Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station (also known as Heathrow Central) serves Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 (and formerly Terminal 1 before its closure and replacement by Terminal 2 in 2015) 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 down-line from . Transport for London Travelcards 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 to

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. In contrast to the stations Terminals 4 and 5, the platforms at Heathrow Central do not lie adjacent to the London Underground

Piccadilly line The Piccadilly line is a deep-level London Underground line running from the north to the west of London. It has two branches, which split at Acton Town, and serves 53 stations. The line serves Heathrow Airport, and some of its stations are ...

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

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provided by Heathrow Express, normally running every 15 minutes. It is also served by the Elizabeth Line, normally running every half hour and stopping all stations to London Paddington (Platforms 11, 12 and 14), Heathrow Terminal 5 and Heathrow Terminal 4, which was reopened on 14 June 2022 after two years closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From Autumn 2022 trains will continue through new tunnels under Central London to

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in southeast London. Then, from May 2023 trains will also travel to Shenfield on the Great Eastern Main Line. The station is also serviced by the Heathrow Terminal 4 shuttle, which runs between this location and

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approximately every 15 minutes. Trains towards Paddington use the

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, joining it at Airport Junction, just west of .

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Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station is close to London Underground Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 tube station where

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 Heathrow Central bus station is a large bus station that serves terminals 2 and 3 of Heathrow Airport, in London, England. It provides urban bus and long-distance coach services to destinations in London and to regional destinations across B ...

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routes from the bus station include 105, 111,

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, A10, U3, X26, X140 and night routes N9 and N140, while non-TfL local buses include 4, 7 (limited service), 8 (one journey only),

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and

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* – transport map for Heathrow showing Underground, Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect rail, and the N9 night bus {{authority control Railway stations in the London Borough of Hillingdon Railway stations opened by Railtrack Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1998 Railway stations served by Heathrow Express Railway stations served by the Elizabeth line Airport railway stations in the United Kingdom

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1998 establishments in England

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