Heathrow Express

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Heathrow Express

Heathrow Express (link will launch a new window) travels from Paddington to Heathrow Terminals 1, 2 and 3 in just 15 minutes with a further five/six minutes to Terminal 4. The service operates from 05:00 to midnight daily.

  • Unaided wheelchair access is available once station staff have released the trolley barriers at the platform entrances. The train's doors are level with the platform at Paddington and at the Heathrow stations.
  • Door control buttons are illuminated, low level and emit an audible signal.
  • Each train offers one space for one wheelchair user, at the end of each train, with a call button located close by.
  • An accessible toilet has been installed every four carriages.
  • There are help buttons on the red pods on the platforms and along the station concourses.
  • Heathrow Express central station is approximately a ten minute walk from Terminal 1, a 12 minute walk from Terminal 2 and a five minute walk from Terminal 3. From the station at Terminal 4 it takes approximately three minutes to reach the check-in hall.
  • There is a free transfer service between Terminals 1, 2 and 3 and Terminal 4.

For further information contact Heathrow Express on: 0845 600 1515

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