Heathrow Terminal 5
Heathrow Express train about to depart from Platform 3
Location
Place	Heathrow Airport
Local authority	London Borough of Hillingdon
Operations
Station code	HWV
Managed by	BAA
Owned by	BAA
Platforms in use	4 (in use)
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Transport for London
Zone	6 (Underground only)
History
Key dates	Opened 2008
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail

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The Terminal 5 station is served by the following rail services^[2]:

• Piccadilly Line: half the trains on the Heathrow branch terminate here, via Hatton Cross and Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3. The Piccadilly line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark Blue on the Tube map. Hatton Cross is a London Underground station on the Heathrow branch of the Piccadilly Line. Heathrow Terminals 1 2 3 is a London Underground station at Heathrow Airport on the Heathrow branch of the Piccadilly Line. The other half run via Hatton Cross, Heathrow Terminal 4 and Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3, and back to Hatton Cross. Heathrow Terminal 4 is a London Underground station at Heathrow Airport on the Heathrow branch of the Piccadilly Line.
• Heathrow Express: terminates here. Heathrow Express is a Train service from Heathrow Airport to Paddington in Central London operated by the Heathrow Express Operating Authority This service replaced the Express service to Terminal 4, which instead became the terminus for Heathrow Connect. Heathrow Connect is a train service in London provided by Heathrow Express and First Great Western, connecting Heathrow Airport with Paddington

Contents 1 Future links 2 Gallery 3 References 4 External links

Future links

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. National Rail is a brand name of the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC This proposed link via a new station at Staines High Street is called Heathrow Airtrack and would offer half-hourly services to London Waterloo, Reading, Woking and Guildford. Staines High Street railway station was on the Windsor & Eton line of the London and South Western Railway. Heathrow Airtrack is a proposed new UK rail link from Heathrow Airport 's Terminal 5 (T5 to Staines High Street railway station built Guildford ( IPA /ˈgɪlfəd/ is the County town of Surrey, England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the BAA have published as part of the Airtrack consultation that they also want to extend the Heathrow Express to a new platform at Staines railway station. Staines railway station is a railway station in Staines, Surrey.

Gallery

Sign on the inside of the glass wall next to Heathrow Express platforms.	Roundel on the ticket office/info desk at Heathrow Terminal 5 Underground station.	Entrance to Heathrow Express side of station, adjacent to Arrivals area.	Entrance to Underground side of station, adjacent to Arrivals area.
Underground (Piccadilly line) platform.	Entrance to Underground side of station looking from inside ticket barriers.

Heathrow rail services

Heathrow Express Heathrow Connect London Paddington Ealing Broadway Interchange to Central Line West Ealing (closed Sundays) Hanwell (closed Sundays) Southall Hayes & Harlington Piccadilly Line Heathrow Central (rail) & Terminals 1, 2, 3 (tube) Free transfer between terminals on Heathrow Connect Heathrow Terminal 4 rail & tube (Heathrow Connect Terminus) Free transfer between terminals on Heathrow Express Heathrow Terminal 5 (Heathrow Express Terminus) to London Waterloo Staines (proposed Heathrow Express Terminus) Staines High Street (Proposed) to Reading, Woking and Guildford Heathrow Airtrack All Heathrow stations have step-free access

References

External links

• Proposed AirTrack Rail Link

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Terminus		Piccadilly line		Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 towards Cockfosters
National Rail
Terminus		Heathrow Express Paddington - Heathrow		Heathrow Central

The London Underground is a Metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire The Piccadilly line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark Blue on the Tube map. Heathrow Terminals 1 2 3 is a London Underground station at Heathrow Airport on the Heathrow branch of the Piccadilly Line. Cockfosters is a London Underground station on the Piccadilly Line for which it is the northern terminus National Rail is a brand name of the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC Heathrow Express is a Train service from Heathrow Airport to Paddington in Central London operated by the Heathrow Express Operating Authority Heathrow Central is a railway station located in London Heathrow Airport.

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