Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station

Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3
Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3
Heathrow Central
	Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station platform as seen in June 2022
	Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 Location of Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 in Greater London
Location	Heathrow Airport
Local authority	London Borough of Hillingdon
Managed by	Heathrow Express
Owner	Heathrow Airport Holdings
Station code(s)	HXX
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	6 (Elizabeth line only)
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	3.990 million
2020–21	0.142 million
2021–22	1.268 million
2022–23	4.393 million
Railway companies
Original company	Heathrow Airport Holdings
Key dates
23 June 1998	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures; Layout; Facilities; Buses;
Coordinates	51°28′16″N 0°27′14″W / 51.471°N 0.454°W
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Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station (also known as Heathrow Central) serves Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 (and formerly Terminal 1 before its closure in 2015) ^[2] at London Heathrow Airport.

It is served by Heathrow Express trains direct to central London and Elizabeth line trains that stop at local stations. It is 14 miles 50 chains (23.5 km)^{[clarification needed]} down-line from London Paddington.

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

Services

Heathrow area rail services

Legend

mi-ch

from Paddington

Elizabeth line via Whitechapel

0-00

Paddington

Heathrow Express

Elizabeth line

Old Oak Common

under

construction

4-21

5-56

6-46

7-28

9-06

10-71

Piccadilly line to Cockfosters

11-10

Airport Junction

Great Western Main Line

to Reading

Hatton Cross

Heathrow Junction closed 1998

Heathrow Airport:

Terminal 4

16-30

Terminal 4

Terminals 2 & 3

14-40

Terminals 2 & 3

16-20

Terminal 5

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 station at Terminal 5, the platforms at Heathrow 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. This is because the railway line from Paddington was tunnelled 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.

Trains towards Paddington use the Great Western Main Line, joining it at Airport Junction, just west of Hayes and Harlington. Elizabeth line trains continue beyond Paddington through new tunnels, stopping at stations in the West End and the City of London and on to either Abbey Wood in southeast London via Canary Wharf or, since May 2023, Shenfield on the Great Eastern Main Line.

As of the December 2023 timetable, the typical Monday to Friday off-peak service is:^[3]

4 tph (trains per hour) westbound to Heathrow Terminal 4 (Elizabeth line)
6 tph westbound to Heathrow Terminal 5 (2 tph Elizabeth line, 4 tph Heathrow Express)
4 tph eastbound to London Paddington (Heathrow Express)
4 tph eastbound to Abbey Wood (Elizabeth line, from Terminal 4)
2 tph eastbound to Shenfield (Elizabeth line, from Terminal 5)

Service table

Preceding station	Heathrow Express		Following station
Heathrow Terminal 5 Terminus		Heathrow Express	London Paddington Terminus
Preceding station	Elizabeth line		Following station
Heathrow Terminal 4 Terminus		Elizabeth line	Hayes & Harlington towards Abbey Wood
Heathrow Terminal 5 Terminus		Elizabeth line	Hayes & Harlington towards Shenfield

Connections

Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 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.

There are underground walkways connecting to Heathrow Central bus station, which has local and long-distance bus and coach services.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
^ "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 (Rail Station Only)". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
^ "Elizabeth line timetable: 10 December 2023 to 1 June 2024". Transport for London. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

External links

Train times and station information for Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station from National Rail
Transport for London (March 2008). "Central London to Heathrow" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 22 March 2008. – transport map for Heathrow showing Underground, Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect rail, and the N9 night bus