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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	HXX
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	6 (Elizabeth line only)
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	3.990 million[1]
2020–21	0.142 million[1]
2021–22	1.268 million[1]
2022–23	4.393 million[1]
2023–24	6.884 million[1]
Railway companies
Original company	Heathrow Airport Holdings
Key dates
23 June 1998	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51°28′16″N0°27′14″W / 51.471°N 0.454°W /51.471; -0.454
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Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station (also known asHeathrow Central) servesTerminal 2 andTerminal 3 (and formerlyTerminal 1 before its closure in 2015)^[2] atLondon Heathrow Airport.

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

Travelcards fromTransport 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.

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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 toCentral London. In contrast to the station at Terminal 5, the platforms at Heathrow Central do not lie adjacent to the London UndergroundPiccadilly line platforms atHeathrow 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 linksTerminal 3 to theCentral Bus Station and the Piccadilly line's Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 station.

Trains towards Paddington use theGreat Western Main Line, joining it at Airport Junction, just west ofHayes 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 eitherAbbey Wood in southeast London via Canary Wharf or, since May 2023,Shenfield on theGreat 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 toHeathrow Terminal 4 (Elizabeth line)
• 6 tph westbound toHeathrow Terminal 5 (2 tph Elizabeth line, 4 tph Heathrow Express)
• 4 tph eastbound toLondon Paddington (Heathrow Express)
• 4 tph eastbound toAbbey Wood (Elizabeth line, from Terminal 4)
• 2 tph eastbound toShenfield (Elizabeth line, from Terminal 5)

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 towardsAbbey Wood
Heathrow Terminal 5 Terminus				Hayes & Harlington towardsShenfield

Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station is close toLondon UndergroundHeathrow Terminals 2 & 3 tube station wherePiccadilly line trains run to Terminals 4 and 5 and to central London.

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

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related toHeathrow Central railway station.

• Train times andstation information for Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station fromNational Rail
• Transport for London (March 2008)."Central London to Heathrow"(PDF). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 8 September 2008. Retrieved22 March 2008. – transport map for Heathrow showing Underground, Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect rail, and the N9 night bus

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• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1998
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• Railway stations served by the Elizabeth line
• Airport railway stations in the United Kingdom
• Railway and tube stations serving Heathrow Airport
• 1998 establishments in England

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