Heathrow Central railway station

Heathrow Central

Heathrow Central Location of Heathrow Central in Greater London
Location	Heathrow Airport
Local authority	London Borough of Hillingdon
Managed by	Heathrow Express
Owner	BAA Ltd
Station code	HXX
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	6 (no zonal fare services)
1999	Opened
Lists of stations	DLR · Underground · National Rail · Tramlink
External links	Departures • Layout
	Facilities • Buses

Heathrow Central is a railway station located in London Heathrow Airport. It was formerly known as Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 and the station signage sports the subtitle Terminals 1, 2 & 3.

The station is served by Heathrow Express, normally running every 15 minutes and Heathrow Connect services, running half-hourly. The former run non-stop to Paddington, whilst the latter stop at most intermediate stations. Heathrow Express also run a shuttle service from Heathrow Central to Terminal 4 to provide four trains an hour between these stations (a handful of weekday and most Sunday services are operated by Heathrow Connect).

Transport for London Travelcards are not valid on services from the station. Passengers transferring between any of the terminals at Heathrow may use the trains free of charge.

With the opening of Terminal 5 on 27 March 2008, Heathrow Express services now only run to Heathrow Terminal 5, with the Heathrow Express 'shuttle' or Heathrow Connect services serving Terminal 4.

Services

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Paddington		Heathrow Express Paddington - Heathrow		Heathrow Terminal 5
Terminus		Heathrow Express 'Heathrow Shuttle'		Heathrow Terminal 4
Hayes and Harlington		Heathrow Connect Paddington - Heathrow		Heathrow Terminal 4 (First, last and Sunday services)

Heathrow area rail services
Crossrail London Paddington station Heathrow Connect Heathrow Express Central and District lines Ealing Broadway West Ealing Hanwell Southall Hayes and Harlington Airport Junction Great Western Main Line ▼Slough and Reading Heathrow Junction Piccadilly Line Hatton Cross Heathrow Airport Central & Terminals 1,2,3 Terminal 4 Shuttle Terminal 4 Terminal 5 Heathrow Express

Future

Crossrail is planned to serve the station from 2018.

Future Development (long-term)

Preceding station		Crossrail		Following station
Heathrow Terminal 4 towards Heathrow Airport		Crossrail Line 1		Hayes & Harlington towards Abbey Wood or Shenfield

Transport links

London bus routes 105, 111, 140, 285, A10, U3, Express routes 724 and X26 and LSP routes 75, 76, 441, 555, 740, A30, A40 and Night route N9.

See also

• Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 tube station

External links

• Train times and station information for Heathrow Central railway station from National Rail
• Transport for London (March 2008). "Central London to Heathrow" (PDF). http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/heathrow/pdf/heathrow-central-london-map.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-22.  - transport map for Heathrow showing Underground, Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect rail, and the N9 night bus

Gallery

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  Train arriving in the platform

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  One of two platforms, looking towards London

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  Entrance from the Terminals 2 and 3 side