Heathrow Terminal 4 is a railway station at Terminal 4 of London

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served by the

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. The separate Heathrow Terminal 4 Underground station on the

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is adjacent to this station. Journeys to and from

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are free of charge and can be used by passengers changing terminals at Heathrow.

History

The station opened on 23 June 1998, together with the

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. From 1998 to 2008, the station was the terminus of the Heathrow Express service from

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. All services terminated here after calling at Heathrow Central. In 2005, the

Heathrow Connect Heathrow Connect was a train service in London provided jointly by Heathrow Express and Great Western Railway (GWR), between Paddington station and Heathrow Airport. The service followed the same route as the non-stop Heathrow Express servic ...

service was introduced, which provided a slower service to Paddington but calling at local stations along the way, as well as offering cheaper fares. This service also terminated at Terminal 4, together with the Heathrow Express. Upon the opening of the new

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station in 2008, all Heathrow Express services were re-routed to terminate there, and services to Terminal 4 were replaced with an every 15 minute shuttle service, which ran between Heathrow Central and Terminal 4. Most Heathrow Connect services then terminated at Heathrow Central, although on Sundays, they continued to Terminal 4. On 20 May 2018,

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took over the Heathrow Connect service in readiness for becoming part of the

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which at the time was expected to open in December 2018. From May 2018 until 5 November 2022, trains ran half hourly between London Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 4; an additional shuttle runs between Terminal 4 and Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station to maintain a train service of every 15 min between the two stations. On 9 May 2020, Heathrow Terminal 4 station closed temporarily until further notice, due to the closure of the airport's Terminal 4 during the

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. The station was reopened on 14 June 2022. On 24 May 2022, the

took over operations of services at the station, with through services to

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via Central London commencing on 6 November 2022.

Services

Frequency

All services from Heathrow Terminal 4 are operated by

. * 2 tph to

* 2 tph additional shuttle to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 From May 2023 trains will travel to

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on the

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Service table

Connections

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routes

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and 490 serve the station.

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