion projects being cancelled. As a result, the airport consistently runs at over 99% capacity and is often included on lists of the worst-rated airports in
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the world. However, on 1 July 2015 Heathrow's expansion plan was suggested as the best option by the Airport Commission and on 25 October 2016 a new northwest runway and terminal was approved by the Government. The airport is connected to Great Britain's motorway network via the M4 and M25 motorways, to London Paddington station by Heathrow Express and TfL Rail trains and to other Central London destinations by London Underground trains on the Piccadilly line. In April 2012, Heathrow announced that for the first time in history it handled 70 million
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Heathrow Terminal 4


. It became the Heathrow base for airlines of the SkyTeam airline alliance after British Airways vacated Terminal 4 on 29 October 2009 and moved to Terminal 5. The terminal was initially designed as a facility for short-haul 'point-to-point' traffic, to compensate for its relatively long distance from the airport's central terminal area (CTA). The layout of the terminal, with passenger boarding gates very close to the check-in and security halls, was designed to facilitate rapid movement of passengers through the building
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Heathrow Terminal 4


Heathrow Terminal 4 is an airport terminal at Heathrow Airport, the main airport serving London, England, situated to the south of the southern runway, next to the cargo terminal. It is connected to Heathrow Terminals 2 and 3 by the vehicular Heathrow Cargo Tunnel, and by rail with the Heathrow Terminal 4 tube and Heathrow Terminal 4 railway stations. Built at a cost of £200 million, Terminal 4 was opened by the Prince and Princess of Wales on 1 April 1986. Until 2008 it was used mainly by British Airways
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Tube map


white) British Rail "double arrow" beside the station name to indicate main line interchanges. Where the main line station has a different name from the Underground station that it connects with, since 1977 this has been shown in a box. The distance between the Tube station and the main line station is now shown. Contemporary maps have marked stations offering step-free access with a blue circle containing a wheelchair symbol in white. Stations with links to airports (Heathrow terminals 1, 2, 3, terminal 4, and
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Heathrow Airport


on 27 May 2015. British Airways was the last operator in Terminal 1. Two flights of this carrier, one departing to Hanover and one arriving from Baku, marked the terminal closure on 29 June 2015. British Airways operations have been relocated to Terminals 3 and 5. The following airlines operate regular scheduled passenger flights at London Heathrow Airport: When ranked by passenger traffic, Heathrow is the sixth busiest internationally, behind Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Beijing Capital International Airport, Dubai International Airport, Chicago's O'Hare International Airport
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Heathrow Airport


operations were disrupted by problems with the terminal's IT systems, coupled with insufficient testing and staff training, which caused over 500 flights to be cancelled. Until March 2012, Terminal 5 was exclusively used by British Airways as its global hub; however, because of the merger, on 25 March Iberia's operations at Heathrow were moved to the terminal, making it the home of International Airlines Group. Built at a cost of £4.3 billion, the terminal consists of a four-story main terminal building (Concourse A)
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Angel tube station


The station's ticket hall has a sculpture of an Angel by Kevin Boys. Angel is one of the number of stations to have only escalator access to the platforms. With a vertical rise of and a length of , Angel station has the longest escalators on the Underground, and the second longest in the United Kingdom (after one at Heathrow Terminal 5). The station was refurbished (as of 2015) and work began on 2 January 2007. Additional CCTV cameras and Help Points were installed, bringing the total to 77
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Heathrow Airport


were included in the draft 2014–2019 five-year master plan but have since been deferred due to other priorities. The Hotel Hoppa bus network connects all terminals to major hotels in the area. Taxis are available at all terminals. Heathrow is accessible via the nearby M4 motorway or A4 road (Terminals 2–3), the M25 motorway (Terminals 4 and 5) and the A30 road (Terminal 4). There are drop-off and pick-up areas at all terminals and short- and long-stay multi-storey car
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Heathrow Terminal 2


the demolition of Terminal 1 and will involve the construction of the second half of Terminal 2 in its place. It had originally been expected that the second phase would be completed around 2019, but in February 2013 Heathrow Airport Ltd. confirmed the project would not be expected to be complete until the next decade. Once complete the terminal will have a footprint and operational capacity very similar to that of Terminal 5. Phase 1 was once expected to be completed in 2012, in time for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games but, as construction
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Heathrow Terminal 4 railway station


there, and services to Terminal 4 were replaced with an every 15 minute shuttle service, which ran between Heathrow Central and Terminal 4. Most Heathrow Connect services then terminated at Heathrow Central, although on Sundays, they continued to Terminal 4. On 20 May 2018, TfL Rail took over the Heathrow Connect service ahead of becoming part of the Elizabeth Line in December 2018. Trains now run half hourly between London Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 4, with an additional shuttle between Terminal 4 and Heathrow Central, to maintain a train service
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Heathrow Airtrack


built near the site of the former station of the same name, but that plan was omitted from the revised proposals in the second public consultation, published on 20 October 2008. A new depot for rolling stock on the site of the former marshalling yards at Feltham is included in the proposal. BAA indicated that it wished to extend the Heathrow Express service from Terminal 5 to a new terminal platform at . The principle of a rail connection to Heathrow from the south had been the subject of considerable discussion and study for 50 years
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passenger terminal at Heathrow. Construction, which was undertaken by Laing O'Rourke, began in September 2002, with earthworks for the construction of the buildings' foundation. A preparatory archaeological dig at the site found more than 80,000 artefacts. In November of the following year, work started on the steel superstructure of the main terminal building. By January 2005, the nine tunnels needed to provide road and rail access, and to provide drainage, were completed. In March that year, the sixth and final section of the main terminal roof
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Heathrow Terminal 3


check-in area, known as 'Zone A', which features a large sculpture and atrium. As of 2013, Terminal 3 has an area of . Heathrow Airport Limited also has plans for a £1bn upgrade of the rest of the terminal over the next ten years which will include the renovation of aircraft piers and the arrivals forecourt. A new baggage system connecting to Terminal 5 (for British Airways connections) is currently under construction. In addition to the baggage system, the baggage claim hall is also set to
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Heathrow Southern Railway


Heathrow Southern Railway is a proposed new railway in the United Kingdom which would link Heathrow Airport to railway lines south of London. The scheme, announced in August 2017, is promoted by Heathrow Southern Railway Limited and would be financed privately. If built, the new rail infrastructure, up to in length, would link Heathrow Terminal 5 with or and , and would enable direct trains to run from , , Guildford to Heathrow Airport stations. It would also create a new link to the airport from via , , Richmond, and
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Platform screen doors


the movement of air caused by emergency ventilation fans. As a secondary function, they also act as barriers to prevent people from falling onto the tracks. The Jubilee line PSDs were produced by Westinghouse. There are plans to install PEDs (which will not reach to the ceiling) in existing London Underground stations along the Bakerloo, Central, Piccadilly, and Waterloo & City lines as part of New Tube for London. PEDs are present on the Gatwick Airport shuttle system and on the Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 airside people mover shuttle.
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Heathrow Airside Road Tunnel


The Heathrow Airside Road Tunnel (ART) is a tunnel at Heathrow Airport. It connects the airside roads around Terminals 1, 2 and 3 to those around Terminal 5. The tunnel was opened to traffic in March 2005 and is used only by vehicles with security clearance to drive airside. The ART is long, consisting of of twin-cell cut and cover box at each end, linked by a pair of long bored tunnels. The ART was designed and built between 1999 and 2004 by a team of engineers from the
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Travelcard


Central, Heathrow Terminal 4 and Heathrow Terminal 5 is not included, but since May 2018 travel to Heathrow is available on the TfL Rail stopping service. Watford Junction is served by London Overground but is not within any of the Travelcard zones, yet a special travelcard including the station and zones 1 - 9 is available. Travel on the High Speed rail link between St Pancras and Stratford International is also not included unless the travelcard is "out-boundary": valid to a station outside London. This is because High Speed
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Heathrow Airport


is not currently allowed through the main tunnel to access Terminals 2 and 3 (Terminal 1 closed in 2015). There is a long history of expansion proposals for Heathrow since it was first designated as a civil airport. Following the cancellation of the Maplin project in 1974, a fourth terminal was proposed but expansion beyond this ruled out. However, the Airports Inquiries of 1981-83 and the 1985 Airports Policy White Paper considered further expansion and, following a four-year long public inquiry in 1995-99, Terminal 5
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Heathrow Airport transport proposals


railway through central London, with a station at Heathrow Airport. The scheme was rejected by planners in favour of the simpler Crossrail route. In 2009, Heathrow Airport Limited unveiled a proposal for a new rail link called Heathrow Airtrack which would connect Heathrow Terminal 5 along a southern alignment to the Waterloo–Reading line. The scheme would have enabled direct rail services between , Heathrow Airport, and , improving transport links with stations to the South West of the airport. The project was abandoned in 2011 due to lack of funding and
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Heathrow Express


4 that would be timed to connect with the main Heathrow Express service to/from Terminal 5 to improve connections between the terminals. The service uses Class 332 electric multiple units built by CAF and Siemens Mobility. These incorporate video monitors and the ability to use mobile phones throughout the journey, even in tunnels. The monitors are mostly used for advertising and for news and weather updates produced by BBC World News. Heathrow Express has been generally well received, not least because steps were taken to reduce the environmental impact, including disguising
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and was inaugurated by Queen Elizabeth II in April 1969. Before Terminal 5 opened, Terminal 1 was the Heathrow base for British Airways' (BA) domestic and European network and for a few of its long haul routes. The acquisition of British Midland International (BMI) in 2012 by BA's owner International Airlines Group meant British Airways took over BMI's short-haul and medium-haul destinations from the terminal. Terminal 1 was also the main base for most Star Alliance members, some Star Alliance members were also based
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Heathrow Terminal 5


rank (at ground level), a 3,800-space short-stay multi-storey car park (levels 1 to 4) and a drop-off zone (level 5). A walkway at level 1 of the frontal building provides under-cover access to the Sofitel Heathrow Airport T5 Hotel, while a section of level 2 is used for the link to the long-term business car park (see below). The frontal building is connected to the main terminal by covered walkways at ground level (the arrivals level of
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Charing Cross, and the Piccadilly line between Cockfosters and Heathrow Terminal 5. The service was scheduled to launch on 11/12 September 2015, with the prospect of expansion across further lines in subsequent years. However, due to strike action, the start of the Night Tube was postponed. Members of several unions decided to take strike action in relation to the terms and conditions being offered by London Underground, largely regarding agreements specifically over the pay deal and hours worked by new Night Tube service personnel. Members of the National Union of Rail
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Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 tube station


be provided, the station was initially renamed Heathrow Central Terminals 1, 2, 3 from 3 September 1983, then renamed Heathrow Terminals 1, 2 & 3 on 6 October 1986 – the same day that services commenced at the Heathrow Terminal 4 station. The Terminal 4 station is located on a unidirectional single track loop from Hatton Cross to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3. On the opening of the Terminal 4 station, most direct services from Hatton Cross to Terminals 2 & 3 ceased, with most Piccadilly line trains going first to
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Heathrow Central railway station


Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station, also known as Heathrow Central, serves Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 (and formerly Terminal 1 before its closure) at London Heathrow Airport. It is served by Heathrow Express trains direct to central London and TfL Rail trains calling at local stations. It is down-line from . Transport for London Travelcards are not valid on Express services from the station. Passengers transferring between any of the terminals at Heathrow may use the trains free of charge. The station has services running direct to Paddington
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Heathrow Terminal 5


3 by the Heathrow Airside Road Tunnel, although, as its name suggests, this is not available for public traffic. The bus and coach station in the frontal building is served by a number of bus and coach services, including long-distance National Express coach service, "The Airline" service running from Oxford, RailAir buses, local public bus services, shuttle buses to airport hotels, long term car parking and car hire lots, and staff shuttle buses. Because Terminal 5 is close to the boundary of Greater London
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British Rail Class 360


350s for prospective spot hire. In 2010, one unit (360205) was transferred to Heathrow Express to operate its Heathrow Terminal 4 shuttle service. Heathrow Connect was replaced by TfL Rail on 20 May 2018, and subsequently all 5 units were rebranded and transferred to TfL Rail operation. For a short period of time in 2016, the Heathrow Connect service was suspended to facilitate the use of the Class 360 units on the Heathrow Express. A routine maintenance check by Siemens meant a technical issue was identified and resulted in the majority
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Heathrow Airport


in 2012. In 2007 the airport was voted the world's least favourite, alongside Chicago O'Hare, in a TripAdvisor survey. However, the opening of Terminal 5 in 2008 has relieved some pressure on terminal facilities, increasing the airport's terminal capacity to 90 million passengers per year. A tie-up is also in place with McLaren Applied Technologies to optimize the general procedure, reducing delays and pollution. With only two runways, operating at over 98% of their capacity, Heathrow has little room for more flights, although
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Heathrow Terminal 5


operate its full schedule from Terminal 5 until 8 April 2008 and had to postpone the transfer of its long-haul flights from Terminal 4 to Terminal 5. The difficulties were later blamed on a number of problems with the terminal's IT systems, coupled with car parking. Four months after opening, British Airways launched an advertising campaign to assure the public that things were working normally. The Terminal 5 building is on a site on the western side of the airport, between the western ends of the northern and southern runways.
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Acton Town tube station


tph) is: There is also a morning service every day from Acton Town (Ealing Broadway on Saturdays) to Edgware Road and a late evening service from Edgware Road to Ealing Broadway on Sundays only. Train frequencies vary throughout the day, but generally operate every 2–5 minutes eastbound, Off-Peak = 3 tph to Uxbridge and 3 tph to Rayners Lane, Peak = 6 tph to Uxbridge and 6 tph to Rayners Lane, and every 2–7 minutes westbound to Heathrow Terminal 2 & 3 and Terminal 5 or via the Heathrow
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Western Rail Approach to Heathrow


The Western Rail Approach to Heathrow is a proposed rail link in Berkshire, England, which would create an additional connection between London's Heathrow Airport and the Great Western Main Line. Beginning at Heathrow Terminal 5 station, the link would run via a tunnel to a junction east of Langley station, allowing trains to run westwards towards and . When completed, the link would improve rail connections to Heathrow from the Thames Valley as well as from South-West England and South Wales. It would also reduce congestion at London Paddington station
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Crossrail


at Euston for the planned High Speed 2, reduce London Underground congestion at Euston, make better use of Crossrail's capacity west of Paddington, and improve access to Heathrow Airport from the north. Under this scheme, all Crossrail trains would continue west of Paddington, instead of some of them terminating there. They would serve Heathrow Airport (10 tph), stations to Maidenhead and Reading (6 tph), and stations to Milton Keynes Central (8 tph). In August 2014, a statement by transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin
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Heathrow Terminal 1


Heathrow Terminal 1 was an airport terminal at London Heathrow Airport that was in operation between 1968 and 2015. When it was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in April 1969 it was the largest new airport terminal in western Europe. Prior to its closure on 29 June 2015 it had only been handling twenty daily flights by British Airways to nine destinations. In May 2017 the contents of the terminal were put up for auction. The footprint of Terminal 1 was planned to be used for construction of the second phase of Heathrow Terminal 2
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Reading railway station


has committed to the construction of a rail route from Heathrow Terminal 5 to the GWR main line between Iver and Langley, with a west-facing junction there, thus providing for a direct route from Heathrow to the West. Great Western Railway will run this route when completed in 2027, connecting up with the Elizabeth Line branch and replacing the Heathrow Express. See Western Rail Link to Heathrow. The station is on the northern side of central Reading, off the Inner Distribution Road. The nearest post-code is RG1 1LT
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Longford, London


About 1930 a brickworks was set up east of the junction of Cain's Lane and Heathrow Road in Heathrow. Later the quarry's main purpose changed to excavating sand and gravel. The quarry company went bankrupt in 1943, and in 1944 and after the airport obliterated it and everything of Heathrow village. Middlesex County Council opened a large sewage sludge settlement works west of Perry Oaks farm; in the 1990s it was removed and Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 is there now. In 1648 the first bridge across the then new Longford River
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