Heathrow Terminal 5 station
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| Heathrow Terminal 5 | |
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| 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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Heathrow Terminal 5 station is a shared railway station at London's Heathrow Airport, and opened on March 27, 2008. Designed by architects HOK International in conjunction with Rogers, Stirk, Harbour & Partners, the station is staffed by Heathrow Express staff unlike the underground stations at Heathrow Terminal 4 and Heathrow Terminals 1-3.
Although situated underground, parts of its roofing are made of translucent ETFE laminate panels, allowing natural daylight to flood down both ends of all six platforms.[1]
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 other half run via Hatton Cross, Heathrow Terminal 4 and Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3, and back to Hatton Cross.
- Heathrow Express: terminates here. This service replaced the Express service to Terminal 4, which instead became the terminus for Heathrow Connect.
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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. 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. 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.
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 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. |
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[edit] References
- ^ "Heathrow Airport T5: London Architecture", e-architect, 2008. Link accessed 2008-05-05.
- ^ Transport for London (March 2008). Central London to Heathrow (PDF). Retrieved on 2008-03-22. - transport map for Heathrow showing Underground, Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect rail, and the N9 night bus
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| Terminus | Piccadilly line |
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| Terminus | Heathrow Express Paddington - Heathrow |
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