Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station

Heathrow area rail services
miles  Crossrail  (under construction) London Underground │ 0⅓ Paddington TfL Rail Heathrow Express 4¼ Acton Main Line 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 Terminals 2 & 3 14½ Terminals 2 & 3 16¼ Terminal 5 Western Rail Approach to Heathrow (proposed)

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 stations Terminals 4 and 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.

The station has services running directly between Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 5 provided by Heathrow Express, normally running every 15 minutes; and by TfL Rail, normally running every half hour and stopping at most intermediate stations. It is also serviced by the Heathrow Terminal 4 shuttle, which runs between this location and Heathrow Terminal 4 approximately every 15 minutes. Trains towards Paddington use the Great Western Main Line, joining it at Airport Junction, just west of Hayes and Harlington.

In mid-2022, the TfL Rail service will be rebranded the Elizabeth line, which will later be extended eastwards from Paddington to Essex and south-east London.

Heathrow Airport tube and rail stations

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.

Heathrow Central also offers an interchange via underground walkways with bus and coach services from Heathrow Central bus station.

London Buses routes 105, 111, 278, 285, A10, U3, X26, X140, night routes N9, N140 and non-TfL routes 4, 7 (limited service), 8 (one journey only), 555 and 724 serve the station.[3]

• Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3
• Heathrow Terminal 4
• Heathrow Terminal 5

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Heathrow Central railway station.

• 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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Heathrow Terminal 5		Heathrow Express Paddington–Heathrow		London Paddington
Crossrail
Heathrow Terminal 4 (Currently closed, trains diverted to Heathrow Terminal 5)		TfL Rail Paddington–Heathrow Terminal 4		Hayes & Harlington
	Future development
Preceding station		Crossrail		Following station
Heathrow Terminal 4 towards Heathrow Airport		Crossrail Elizabeth line Heathrow Branch		Hayes & Harlington towards Abbey Wood
Heathrow Terminal 5 towards Heathrow Airport