Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station (also known as Heathrow Central) serves Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 (and formerly Terminal 1 before its closure in 2015) at

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. It is served by

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trains direct to central London and

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trains that stop at local stations. It is down-line from .

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s from

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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.

Services

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 station at Terminal 5, the platforms at Heathrow Central do not lie adjacent to the London Underground

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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. Trains towards Paddington use the

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, joining it at Airport Junction, just west of . Elizabeth line trains continue beyond Paddington through new tunnels, stopping at stations in the West End and the City of London and on to either

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in southeast London via Canary Wharf or, since May 2023,

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on the

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. As of the December 2023 timetable, the typical Monday to Friday off-peak service is: *4 tph (trains per hour) westbound to Heathrow Terminal 4 (Elizabeth line) *6 tph westbound to

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(2 tph Elizabeth line, 4 tph Heathrow Express) *4 tph eastbound to London Paddington (Heathrow Express) *4 tph eastbound to

(Elizabeth line, from Terminal 4) *2 tph eastbound to

(Elizabeth line, from Terminal 5)

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Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station is close to

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Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 tube station where

trains run to Terminals 4 and 5 and to central London. There are underground walkways connecting to

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 ...

, which has local and long-distance bus and coach services.

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* – transport map for Heathrow showing Underground, Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect rail, and the N9 night bus 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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Heathrow Terminals 2 and 3 railway station

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