Heathrow Terminal 4 railway station
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Heathrow Terminal 4 is a railway station located in London Heathrow Airport
.
The station is served by the Heathrow Express
'shuttle' service providing a train every 15 minutes between Terminal 4 and Heathrow Central. Some early morning, late evening and most Sunday services are operated by Heathrow Connect
. Heathrow Express
operate the station and tickets are sold for both Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect services. Heathrow Express customers must first catch either a Heathrow Connect or shuttle service to Heathrow Central for access to Heathrow Express.
A separate tube station caters for London Underground
Piccadilly line
services. Transport for London
Travelcards are not valid on services from the Heathrow Express station, though the tube station is in Travelcard Zone 6. Heathrow Central and Terminal 4 National Rail stations are outside the Travelcard zonal area. Journeys to and from Heathrow Central (formerly Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3) on the Heathrow Connect
are free of charge and can also be used by passengers changing terminals at Heathrow.
Heathrow Connect services serve several other stations in west London
and terminate at .
previously operated services from Terminal 4 railway station to London Paddington. When Heathrow Terminal 5 opened on 27 March 2008, Heathrow Express terminated services to Terminal 4; their trains now run directly to instead. Up until 22 May 2010, Heathrow Connect
operated all services from Terminal 4.
London Heathrow Airport
London Heathrow Airport or Heathrow , in the London Borough of Hillingdon, is the busiest airport in the United Kingdom and the third busiest airport in the world in terms of total passenger traffic, handling more international passengers than any other airport around the globe...
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The station is served by the Heathrow Express
Heathrow Express
Heathrow Express is an airport rail link from London Heathrow Airport to London Paddington station in London operated by the Heathrow Express Operating Authority, a wholly owned subsidiary of BAA. It was opened by the then Prime Minister Tony Blair in 1998...
'shuttle' service providing a train every 15 minutes between Terminal 4 and Heathrow Central. Some early morning, late evening and most Sunday services are operated by Heathrow Connect
Heathrow Connect
Heathrow Connect is a train operating company in London provided jointly by Heathrow Express and First Great Western, connecting Heathrow Airport with station. The service follows the same route as the Heathrow Express service but serves intermediate stations en route, thus connecting several...
. Heathrow Express
Heathrow Express
Heathrow Express is an airport rail link from London Heathrow Airport to London Paddington station in London operated by the Heathrow Express Operating Authority, a wholly owned subsidiary of BAA. It was opened by the then Prime Minister Tony Blair in 1998...
operate the station and tickets are sold for both Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect services. Heathrow Express customers must first catch either a Heathrow Connect or shuttle service to Heathrow Central for access to Heathrow Express.
A separate tube station caters for London Underground
London Underground
The London Underground is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and some parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex in England...
Piccadilly line
Piccadilly Line
The Piccadilly line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark blue on the Tube map. It is the fifth busiest line on the Underground network judged by the number of passengers transported per year. It is mainly a deep-level line, running from the north to the west of London via Zone 1, with...
services. Transport for London
Transport for London
Transport for London is the local government body responsible for most aspects of the transport system in Greater London in England. Its role is to implement the transport strategy and to manage transport services across London...
Travelcards are not valid on services from the Heathrow Express station, though the tube station is in Travelcard Zone 6. Heathrow Central and Terminal 4 National Rail stations are outside the Travelcard zonal area. Journeys to and from Heathrow Central (formerly Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3) on the Heathrow Connect
Heathrow Connect
Heathrow Connect is a train operating company in London provided jointly by Heathrow Express and First Great Western, connecting Heathrow Airport with station. The service follows the same route as the Heathrow Express service but serves intermediate stations en route, thus connecting several...
are free of charge and can also be used by passengers changing terminals at Heathrow.
Heathrow Connect services serve several other stations in west London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and terminate at .
Past rail services
Heathrow ExpressHeathrow Express
Heathrow Express is an airport rail link from London Heathrow Airport to London Paddington station in London operated by the Heathrow Express Operating Authority, a wholly owned subsidiary of BAA. It was opened by the then Prime Minister Tony Blair in 1998...
previously operated services from Terminal 4 railway station to London Paddington. When Heathrow Terminal 5 opened on 27 March 2008, Heathrow Express terminated services to Terminal 4; their trains now run directly to instead. Up until 22 May 2010, Heathrow Connect
Heathrow Connect
Heathrow Connect is a train operating company in London provided jointly by Heathrow Express and First Great Western, connecting Heathrow Airport with station. The service follows the same route as the Heathrow Express service but serves intermediate stations en route, thus connecting several...
operated all services from Terminal 4.