Heathrow Terminal 5 station

Following the longest public inquiry ever undertaken in the UK,{{cite web|url=http://www.dft.gov.uk/foi/responses/2005/jan/terminalfive/planninginspectoratejournalh2291?page=2|title=Heathrow Terminal 5 Inquiry|date=January 2005|publisher=Department for Transport|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224055842/http://www.dft.gov.uk/foi/responses/2005/jan/terminalfive/planninginspectoratejournalh2291?page=2|archive-date=24 December 2007|access-date=2 November 2007}} construction of the station was granted in November 2001 by transport minister Stephen Byers as part of the approval of the Heathrow Terminal 5 project.{{Cite news |last=Harper |first=Keith |date=2001-11-20 |title=Long-awaited go-ahead for Heathrow terminal 5 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/nov/20/transport.uk |access-date=2024-10-02 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite press release |url=http://www.thetube.com/content/pressreleases/0111/20.asp |title=Green light for Piccadilly line extension to new Terminal 5 |date=20 November 2001 |website=thetube.com |url-status= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030203184941/http://www.thetube.com/content/pressreleases/0111/20.asp |archive-date=3 February 2003 |access-date=2020-03-10}} The proposed terminal site was not welcomed by London Underground, as it would be impossible for all three stations to be served from the same route. Instead, twin tunnels would be built from Terminals 1, 2, 3 to the new terminal.{{Cite book |last=Horne |first=Mike |title=The Piccadilly Tube – A History of the First Hundred Years |publisher=Capital Transport |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-85414-305-1 |pages=137–138}}

Construction of the extension as part of the T5 construction took 6 years, funded by British Airport Authority (BAA). As part of the construction, the Terminal 5 project team shut down two aircraft stands from Terminal 3 so that an access shaft could be constructed. The new junction was then built into a concrete box which connected all the underground tunnels.{{cite press release |title=Tube One Step Closer for Heathrow Terminal 5 |date=14 September 2006 |publisher=Transport for London |url=https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2006/september/tube-one-step-closer-for-heathrow-terminal-5 |access-date=17 August 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817145027/https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2006/september/tube-one-step-closer-for-heathrow-terminal-5 |archive-date=17 August 2020}} Heathrow Terminal 4 tube station was closed for 20 months between January 2005 and September 2006 to allow these connecting junctions to be constructed.{{Cite press release |title=Tube one step closer for Heathrow Terminal 5 |date=14 September 2006 |url=https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2006/september/tube-one-step-closer-for-heathrow-terminal-5 |access-date=2020-03-10 |website=Transport for London}} Train testing started when the extension was handed over to London Underground on 18 July 2007.{{Cite web |website=Transport for London |title=First Piccadilly line trains travel to Heathrow Terminal 5|date=18 July 2007|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2007/july/first-piccadilly-line-trains-travel-to-heathrow-terminal-5|access-date=2020-09-09 }}

The station opened on 27 March 2008 coinciding with that of Heathrow Terminal 5.{{Cite press release |url=https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2008/march/first-piccadilly-line-passengers-travel-to-heathrow-terminal-5|title=First Piccadilly line passengers travel to Heathrow Terminal 5|date=27 March 2008|website=Transport for London |access-date=2020-03-10}}{{Cite web |date=May 2008 |title=Heathrow Terminal 5 opens |url=https://www.lurs.org.uk/documents/pdf%2008/may/heathrow%20terminal%205%20opens.pdf |access-date=11 Jan 2024 |website=London Underground Railway Society}} It was designed by architects HOK in conjunction with Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsh-p.com/projects/heathrow-terminal-5/|title=Terminal 5, Heathrow - London - Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners|website=Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners|access-date=2020-03-10|archive-date=27 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527062608/https://www.rsh-p.com/projects/heathrow-terminal-5/|url-status=dead}} Although situated underground, parts of the station's roofing are made of translucent ETFE laminate panels, allowing natural daylight to flood down both ends of all six platforms.[http://www.e-architect.co.uk/london/heathrow_airport_t5.htm "Heathrow Airport T5: London Architecture"], e-architect, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-05.

Since May 2022, Heathrow Terminal 5 has been served by the Elizabeth line.{{cite news|title=Heathrow - New agreement to boost Heathrow rail services|url=http://mediacentre.heathrow.com/pressrelease/details/81/Corporate-operational-24/8615|access-date=12 July 2017|work=Heathrow Media Centre|date=4 July 2017|language=en}}

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Terminal 5 station is the only one at Heathrow Airport where Heathrow Express, Elizabeth line and Piccadilly line services share the same station. The following rail services are provided:{{cite web |url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/heathrow/pdf/heathrow-central-london-map.pdf |title=Central London to Heathrow |access-date=2008-03-22 |author=Transport for London |date=March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908061700/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/heathrow/pdf/heathrow-central-london-map.pdf |archive-date=8 September 2008 }} - transport map for Heathrow showing Underground, Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect rail, and the N9 night bus

• Piccadilly line from platforms 5 and 6: half the trains on the Heathrow branch terminate here, via Hatton Cross and Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3. The other half do not serve Heathrow Terminal 5, running instead via the loop to service Heathrow Terminal 4 and Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3, before returning eastbound.
• Heathrow Express terminus to and from Paddington station from platforms 3 and 4.
• Elizabeth line terminus to and from Shenfield station from platforms 3 and 4.

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Until 2012, free transfer was not possible between terminals via the Underground, unlike on the Heathrow Express. In January 2012, free travel was introduced for Oyster card and contactless payment card holders between the Heathrow stations on the Piccadilly line. Journeys from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Terminal 4 via the Piccadilly line require a change at Hatton Cross; this journey is free.

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Network Rail has put forward a proposal for a Western Rail Approach to Heathrow, a short spur of track in tunnel which would run from a junction east of {{rws|Langley}} to Terminal 5 station. This would permit Great Western Main Line trains to run directly from {{rws|Slough}} and {{rws|Reading}} into Heathrow, without the need to change at Paddington. The proposal is currently at consultation stage and remains unconfirmed.{{cite web|title=Heathrow rail link -|url=https://www.networkrail.co.uk/our-railway-upgrade-plan/key-projects/heathrow-rail-link|website=Network Rail|access-date=12 July 2017}}

In addition to the above rail links, Terminal 5 station also has two safeguarded "heavy rail" platforms for use by a west-facing connection to the National Rail network. The south-leaning proposal would spur off the Waterloo to Reading Line west of Staines railway station (originally dubbed Heathrow Airtrack, with a newer proposal named Heathrow Southern Railway). It proposes direct rail services to London Waterloo, Reading, Woking, Guildford and Gatwick Airport.{{cite web |url=http://www.heathrowairport.com/portal/page/Heathrow%5EGeneral%5EOur+business+and+community%5EHeathrow+transformation%5EHeathrow+AirTrack/100046e4daa55110VgnVCM10000036821c0a____/448c6a4c7f1b0010VgnVCM200000357e120a____/ |title=Heathrow Airtrack |publisher=BAA |access-date=6 January 2010}} Due to the cost of replacing three level crossings, one in a very urban part of Egham, the proposals are currently unfunded.

London Buses routes 350, 423, 482, 490 and night route N9 serve the station.[https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/stop/HUBHX5/heathrow-airport-terminal-5 Heathrow Airport Terminal 5] Transport for London First Berkshire & The Thames Valley, National Express and Oxford Bus Company also operate connecting bus and coach services.

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