query: what county is heathrow airport in?

title: Heathrow Airport

text: Heathrow Airport Heathrow Airport (also known as London Heathrow) is a major international airport in London, United Kingdom. Heathrow is the second busiest airport in the world by international passenger traffic, as well as the busiest airport in Europe by passenger traffic, and the seventh busiest airport in the world by total passenger traffic. It is one of six international airports serving Greater London. In 2017, it handled a record 78.0 million passengers, a 3.1% increase from 2016. Heathrow lies west of Central London, and has two parallel east–west runways along with four operational terminals on a site that covers

title: Heathrow Airport

text: and Transport for London commissioned plans in the event of Heathrow's closure—to replace it by a large built-up area. Some of the plans seem to show terminal 5, or part of it, kept as a shopping centre. Heathrow Airport Heathrow Airport (also known as London Heathrow) is a major international airport in London, United Kingdom. Heathrow is the second busiest airport in the world by international passenger traffic, as well as the busiest airport in Europe by passenger traffic, and the seventh busiest airport in the world by total passenger traffic. It is one of six international airports serving Greater

title: Heathrow Airport

text: Star Alliance carriers in Terminal 2 or Delta Air Lines merging all departures in Terminal 3 instead of a split between Terminals 3 and 4. The following airlines operate regular scheduled passenger flights at London Heathrow Airport: When ranked by passenger traffic, Heathrow is the sixth busiest internationally, behind Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Beijing Capital International Airport, Dubai International Airport, Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, and Tokyo Haneda Airport, for the 12 months ending December 2015. In 2015, Heathrow was the busiest airport in Europe in total passenger traffic, with 14% more passengers than Paris–Charles de Gaulle Airport and 22% more

title: Heathrow Airport

text: the postcode TW6. As the airport is located west of London and as its runways run east–west, an airliner's landing approach is usually directly over the conurbation of London when the wind is from the west, which is most of the time. Along with Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, Southend and London City, Heathrow is one of six airports with scheduled services serving the London area. Heathrow Airport originated in 1929 as a small airfield (Great West Aerodrome) on land south-east of the hamlet of Heathrow from which the airport takes its name. At that time there were farms, market gardens and

title: Heathrow Airport transport proposals

text: Heathrow Airport transport proposals Over the years, a number of transport proposals have been made to improve public access to Heathrow Airport, near London in the United Kingdom. Currently, all rail connections with Heathrow airport run along an east-west alignment to and from central London. Most rail passengers heading for Heathrow must pass through London Zone 1 stations in order to reach Heathrow. The British government's Department for Transport has considered various proposed schemes for new links to improve access to the airport. Heathrow Airport is a major international airport which lies west of Central London. For the first 45

title: Heathrow Airport

text: airport was opened on 25 March 1946 as London Airport and was renamed Heathrow Airport in 1966. The masterplan for the airport was designed by Sir Frederick Gibberd, who designed the original terminals and central area buildings, including the original control tower and the multi-faith chapel of St George's. Heathrow Airport is used by over 80 airlines flying to 185 destinations in 84 countries. The airport is the primary hub of British Airways and is a base for Virgin Atlantic. It has four passenger terminals (numbered 2 to 5) and a cargo terminal. Of Heathrow's 73.4 million passengers in 2014,

title: Heathrow Airport transport proposals

text: years of its operation, public transport links to Heathrow Airport were provided by airport buses. Rail connections to Heathrow Airport began in 1977 with the extension of the London Underground Piccadilly line to Heathrow Central tube station (now Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3). The Tube was extended to Terminal 4 in 1986 and Terminal 5 in 2008. A new airport rail link opened between Heathrow and London Paddington station in 1998, when the Heathrow Express service began. This mainline rail service is due to be extended to central London and Essex when the Elizabeth line, currently under construction, opens in

title: Heathrow Airport Holdings

text: March 2009 the company was required to sell Gatwick and Stansted airports, and over the following years sold all its airports other than Heathrow. The company was renamed Heathrow Airport Holdings in 2012 to reflect its main business. The company's head office is located in The Compass Centre on the grounds of Heathrow Airport in the London Borough of Hillingdon. The company makes money from charging landing fees to airlines and increasingly from ancillary operations within those airports such as retail and property. The British Airports Authority was established by the passing of Airport Authority Act 1965, to take responsibility

title: Heathrow Airport

text: the commission backed a third runway at Heathrow, which the government approved in October 2016. Heathrow is west of central London, near the south end of the London Borough of Hillingdon on a parcel of land that is designated part of the Metropolitan Green Belt. The airport is surrounded by the villages of Harlington, Harmondsworth, Longford and Cranford to the north and by Hounslow and Hatton to the east. To the south lie Bedfont and Stanwell while to the west Heathrow is separated from Slough in Berkshire by the M25 motorway. Heathrow falls entirely under the Twickenham postcode area, with

title: Heathrow Airport transport proposals

text: Limited unveiled a proposal for a new rail link called Heathrow Airtrack which would connect Heathrow Terminal 5 along a southern alignment to the Waterloo–Reading line. The scheme would have enabled direct rail services between , Heathrow Airport, and , improving transport links with stations to the South West of the airport. The project was abandoned in 2011 due to lack of funding and difficulties with a high number of level crossings on the route into London. A station serving Heathrow Airport, Heathrow Hub railway station, was included in the early proposals for the planned High Speed 2 (HS2) railway

title: Heathrow Airport

text: . The airport is owned and operated by Heathrow Airport Holdings, which itself is owned by FGP TopCo Limited, an international consortium led by Ferrovial that also includes Qatar Holding LLC, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, GIC Private Limited, Alinda Capital Partners, China Investment Corporation and Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS). London Heathrow is the primary hub for British Airways and the primary operating base for Virgin Atlantic. In September 2012, the UK government established the Airports Commission, an independent commission chaired by Sir Howard Davies to examine various options for increasing capacity at UK airports. In July 2015,

title: St George's Interdenominational Chapel, Heathrow Airport

text: St George's Interdenominational Chapel, Heathrow Airport St George's Interdenominational Chapel, Heathrow Airport, is a place of worship situated in London Heathrow Airport near London, in England. The chapel was designed by Sir Frederick Gibberd. Next to the chapel is a prayer room and a counselling room. The Heathrow Chaplaincy Team contains Christian Chaplains from Anglican, Catholic, and Free Church denominations, and representatives from Muslim, Jewish, and other faiths and beliefs. The Chapel of St George was dedicated on 11 October 1968 as an Ecumenical Christian Chapel in the heart of London Heathrow Airport. Before that date the chaplaincy work had

title: Heathrow Airport

text: of level crossings on the route into London, and a plan to link Heathrow to the planned High Speed 2 (HS2) railway line (with a new station, ) was also dropped from the HS2 plans in March 2015. Among other schemes that have been considered is a rapid transport link between Heathrow and Gatwick Airports, known as "Heathwick", which would allow the airports to operate jointly as an airline hub; In 2018, the Department for Transport began to invite proposals for privately funded rail links to Heathrow Airport. Projects being considered under this initiative include: The Mayor of London's office

title: Heathrow Airport

text: nicknamed "The Strip" by locals, because of its continuous line of airport hotels. Many buses and coaches operate from the large Heathrow Central bus station serving Terminals 2 and 3, and also from bus stations at Terminals 4 and 5. All terminals lie within the Heathrow Free Travel Zone with free travel between the terminals. Terminals 2 and 3 are within walking distance of each other. Transfers from Terminals 2 and 3 to Terminal 4 and 5 are provided by Heathrow Express trains. Transfer between Terminals 4 and 5 is provided by London Buses routes 482 and 490. Transit passengers

title: Expansion of Heathrow Airport

text: landing is another method to increase utilisation, backed by British Airways. There are six airports in or near London, some of which could achieve a higher capacity with certain expansions. Luton Airport and London Southend Airport have capacity, but expansion of runway and terminal would be needed. Expansion of Gatwick Airport has been seriously considered, and London Stansted Airport is also considering expansion, but a new runway would be needed in either case. Many passengers use London as a transfer point to and from long-distance flights, most of which use Heathrow. Ground transfer between Heathrow and other London airports is

title: Heathrow Airport

text: position that London needs more airport capacity, favouring the construction of an entirely new airport in the Thames Estuary rather than expanding Heathrow. After the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition took power, it was announced that the third runway expansion was cancelled. Two years later, leading Conservatives were reported to have changed their minds on the subject. Another proposal for expanding Heathrow's capacity was the Heathrow Hub, which aims to extend both runways to a total length of about 7,000 metres and divide them into four so that they each provide two, full length runways, allowing simultaneous take-offs and landings while decreasing

title: Heathrow Airport transport proposals

text: stations. It would also create a new link to the airport from via , , and . HS4Air was a proposal for a new high-speed railway line which would link HS2 to the High Speed 1 line and the Channel Tunnel. The proposed route would run south of London, with stations at Heathrow and Gatwick Airports. The HS4Air scheme was rejected by Government in December 2018 and will not go ahead. Heathrow Airport transport proposals Over the years, a number of transport proposals have been made to improve public access to Heathrow Airport, near London in the United Kingdom. Currently,

title: Heathrow Airport

text: out for airport expansion in the South-east and that a new runway would not be built at Heathrow before 2015. The full report was published on 1 July 2015, and backed a third, north-west, runway at Heathrow. Reaction to the report was generally negative, particularly from London Mayor Boris Johnson. One senior Conservative told Channel 4: "Howard Davies has dumped an utter steaming pile of poo on the Prime Minister's desk." On 25 October 2016, the government confirmed that Heathrow would be allowed to build a third runway; however, a final decision would not be taken until winter of 2017/18,

title: Heathrow Airport transport proposals

text: between Heathrow and via the Chiltern Main Line and the Dudding Hill Line to connect with the Midland Main Line at a "Cricklewood Interchange" station. Two schemes known as SuperCrossrail and Superlink were put forward in 2004 by a group of rail industry managers as alternative proposals to the Crossrail route being planned at the time. They proposed connecting a number of regional stations such as , , and via a new underground railway through central London, with a station at Heathrow Airport. The scheme was rejected by planners in favour of the simpler Crossrail route. In 2009, Heathrow Airport

title: Heathrow Airport transport proposals

text: "London Air Rail Transit system (LARTs)" running parallel to the M25 which would connect Gatwick, Heathrow and Luton Airports. The Western Rail Approach to Heathrow scheme was announced by the Department of Transport in July 2012 to build a spur from Heathrow Terminal 5 along a north-western alignment, connecting the airport to the Great Western main line. This connection will enable direct trains from , , and , and improve airport connections with the South West, South Wales and the West Midlands. In 2013, a proposal was announced for the Windsor Link Railway, a privately financed project to link the

title: Expansion of Heathrow Airport

text: the economic growth of the UK. As the UK's major hub airport, Heathrow can attract many transfer passengers, and so can support a very wide range of direct flight destinations at high frequencies. It is the world's second busiest airport, based on numbers of international passengers. The government claims that Heathrow's connectivity helps London and the South East compete with other European cities for business investment, which in turn produces economic benefits for the rest of the UK. Should Heathrow's connectivity decline compared to London's European competitors, the UK would fall behind. The government's argument is that Heathrow is on

title: Expansion of Heathrow Airport

text: hour away from the airport - thus spreading demand to regional airports and creating more international hub capacity in the South East. Since the 1970s, there have been various proposals to complement or replace Heathrow by a new airport located in the Thames Estuary. This would have the advantage of avoiding flights taking off and landing over London, with all the accompanying noise and pollution, and would also avoid destroying residential areas in west London to expand Heathrow. In November 2008, the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, announced a feasibility study into an airport on an artificial offshore island off

title: Heathrow Airport

text: a result of the trial and that it should therefore not be taken forward in its current form. Heathrow received more than 25,000 noise complaints in just three months over the summer of 2016, but around half were made by the same ten people. Until it was required to sell Gatwick and Stansted Airports, Heathrow Airport Holdings held a dominant position in the London aviation market, and has been heavily regulated by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) as to how much it can charge airlines to land. The annual increase in landing charge per passenger was capped at inflation minus

title: Heathrow (hamlet)

text: Heathrow (hamlet) Heathrow or Heath Row was a wayside hamlet along a minor country lane called Heathrow Road in the ancient parish of Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, on the outskirts of what is now Greater London. Its buildings and all associated holdings were demolished, along with almost all of the often grouped locality of The Magpies in 1944 for the construction of London Heathrow Airport. The name Heathrow described its layout: a lane, on one side smallholdings and farms of fields and orchards which ran for a little over a , on the other, until the 1819 Inclosure for farmland, common

title: Heathrow Airport transport proposals

text: line. The spur from HS2 to Heathrow was dropped from the plans in March 2015. Various schemes to create a transport link between Heathrow and Gatwick Airports have been considered, collectively known as "Heathwick". Gatwick lies around south-east of Heathrow Airport, and like Heathrow, it has rapid rail connections into central London but there are no transport connections between the two airports. A fast rail link would allow the airports to operate jointly as an airline hub. Among the schemes has been a 2011 proposal for a high-speed rail link; and a 2013 proposal for a rapid transit system named

title: Heathrow Express

text: it vacates Old Oak Common. Former units operated by Heathrow Express include: Heathrow Express Heathrow Express is an airport rail link between London Heathrow Airport and Paddington. It opened in 1998 and is an open access operator. The service is operated by Heathrow Express Operating Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Heathrow Airport Holdings, with some aspects of the operation now delivered by Great Western Railway. Heathrow Express was planned as a joint venture between BAA and British Rail, but was taken over fully by the former following the privatisation of British Rail. Construction began in 1993. The principal works

title: Heathrow Express

text: Heathrow Express Heathrow Express is an airport rail link between London Heathrow Airport and Paddington. It opened in 1998 and is an open access operator. The service is operated by Heathrow Express Operating Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Heathrow Airport Holdings, with some aspects of the operation now delivered by Great Western Railway. Heathrow Express was planned as a joint venture between BAA and British Rail, but was taken over fully by the former following the privatisation of British Rail. Construction began in 1993. The principal works were two 5-mile single-bore tunnels (including eight escape shafts) and underground stations

title: Heathrow Terminal 4

text: Heathrow Terminal 4 Heathrow Terminal 4 is an airport terminal at Heathrow Airport, the main airport serving London, England, situated to the south of the southern runway, next to the cargo terminal. It is 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 stations. Built at a cost of £200 million, Terminal 4 was opened by the Prince and Princess of Wales on 1 April 1986. Until 2008 it was used mainly by British Airways. It became the Heathrow base for airlines

title: Heathrow Southern Railway

text: Heathrow Southern Railway Heathrow Southern Railway is a proposed new railway in the United Kingdom which would link Heathrow Airport to railway lines south of London. The scheme, announced in August 2017, is promoted by Heathrow Southern Railway Limited and would be financed privately. If built, the new rail infrastructure, up to in length, would link Heathrow Terminal 5 with or and , and would enable direct trains to run from , , Guildford to Heathrow Airport stations. It would also create a new link to the airport from via , , and . The proposals are similar to an

title: Heathrow Terminal 4

text: minutes. Although the journey takes longer, fares are much cheaper than on Heathrow Express or Connect services. As of July 2014, adult single fares to central London stations range from £3.10 to £6.00, depending on the time of day and whether or not an Oyster card is used. Terminal 4 is served by some local buses and coach services. Heathrow Terminal 4 Heathrow Terminal 4 is an airport terminal at Heathrow Airport, the main airport serving London, England, situated to the south of the southern runway, next to the cargo terminal. It is connected to Heathrow Terminals 2 and 3

title: Heathrow Airtrack

text: Heathrow Airtrack Heathrow Airtrack is a proposed railway link in the United Kingdom which would link Heathrow Airport in west London to London Waterloo railway station in Central London. The line, as proposed by BAA, would run from across the suburbs of southwest London to Waterloo, with additional direct rail services from the airport to and Guildford. Airtrack would provide an alternative route into London to the existing rail routes from Heathrow, Heathrow Express, TfL Rail and the Piccadilly line. The scheme has been estimated to cost £673 million. In April 2011, BAA announced that it would not proceed with

title: Heathrow Airport

text: passed by Parliament. Currently, all rail connections with Heathrow airport run along an east-west alignment to and from central London, and a number of schemes have been proposed over the years to develop new rail transport links with other parts of London and with stations outside the city. This mainline rail service is due to be extended to central London and Essex when the Elizabeth line, currently under construction, opens in 2019. A 2009 proposal to create a southern link with via the Waterloo–Reading line was abandoned in 2011 due to lack of funding and difficulties with a high number

title: Heathrow Terminal 2

text: Heathrow Terminal 2 Heathrow Terminal 2, also known as The Queen's Terminal, is an airport terminal at Heathrow Airport, the main airport serving London, United Kingdom. The new development was originally named "Heathrow East Terminal", and occupies the sites where the previous Terminal 2 and the "Queens Building" stood. It was designed by Luis Vidal + Architects and opened on 4 June 2014. The original Terminal 2 opened in 1955 as the "Europa Building" and was the airport's oldest terminal. Terminal 1 closed to passengers on 30 June 2015, although as Terminal 1's baggage system is used by Terminal 2,

title: Heathrow Junction railway station

text: passengers the remaining distance to the airport. On 23 June 1998 Heathrow Express service commenced to Heathrow Terminals 1, 2 and 3 railway station and Heathrow Terminal 4 railway station. Trains no longer called at Heathrow Junction, and within ten days the track leading to the station had been dismantled. Heathrow Junction railway station Heathrow Junction was a short-lived railway station built to serve London Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom. Between January and June 1998, the Heathrow Express shuttle service was built to connect Paddington station to Heathrow Airport. A new spur was built from the existing Great Western

title: Heathrow Connect

text: Airport tunnels and late delivery of Class 345 units, a contingency plan has been implemented. The Class 360s will continue to be used between London Paddington and Heathrow, supplemented by two Class 345 trains per hour running between London Paddington and the extended bay platform at Hayes & Harlington, until the Class 360s can be fully replaced. 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 service but called at certain intermediate

title: Heathrow Terminal 2

text: stood until its demolition in 2009 to form the site for the new terminal. Heathrow Terminal 2 Heathrow Terminal 2, also known as The Queen's Terminal, is an airport terminal at Heathrow Airport, the main airport serving London, United Kingdom. The new development was originally named "Heathrow East Terminal", and occupies the sites where the previous Terminal 2 and the "Queens Building" stood. It was designed by Luis Vidal + Architects and opened on 4 June 2014. The original Terminal 2 opened in 1955 as the "Europa Building" and was the airport's oldest terminal. Terminal 1 closed to passengers on

title: Expansion of Heathrow Airport

text: the Isle of Sheppey. Critics pointed variously to the construction costs, the economic impacts on west London, and the likely increase in emissions through increasing airport capacity. Following an election pledge not to build a third runway, Prime Minister David Cameron was keen to implement the Thames Estuary hub. However, airlines spoke out against plans to partially fund the airport with around £8 billion in landing charges from Heathrow. An aviation review was set for the end of 2012 and Cameron had advised: "I do understand it is vitally important that we maintain the sort of hub status that Britain

title: Heathrow Connect

text: 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 service but called at certain intermediate stations, connecting several locations in West London with each other, the airport, and Central London. It ran every half-hour throughout the day and evening. The service was launched on 12 June 2005 and ceased on 19 May 2018, when it was absorbed into the TfL Rail franchise, ahead of becoming part of the Elizabeth line in autumn

title: Heathrow Junction railway station

text: Heathrow Junction railway station Heathrow Junction was a short-lived railway station built to serve London Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom. Between January and June 1998, the Heathrow Express shuttle service was built to connect Paddington station to Heathrow Airport. A new spur was built from the existing Great Western Main Line to the airport, running mostly in tunnel. To save costs, the tunnel was built using the New Austrian Tunnelling Method (NATM). Unfortunately, the construction was not a success, and in 1994 parts of the not-yet-opened tunnels near the airport collapsed. The collapse not only delayed the finishing of

title: Heathrow Terminal 3

text: every 30 minutes) to four trains per hour (about every 15 minutes). Terminal 3 is accessible to both bus and coach services from Heathrow Central bus station. There are also several coach services operated by National Express operating to other London airports such as Gatwick, Stansted and Luton; and other cities in the United Kingdom. Heathrow Terminal 3 Heathrow Terminal 3 is an airport terminal at Heathrow Airport, serving London, the capital city of England. Terminal 3 is currently used by Oneworld members and a few other non-affiliated airlines. It is also the base for Virgin Atlantic. Terminal 3 was

title: Heathrow Terminal 5

text: longest in the United Kingdom, longer than those at Angel Underground station on the London Underground, which had held the title since 1992. Heathrow Terminal 5 Heathrow Terminal 5 is an airport terminal at Heathrow Airport, the main airport serving London. Opened in 2008, the main building in the complex is the largest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom. Terminal 5 is currently used exclusively as one of the three global hubs of International Airlines Group, served by British Airways and Iberia, with the others being London Gatwick South and Madrid Barajas Terminal 4. Prior to 2012, the terminal was

title: Heathrow Terminal 5

text: Heathrow Terminal 5 Heathrow Terminal 5 is an airport terminal at Heathrow Airport, the main airport serving London. Opened in 2008, the main building in the complex is the largest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom. Terminal 5 is currently used exclusively as one of the three global hubs of International Airlines Group, served by British Airways and Iberia, with the others being London Gatwick South and Madrid Barajas Terminal 4. Prior to 2012, the terminal was used solely by British Airways. The terminal was designed to handle 35 million passengers a year. In 2015, Terminal 5 handled 33.1 million

title: Western Rail Approach to Heathrow

text: services to Reading which would stop only at Slough. Other schemes have been proposed to connect Heathrow Airport to the Great Western Main Line. A western link featured in the Heathrow Airtrack scheme, abandoned in 2011. Another alternative scheme is the Windsor Link Railway, which would provide both western and southern access to Heathrow. Western Rail Approach to Heathrow The Western Rail Approach to Heathrow is a proposed rail link in Berkshire, England, which would create an additional connection between London's Heathrow Airport and the Great Western Main Line. Beginning at Heathrow Terminal 5 station, the link would run via

title: Heathrow Terminal 1

text: Heathrow Terminal 1 Heathrow Terminal 1 was an airport terminal at London Heathrow Airport that was in operation between 1968 and 2015. When it was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in April 1969 it was the largest new airport terminal in western Europe. At the point of its closure on 29 June 2015 it had only been handling twenty daily flights by British Airways to nine destinations. In May 2017 the entire contents of the terminal was put up for auction. The footprint of Terminal 1 was planned to be used for construction of the second phase of Heathrow

title: Expansion of Heathrow Airport

text: a direct connection with Heathrow, but did include a new station at Old Oak Common to the west of Paddington on the Crossrail route. On 12 May 2010, the expansion was cancelled by the new coalition government. BAA formally dropped its plans on 24 May 2010. However, London First, a lobby group representing many of London's businesses and major employers, continued to press the coalition government to rethink their opposition to the expansion of the airport. On 1 July 2015, the Airport Commission recommended the third runway and sixth terminal, with a projected capacity (on completion) of 740,000 flights per

title: Heathrow Southern Railway

text: sector during and after the development process. Heathrow Southern Railway claims that the scheme in operation does not need financial support from the tax payer. While being owned by Heathrow Southern Railway the infrastructure is subject to regulation by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), and the operation and maintenance of the route could be contracted out to other corporations. Heathrow Southern Railway Heathrow Southern Railway is a proposed new railway in the United Kingdom which would link Heathrow Airport to railway lines south of London. The scheme, announced in August 2017, is promoted by Heathrow Southern Railway Limited

title: Heathrow Hub railway station

text: 5 and 12 from Euston. In March 2015, the Transport Minister ruled out this proposal being implemented in either Phase 1 or Phase 2 of the wider HS2 programme, but left it open to being included in the future. Heathrow Hub railway station Heathrow Hub railway station is a proposed railway interchange to serve, principally, future High Speed 2 rail services for Heathrow Airport, England. It is part of a proposal that was put forward in 2008 by the engineering firm Arup as a means of extending the UK’s high-speed rail network from central London to Heathrow Airport. In the

title: Heathrow Hub railway station

text: Heathrow Hub railway station Heathrow Hub railway station is a proposed railway interchange to serve, principally, future High Speed 2 rail services for Heathrow Airport, England. It is part of a proposal that was put forward in 2008 by the engineering firm Arup as a means of extending the UK’s high-speed rail network from central London to Heathrow Airport. In the late 1980s Arup researched an innovative alternative for the alignment of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. The route proposed by the company focused on using the link as a catalyst for regeneration - it was adopted by Government in

title: Heathrow Terminal 3

text: Heathrow Terminal 3 Heathrow Terminal 3 is an airport terminal at Heathrow Airport, serving London, the capital city of England. Terminal 3 is currently used by Oneworld members and a few other non-affiliated airlines. It is also the base for Virgin Atlantic. Terminal 3 was opened as the Oceanic Terminal on 13 November 1961; it was built to handle flight departures for long-haul routes. . Renamed Terminal 3 in 1968, it was expanded in 1970 with the addition of an arrivals building. Other facilities added included the UK's first moving walkways. BOAC and the two US airlines, Pan American World

title: Heathrow Hub

text: engineering consultancy. Heathrow Hub Heathrow Hub is an independent proposal to expand capacity at London's Heathrow Airport, put forward by Jock Lowe, a former Concorde pilot, and Mark Bostock, an ex-director at Arup Group. The proposal was shortlisted in Sir Howard Davies' Airports Commission's interim report. Heathrow Hub proposes extending both of the existing runways up to a total length of about 7,000 metres and dividing them into four so that they each provide two, full length, runways, allowing simultaneous take-offs and landings. The aim is to complete the construction within five years and with 100% private funds. Available capacity

title: Heathrow Hub

text: Heathrow Hub Heathrow Hub is an independent proposal to expand capacity at London's Heathrow Airport, put forward by Jock Lowe, a former Concorde pilot, and Mark Bostock, an ex-director at Arup Group. The proposal was shortlisted in Sir Howard Davies' Airports Commission's interim report. Heathrow Hub proposes extending both of the existing runways up to a total length of about 7,000 metres and dividing them into four so that they each provide two, full length, runways, allowing simultaneous take-offs and landings. The aim is to complete the construction within five years and with 100% private funds. Available capacity would be

title: Queens Building, Heathrow

text: Queens Building, Heathrow The Queens Building was an office building at London Heathrow Airport next to Heathrow Terminal 2. It was opened in 1955 by Queen Elizabeth II and was demolished in 2009 to make room for a rebuilt Terminal 2. It was the location of the operational offices of BAA until demolition. The Queens Building was built as part of a new central area for London Airport (as Heathrow was known at the time). It was designed in 1950 by Frederick Gibberd. Though it was initially going to be named "Eastern Apex Building", upon opening by Queen Elizabeth II

title: Heathrow Terminal 1

text: bus station. There were also several coach services operated by National Express. Heathrow Terminal 1 Heathrow Terminal 1 was an airport terminal at London Heathrow Airport that was in operation between 1968 and 2015. When it was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in April 1969 it was the largest new airport terminal in western Europe. At the point of its closure on 29 June 2015 it had only been handling twenty daily flights by British Airways to nine destinations. In May 2017 the entire contents of the terminal was put up for auction. The footprint of Terminal 1 was

title: 1948 Heathrow Disaster

text: 1948 Heathrow Disaster The 1948 Heathrow Disaster was the crash of a Douglas DC-3C of the Belgian airline Sabena at Heathrow Airport, London, United Kingdom on 2 March 1948. It was the first major accident at Heathrow Airport; of the 22 people on board 20 were killed, of whom most had British nationality. The DC-3 involved was built in 1947 with serial number 43154 and registration "OO-AWH" and was used by the Belgian airline company Sabena from 21 March 1947 until its destruction in 1948. It was built for a US military contract but was never delivered and was the

title: Heathrow Cargo Tunnel

text: Taylor Woodrow Construction, with E&M fitout by Halliday Hall and Aerex. The cargo tunnel was the only privately operated road tunnel in the United Kingdom until March 2005, when the Heathrow Airside Road Tunnel was opened to airside traffic next to it. Heathrow Cargo Tunnel The Heathrow Cargo Tunnel is a road tunnel in the London Borough of Hillingdon, London, UK that serves London Heathrow Airport. In December 1968, the tunnel first opened, to connect Terminals 1, 2 and 3 to the newly opened cargo terminal at Heathrow, and it cost £2 million to build. The tunnel is not open

title: Heathrow Southern Railway

text: earlier scheme, Heathrow Airtrack. Heathrow Southern Railway would open between 2025 and 2027. The estimated capital cost is between £1.3bn and £1.6bn. The scheme has been put forward in response to the Department for Transport's invitation for proposals from private investors for a southern rail link to Heathrow. Heathrow Southern Railway Limited is a private limited company registered in London. It was founded on 16 June 2016 with the aim of bidding for improved rail access to Heathrow Airport. The company states that its proposals would improve public transport capacity and help to reduce traffic congestion and pollution. The company's

title: Heathrow Southern Railway

text: Heathrow Airport by 2043 and identified that there is a strong case for implementing a new southern route to meet these needs. The proposed Heathrow Southern Railway infrastructure also allows for trains from Basingstoke, Woking and Guildford to continue beyond Heathrow Airport to serve a proposed new station at Old Oak Common where there will from 2026 be an interchange with HS2, and also London Paddington which from late 2018 will be on the Elizabeth Line. This will also increase accessibility into London from the south and south-west, mainly increasing access to Waterloo and Clapham Junction, while also allowing for

title: Heathrow Airport

text: than Istanbul Atatürk Airport. Heathrow was the fourth busiest European airport by cargo traffic in 2013, after Frankfurt Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Heathrow Airport processed 78,047,278 passengers in 2017. New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport was the most popular route with 2,945,744 passengers. The table below shows the 40 busiest international routes at the airport in 2017. The head office of Heathrow Airport Holdings (formerly BAA Limited) is located in the Compass Centre by Heathrow's northern runway, a building that previously served as a British Airways flight crew centre. The World Business Centre Heathrow

title: Heathrow Airport

text: orchards there: there was a "Heathrow Farm" about where Terminal 1 is now, a "Heathrow Hall" and a "Heathrow House". This hamlet was largely along a country lane (Heathrow Road) which ran roughly along the east and south edges of the present central terminals area. Development of the whole Heathrow area as a very much larger airport began in 1944: it was stated to be for long-distance military aircraft bound for the Far East. But by the time the airfield was nearing completion, World War II had ended. The government continued to develop the airport as a civil airport. The

title: Heathrow Airport

text: consists of three buildings. 1 World Business Centre houses offices of Heathrow Airport Holdings, Heathrow Airport itself, and Scandinavian Airlines. Previously International Airlines Group had its head office in 2 World Business Centre. At one time the British Airways head office was located within Heathrow Airport at Speedbird House before the completion of Waterside, the current BA head office in Harmondsworth, in June 1998. To the north of the airfield lies the Northern Perimeter Road, along which most of Heathrow's car rental agencies are based, and Bath Road, which runs parallel to it, but outside the airport campus. This is

title: Heathrow Airport Holdings

text: Heathrow Airport Holdings Heathrow Airport Holdings Limited, formerly BAA is the United Kingdom-based operator of Heathrow Airport. The company also operated Gatwick Airport and Stansted Airport, plus several other UK airports under its former name. It was formed by the privatisation of the British Airports Authority as BAA plc as part of Margaret Thatcher's moves to privatise government-owned assets, and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. BAA plc was bought in 2006 by a consortium led by Ferrovial, a Spanish firm specialising in the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of transport, urban and services infrastructure. In

title: Expansion of Heathrow Airport

text: has. There are lots of different options that can be looked at." All three main UK parties propose to build a high-speed rail line to the north. An alternative suggestion to relieve the pressure on Heathrow without building a third runway was made: Expansion of Heathrow Airport The expansion of Heathrow Airport has involved several proposals by Heathrow Airport Holdings and an independent proposal by Heathrow Hub, to increase capacity at Heathrow Airport. In December 2006, the Department for Transport published a progress report on the strategy which confirmed the original vision of expanding the runways. In November 2007, the

title: Expansion of Heathrow Airport

text: Expansion of Heathrow Airport The expansion of Heathrow Airport has involved several proposals by Heathrow Airport Holdings and an independent proposal by Heathrow Hub, to increase capacity at Heathrow Airport. In December 2006, the Department for Transport published a progress report on the strategy which confirmed the original vision of expanding the runways. In November 2007, the government started a public consultation on its proposal for a slightly shorter third runway () and a new passenger terminal. The plan was supported by businesses, the aviation industry, the British Chambers of Commerce, the Confederation of British Industry, the Trades Union Congress

title: Heathrow Airport

text: in passenger numbers. It is difficult for existing airlines to obtain landing slots to enable them to increase their services from the airport, or for new airlines to start operations. To increase the number of flights, Heathrow Airport Holdings has proposed using the existing two runways in 'mixed mode' whereby aircraft would be allowed to take off and land on the same runway. This would increase the airport's capacity from its current 480,000 movements per year to as many as 550,000 according to British Airways CEO Willie Walsh. Heathrow Airport Holdings has also proposed building a third runway to the

title: Heathrow Airport Holdings

text: record breaking purposes, light twin engined private aircraft and all light single engined aircraft. BAA has since taken steps to improve this issue, including the waiving of mandatory handling fees for light aircraft at Aberdeen and Southampton. In 2014, the equivalent charges were: £29.65 at Southampton and £64.63 at Aberdeen. However the fees remained the same at Glasgow. It was also acknowledged that Heathrow Airport's runways are 99% used, therefore the charges were set on the basis of very high demand and the lack of supply. Heathrow Airport Holdings Heathrow Airport Holdings Limited, formerly BAA is the United Kingdom-based operator

title: Heathrow Airport

text: membership, and as a consequence the UK was ordered to drop the agreement in 2004. A new "open skies" agreement was signed by the United States and the European Union on 30 April 2007 and came into effect on 30 March 2008. Shortly afterwards, additional US airlines, including Northwest Airlines, Continental Airlines, US Airways and Delta Air Lines started services to Heathrow. The airport has been criticized in recent years for overcrowding and delays; according to Heathrow Airport Holdings, Heathrow's facilities were originally designed to accommodate 55 million passengers annually. The number of passengers using the airport reached a record

title: Heathrow Airport

text: 3% until 1 April 2003. From 2003 to 2007 charges increased by inflation plus 6.5% per year, taking the fee to £9.28 per passenger in 2007. In March 2008, the CAA announced that the charge would be allowed to increase by 23.5% to £12.80 from 1 April 2008 and by inflation plus 7.5% for each of the following four years. In April 2013, the CAA announced a proposal for Heathrow to charge fees calculated by inflation minus 1.3%, continuing until 2019. Whilst the cost of landing at Heathrow is determined by the CAA and Heathrow Airport Holdings, the allocation of

title: Heathrow Airport Holdings

text: potential protesters involved in the Camp for Climate Action from approaching Heathrow Airport. The injunction specifically targeted anyone belonging to, or protesting in the name of, AirportWatch, The No Third Runway Action Group and Plane Stupid. However, Airport Watch members included Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, the Campaign to Protect Rural England, the World Development Movement, the National Trust and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds – all of whom were caught by what became known as the 'Mother of all Injunctions'. BAA denied seeking a blanket ban on airport protest. In the end BAA won a very

title: Heathrow Airport Holdings

text: by summer 2012. Numerous groups were reported to have expressed interest, including a consortium of Scottish businesses headed by former Edinburgh Airport Manager, and Fraport, the owners of Frankfurt Airport, Germany. The airport was sold to Global Infrastructure Partners in 2012. On 18 January 2013, Heathrow Airport Holdings Limited announced the sale of Stansted to the Manchester Airports Group, a holding company owned by the 10 borough councils of Greater Manchester. In May 2014, Heathrow Airport Holdings announced the appointment of John Holland-Kaye, current Development Director, as chief executive officer, succeeding Colin Matthews on 1 July 2014. The company agreed

title: Heathrow Airport

text: included in the draft 2014–2019 five-year master plan but have since been deferred due to other priorities. The Hotel Hoppa bus network connects all terminals to major hotels in the area. Taxis are available at all terminals. Heathrow is accessible via the nearby M4 motorway or A4 road (Terminals 2–3), the M25 motorway (Terminals 4 and 5) and the A30 road (Terminal 4). There are drop-off and pick-up areas at all terminals and short- and long-stay multi-storey car parks. All the Heathrow forecourts are drop-off only. There are further car parks, not run by Heathrow Airport Holdings, just outside the

title: Heathrow Airport

text: although it has been observed that he failed to identify these interests when invited to complete the Airports Commission's register of interests. Each of the three proposals that were to be considered by Sir Howard Davies's commission involved the construction of a third runway, either to the north, northwest or southwest of the airport. The commission released its interim report in December 2013, shortlisting three options: the north-west third runway option at Heathrow, extending an existing runway at Heathrow, and a second runway at Gatwick Airport. After this report was published, the government confirmed that no options had been ruled

title: Heathrow Airport Holdings

text: Each remaining airport owned by the company has reverted to operating under its own name rather than the BAA banner. As a major client of the UK construction industry, it is a member of the Construction Clients' Group, which represents client views to the government's Strategic Forum for Construction. The company's head office is located in the Compass Centre on the grounds of Heathrow Airport in Hounslow. The Compass Centre previously served as a British Airways flight crew centre. When Heathrow Terminal 5 opened on 27 March 2008, British Airways staff, including crew check-in staff, relocated from the Compass Centre

title: Heathrow Airport Holdings

text: time of the privatisation in 1986. The original BAA plc was acquired in 2006 by Airport Development and Investment Limited (ADI), a new company formed by the Ferrovial consortium. In October 2008 ADI changed its name to BAA Limited, and on 15 October 2012, the company announced that it had changed its name to Heathrow Airport Holdings. Colin Matthews, Chief Executive of the company, said that, given the reduction in the number of airports owned by the company, the BAA name was no longer appropriate; after the sale of Stansted, Heathrow Airport would account for 95% of the company's business.

title: Heathrow Airport

text: 93% were international travellers; the remaining 7% were bound for (or arriving from) places in the UK. The busiest single destination in passenger numbers is New York, with over 3 million passengers flying between Heathrow and JFK Airport in 2013. In the 1950s, Heathrow had six runways, arranged in three pairs at different angles in the shape of a hexagram with the permanent passenger terminal in the middle and the older terminal along the north edge of the field; two of its runways would always be within 30° of the wind direction. As the required length for runways has grown,

title: Heathrow Airport

text: landing slots to airlines is carried out by Airport Co-ordination Limited (ACL). Until 2008, air traffic between Heathrow and the United States was strictly governed by the countries' bilateral Bermuda II treaty. The treaty originally allowed only British Airways, Pan Am and TWA to fly from Heathrow to the US. In 1991, PAA and TWA sold their rights to United Airlines and American Airlines respectively, while Virgin Atlantic was added to the list of airlines allowed to operate on these routes. The Bermuda bilateral agreement conflicted with the Right of Establishment of the United Kingdom in relation to its EU

title: Heathrow Airport transport proposals

text: Slough–Windsor & Eton and the Staines–Windsor railway lines. The scheme also includes a branch to Heathrow Terminal 5, with a potential connection to Crossrail. In 2018, the Department for Transport began to invite proposals for privately funded rail links to Heathrow Airport. As well as the Western Rail Approach, other projects being considered for public–private partnership have included: The Heathrow Southern Railway scheme, similar to the abandoned Airtrack proposal, envisages the construction of a south-aligned rail link to connect Terminal 5 station with or and , and would enable direct trains to run from , , Guildford to the airport

title: Heathrow Airport Holdings

text: The group was dissolved in April 2011 after several members, including BAA, left the coalition. Since 2009 the company has been progressing a plan for the building a third runway to expand Heathrow Airport. This requires government approval, and on 5 June 2018 the Cabinet approved the third runway, with a full vote planned for Parliament. The financing of the expansion has yet to be arranged, with Heathrow Airport Holdings' finances already highly leveraged. In 2017 borrowings were £13.4 billion with shareholder's equity at £0.7 billion. World Duty Free - Previously ran all of BAA's retail operations. Sold in 2008

title: Heathrow timeline

text: in Heathrow. Starting at the north end: Starting at the north end: Heathrow timeline This is an event timeline and minor geographical information about Heathrow hamlet. A sizeable Neolithic settlement is believed to have been in the Heathrow area. Many artefacts have been found in the gravel around what is now the airport, and the Colne Valley. Waste pits filled with struck flint, arrowheads and fragments of pottery were also found in the area, indicating a settlement, though none other remains of such a settlement. Until about 1930, there was only one building (part of Bath Road Farm) on the

title: Heathrow Airport

text: an Emirates Airbus A380 since 2008. Heathrow Airport has Anglican, Catholic, Free Church, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh chaplains. There is a multi-faith prayer room and counselling room in each terminal, in addition to St. George's Interdenominational Chapel in an underground vault adjacent to the old control tower, where Christian services take place. The chaplains organise and lead prayers at certain times in the prayer room. The airport has its own resident press corps, consisting of six photographers and one TV crew, serving all the major newspapers and television stations around the world. Most of Heathrow's internal roads are initial

title: Heathrow Airport Holdings

text: for four state-owned airports from the Ministry of Aviation – Heathrow Airport, Gatwick Airport, Prestwick Airport and Stansted Airport. In the following few years, the authority acquired Edinburgh Airport (1971), Glasgow Airport (1975) and Aberdeen Airport (1975). The authority took on the Ministry of Civil Aviation Constabulary in 1966, which was renamed to become the British Airports Authority Constabulary, and was disbanded between 1974 and 1975. As part of Margaret Thatcher's moves to privatise government owned assets, the Airports Act 1986 was passed which mandated the creation of BAA plc as a vehicle by which stock market funds could be

title: Heathrow Connect

text: 2019. Heathrow Connect had a complex operating structure. The rolling stock and on-board staff were supplied by Heathrow Airport Holdings (formerly BAA) through its Heathrow Express subsidiary. For the portion of the journey between Paddington and Hayes & Harlington, GWR received the revenue, between Hayes & Harlington and Airport Junction, the revenue went to Heathrow Express. Beyond Airport Junction, the track is owned by Heathrow Airport Holdings. Fares between Paddington and Hayes & Harlington were the same as for GWR services, but the single fare between Hayes and Heathrow was £6.30 . Oyster cards, Travelcards and Freedom Passes were not

title: Heathrow (hamlet)

text: whose parish priest is as at 2019 Amatu Onundu Christian-Iwuagwu in a church with elements surviving from initial 1067 construction. It will be re-sited or see elements curated in a museum if a third runway for Heathrow Airport receives final planning permission and all appeals are dismissed. A sizeable Neolithic settlement is believed to have been in the Heathrow area. Many artefacts have been found in the gravel around what is now the airport, and the Colne Valley regional park. Waste pits filled with struck flint, arrowheads and fragments of pottery were also found in the area, indicating a settlement,

title: Heathrow timeline

text: Heathrow timeline This is an event timeline and minor geographical information about Heathrow hamlet. A sizeable Neolithic settlement is believed to have been in the Heathrow area. Many artefacts have been found in the gravel around what is now the airport, and the Colne Valley. Waste pits filled with struck flint, arrowheads and fragments of pottery were also found in the area, indicating a settlement, though none other remains of such a settlement. Until about 1930, there was only one building (part of Bath Road Farm) on the north side of Bath Road between The Magpies (an area around and

title: Expansion of Heathrow Airport

text: with the new runway 300 metres shorter, to reduce costs from £16.8 billion to £14.3 billion. This option would still require the M25 motorway to be diverted to a tunnel under the runway, 150 metres west of its current route. On 5 June 2018 the Cabinet approved the third runway, with a full vote planned in Parliament. The financing of the expansion has yet to be arranged; Heathrow Airport Holdings' finances are already highly leveraged. In 2017 borrowings were £13.4 billion, with shareholder's equity of only £0.7 billion. The principal argument stated in favour of expanding Heathrow is to enhance

title: Heathrow Express

text: Connect stopping service which was jointly operated by Heathrow Express and GWR. In 2010, Heathrow Express introduced a dedicated shuttle between Heathrow Central and Terminal 4 that would be timed to connect with the main Heathrow Express service to/from Terminal 5 to improve connections between the terminals. Airport workers can get a discount through the Airport Commuter scheme operated by Heathrow Airport Holdings. Performance for the first quarter of the 2013 financial year was 94.0% PPM (Public Performance Measure), meaning that percentage of trains arrived at their destination within 5 minutes of the scheduled time. The service runs along Network

title: Heathrow Airport

text: 70 million in 2012. In 2007 the airport was voted the world's least favorite, alongside Chicago O'Hare, in a TripAdvisor survey. However, the opening of Terminal 5 in 2008 has relieved some pressure on terminal facilities, increasing the airport's terminal capacity to 90 million passengers per year. A tie-up is also in place with McLaren Applied Technologies to optimize the general procedure, reducing delays and pollution. With only two runways, operating at over 98% of their capacity, Heathrow has little room for more flights, although the increasing use of larger aircraft such as the Airbus A380 will allow some increase

title: Heathrow Airport

text: airport: the most recognisable is the National Car Parks facility, although there are many other options; these car parks are connected to the terminals by shuttle buses. Four parallel tunnels under the northern runway connect the M4 Heathrow spur and the A4 road to Terminals 2–3. The two larger tunnels are each two lanes wide and are used for motorised traffic. The two smaller tunnels were originally reserved for pedestrians and bicycles; to increase traffic capacity the cycle lanes have been modified to each take a single lane of cars, although bicycles still have priority over cars. Pedestrian access to

title: Expansion of Heathrow Airport

text: who resigned as Conservative MP for Richmond Park in protest, and stood in the resulting by-election as an anti-Heathrow expansion candidate. Goldsmith failed to win re-election at the by-election. In January 2009, the then Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon announced that the UK government supported the expansion of Heathrow by building a third runway (2200 m long) and a sixth terminal building. The government would not build them, but would encourage the airport operator (BAA) to apply for planning permission and to carry out the work. The government anticipated that the new runway would be operational in 2015 or soon after.

title: Expansion of Heathrow Airport

text: fraction of the cost and time of having a build a new runway or airport. Furthermore, numerous regional airports are underused, and need no immediate expense to take on more passengers. Manchester is the only airport in the United Kingdom other than Heathrow to have two runways and is severely under capacity: Manchester carries 20 million passengers, but has the capacity to carry at least 50 million. Proponents of this idea also suggest the new High Speed 2 network will be vital to the success of regional airports in the future. HS2 will link the three airports of Birmingham, Manchester

title: Heathrow Connect

text: to Hayes & Harlington only. Standard-class travel between Heathrow Airport terminals was free, and this included Heathrow Connect services. Heathrow Connect used the relief lines of the Great Western Main Line between Paddington and Airport Junction, replacing some stopping services operated by First Great Western Link. As part of the original Heathrow Express project, these lines were electrified at 25 kV AC overhead as a diversionary route, and feature Automatic Train Protection. An additional flyover bridge was built in 2008 as part of Crossrail works to enable trains to enter or leave the airport spur without crossing any of the

title: Expansion of Heathrow Airport

text: undisclosed sum from a local land owner. Also in January, Climate Rush staged a "picnic protest" at Heathrow airport against the construction of the 3rd runway. Hundreds of people attended the protest, dressed in Edwardian period dress. In the same month the glass doors of the Department for Transport were also broken by members of the organisation. In March 2009, senior MPs demanded a Commons investigation into evidence of a "revolving door" policy between Downing Street, Whitehall and BAA Limited (BAA is a major UK airport operator). Also in March 2009, Plane Stupid protester Leila Deen threw green custard over

title: Heathrow Express

text: lieu of Terminal 4. The company employs 160 staff, who work in Airport Terminals and on-board the trains. Heathrow Airport Holdings have an agreement with Network Rail for access paths on the GWML until 2028. Trains depart Paddington every 15 minutes from 05:10 (06:10 on Sunday) until 23:25, and there is a similar quarter-hourly service in the return direction. At Paddington they use dedicated platforms 6 and 7, although on occasions other platforms are used. There are two stops at Heathrow: Heathrow Central, serving Terminals 1, 2 and 3 (journey time from Paddington 15 minutes); and Heathrow Terminal 5 (journey

title: Heathrow (hamlet)

text: Heathrow fields area, e.g. straight from Harlington Corner to Perry Oaks, the amount of work and time in wartime needed to divert it would have stopped the airport from being developed. Heathrow School was founded in 1875, as Heathrow Elementary School, on land given by George Stevens Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford by the north side of Bath Road. The school opened two years later and was enlarged in 1891. In time the school was renamed 'Sipson and Heathrow School', because more than half its pupils came from Sipson. After the construction of Heathrow Airport started in 1944, the school

title: Expansion of Heathrow Airport

text: generally time-consuming (often taking two hours or longer). There is a suggestion to build a railway called Heathwick between Heathrow and Gatwick, making transfers between them easier. The United Kingdom has a number of regional airports, which it had been argued can be utilised further to reduce the airport capacity strain on South East England and benefit the whole of the United Kingdom. The 2003 Aviation White Paper mainly argued that increased use of regional airports would increase airport capacity in South East England; and the 2010 coalition government concurred with this view. Politicians proposing this plan include Theresa Villiers

title: Heathrow Airport

text: Concourse C, may yet be built to the east of the existing site, providing up to another 16 stands. Following British Airways' merger with Iberia, this may become a priority since the combined business will require accommodation at Heathrow under one roof to maximise the cost savings envisaged under the deal. A proposal for Concourse D featured in Heathrow's most recent capital investment plan. The transport network around the airport has been extended to cope with the increase in passenger numbers. A dedicated motorway spur links the terminal to the M25 (between junctions 14 and 15). The terminal has a

title: Heathrow Express

text: Rail's Great Western Main Line from Paddington to Airport Junction. The line from Airport Junction to the airport terminals is owned by Heathrow Airport Holdings but maintained by Network Rail. The line is electrified at 25 kV AC overhead and uses Automatic Train Protection (ATP). The controlling signalbox for the entire route is the Thames Valley Signalling Centre (TVSC) in Didcot. Great Western Railway plan to replace the existing Class 332 units with a specially modified pool of its own EMUs by December 2019. This will mean that Heathrow Express will no longer need to find a new depot after

title: Heathrow Airtrack

text: the airport from South Wales and Bristol if a business case could be established. A variation of Airtrack-Lite is also used by the Windsor Link Railway, with a new link to Terminal 5 from a triangle at Wraysbury, providing both a northwest and a southwest rail link to Heathrow, with a bridge over the M25 avoiding the cost of tunneling associated with Airtrack. A rival unrelated proposal, Heathrow Southern Railway, was announced in 2017. In 2016 the Aitrack plans were restated as part of improvements linked to the proposed third runway at Heathrow. Heathrow Airtrack Heathrow Airtrack is a proposed

title: Heathrow Airport Holdings

text: much more limited injunction and the camp went ahead amid considerable worldwide publicity. Afterward, Duncan Bonfield, BAA director of corporate affairs, and Mark Mann, BAA head of media relations, resigned. BAA's pricing structure mostly excludes General aviation access to their airports by either banning the movements of light aircraft, or setting high fees and mandatory handling charges. The total charges for landing, one night of parking, and mandatory handling for a Cessna 152 (including VAT) in 2013 was: £234 at Aberdeen, £193 at Glasgow and £187 at Southampton. Heathrow Airport does not permit any flights for recreational, commemorative, charity and

title: Heathrow Express

text: From 1999 to 2003, in-town check-in service at Paddington Station was provided, allowing Heathrow Express passengers checking in and dropping luggage prior to flights, which was similar to the service currently provided on Hong Kong Airport Express. Checked baggage was transported to the airport by using the luggage space at the westbound first carriage. This service was withdrawn due to low usage and high cost of operation. In 2005, a service called Heathrow Connect was started, operating a twice-hourly stopping service along the route using "Desiro" EMUs. In 2008, Heathrow Express was diverted to serve the new Terminal 5 in

title: Heathrow (hamlet)

text: was affected by aircraft noise from the north runway. Pupils from the few Perry Oaks cottages for more than a year travelled by taxi to avoid construction works, until its sludge-to-fertiliser farm led to the end of almost all its homes. In 1962 the school lost its playing field when an airport access road was built and four years later it moved to Harmondsworth Lane in Sipson, and became Heathrow School again. The school's current logo is a Concorde in flight. Heathrow (hamlet) Heathrow or Heath Row was a wayside hamlet along a minor country lane called Heathrow Road in