A Heathrow Express Class 387 at London Paddington in 2021
Overview
Franchise(s)
Open access operator Not subject to franchising 23 June 1998 – 2028[2]
Main route(s)
London Paddington – Heathrow Airport
Fleet size
12 Class 387
Stations called at
3
Stations operated
3
Parent company
Heathrow Airport Holdings
Reporting mark
HX[1]
Technical
Length
26.285 km (16.333 mi)[3]
Other
Website
www.heathrowexpress.com
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Heathrow area rail services
Legend
mi-ch
from Paddington
Elizabeth line via Whitechapel
0-00
Paddington
Heathrow Express
Elizabeth line
Old Oak Common
under
construction
4-21
Acton Main Line
5-56
Ealing Broadway
6-46
West Ealing
7-28
Hanwell
9-06
Southall
10-71
Hayes & Harlington
Piccadilly line to Cockfosters
11-10
Airport Junction
Great Western Main Line
to Reading
Hatton Cross
Heathrow Junction closed 1998
Heathrow Airport:
Terminal 4
16-30
Terminal 4
Terminals 2 & 3
14-40
Terminals 2 & 3
16-20
Terminal 5
Heathrow Express is a high-frequency airport rail link operating between London Heathrow Airport and London Paddington. Opened in 1998, trains run non-stop, with a journey time of 15 minutes. The service is operated jointly by Great Western Railway and Heathrow Express Operating Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Heathrow Airport Holdings. Around 16,000 passengers use the service each day.[4]
^"Heathrow Express service". Heathrow Express. 10 September 2019. Archived from the original on 6 December 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
^"Western Sectional Appendix" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2023.
^"Happy 25th birthday HEx! | Heathrow". Heathrow Airport. 27 March 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2024. HEx serves an average of 16,000 customers and passengers a day
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National Express East Anglia) until February 2012, when the franchise was taken over by the current operator Abellio Greater Anglia. Unlike the Heathrow Express...
connected to Heathrow Terminals 2 and 3 by the vehicular Heathrow Cargo Tunnel, and by rail with the Heathrow Terminal 4 tube and Heathrow Terminal 4 railway...
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England and South Wales. The station is also the eastern terminus for HeathrowExpress and the western terminus for Elizabeth line services from Shenfield...
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companies by the Department for Transport (DfT) or, like Eurostar and HeathrowExpress, operated on an open-access basis. TfL also controls most major roads...
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Gatwick Express services extended to Brighton. The stock were replaced during 2016 by newly built Class 387/2s. HeathrowExpress Stansted Express Airport...
Southeastern highspeed services within London, as well as Gatwick Express and HeathrowExpress. In May 2006 TfL and the Department for Transport agreed a £20...
Line near Stratford; along the Great Western Main Line to Reading and Heathrow Airport in the west; and along the Great Eastern Main Line to Shenfield...
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