Going to Terminal 4 at Heathrow?

[sbisson]

From tomorrow the Terminal 4 tube station will be closed for two years, while the line to Terminal 5 is built.

If you are travelling to T4 you can use the free shuttle bus from Hatton Cross tube station, or the free shuttle service on the Heathrow Express from the Terminal 1,2,3 tube station.

Tube passengers travelling to and from Heathrow Terminal 4 will be using a dedicated bus shuttle at Hatton Cross from January 7, 2005 for 20 months.

The change from Tube to bus is to allow for construction of the Piccadilly line extension to the new BAA Heathrow Terminal 5. London Underground's (LU) Heathrow Terminal 4 station will remain closed during the work.

Piccadilly line services will continue to run direct to and from central London to Heathrow Terminals 1, 2 & 3 station. The change will mean a slightly increased journey time to Terminal 4 of five to ten minutes. But it will actually cut journey times by Tube to Heathrow Terminals 1, 2 & 3 by a few minutes.

So that'll all be bloody awkward...

Comments

[del-c.livejournal.com]

Bum. I never did get round to testing my theory that taking the tube from Terminal 1,2,3 would be quicker than waiting for the shuttle bus, followed by the wretched journey round the outside of the airport that's two-thirds as long as the original RailAir bus trip from Reading itself is. And I always get bloody Terminal 4.

I wonder if there's chance RailAir will take the opportunity to schedule a direct route there without dumping us and our luggage at the wrong terminal?

[swisstone.livejournal.com]

I never did get round to testing my theory that taking the tube from Terminal 1,2,3 would be quicker than waiting for the shuttle bus

I doubt it, as you'd have to go out to Hatton Cross and then change on a train going back into Heathrow to achieve that journey. Taking the Heathrow Express from T123 to T4, on the other hand, should be a lot quicker.

[drpete.livejournal.com]

If you know the inbound train times, you can sneak on the HE between T123 and T4. They don't check tickets.

[g]

[swisstone.livejournal.com]

They don't check tickets because it's advertised as a free service between T4 and T123 - it's only the section from T123 to Paddington you need a ticket for.