Heathrow Terminal 5 station

Heathrow Terminal 5
Heathrow Express train about to depart from Platform 3
Heathrow Terminal 5 Location of Heathrow Terminal 5 in Greater London
Location	Heathrow Terminal 5
Local authority	London Borough of Hillingdon
Managed by	Heathrow Express
Owner	Heathrow Airport Holdings
Station code	HWV
Number of platforms	4 (6 total)
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	6 (London Underground services only)
London Underground annual entry and exit
2011	3.21 million
2012	3.64 million
2013	4.05 million
2014	4.22 million
Railway companies
Original company	Heathrow Airport Holdings
Key dates
27 March 2008	Station opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
London Transport portal

Heathrow Terminal 5 station is a shared railway station at London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 which was opened on 27 March 2008. It was 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, 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.

Until 2012, free transfer was not possible between terminals via the Underground, in contrast to the Heathrow Express. In January 2012, free travel was introduced for Oyster 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.

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.

Services

The Terminal 5 station is served by the following rail services:

• 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.
• Monday-Saturday: Heathrow Connect and Heathrow Express terminate here.
• Sundays: Heathrow Express terminates here (and Heathrow Connect runs to Heathrow Terminal 4 instead).

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. This proposed link starting from near the existing Staines railway station 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. The plans originally included the rebuilding of Staines High Street railway station but, due to local opposition and passenger projections, the station has been dropped.

Connections

London Buses Routes 350, 423, 482, 490 and Night Route N9 serve the station.

Heathrow area rail services
Legend
Crossrail (under construction) London Underground | 0⅓ Paddington Heathrow Connect Heathrow Express 4¼ Acton Main Line starts 2019 London Underground 5⅝ Ealing Broadway 6½ West Ealing 7¼ Hanwell 9⅓ Southall 10⅞ Hayes & Harlington London Underground 11⅛ Airport Junction Great Western Main Line to Slough and Reading Hatton Cross Heathrow Junction closed 1998 Heathrow Airport: Terminal 4 16⅜ Terminal 4( shuttle from Heathrow C. ) Terminals 2 & 3 14½ Heathrow Central 16¼ Terminal 5

External links

• Proposed AirTrack Rail Link

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Terminus		Piccadilly line		Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 towards Cockfosters
	National Rail
Terminus		Heathrow Express Paddington - Heathrow		Heathrow Central
	Monday-Saturday only
Terminus		Heathrow Connect Paddington - Heathrow		Heathrow Central