HEATHROW TRAVEL AND TRANSFER INFORMATION


GENERAL TRAVEL INFORMATION
M25
The M25 is the orbital motorway that encompasses the whole of greater London. In fact in practical terms the M25 now determines the areas considered to be within London by being a man border around it.

Heathrow Airport is located almost adjacent to the M25 at its junction number 15 which is the cross section with the M4 at its Junction number 4b.
Gatwick Airport, Stansted Airport and Luton Airport are also located very close to the M25 motorway which means travel by road to each of these airports is most practically travelled via the M25 even though the distances are far greater than travelling in a straight line.

Please note that the M25 motorway is notorious for traffic delays and so all journey times shown on this page are a guide only.

M4
The M4 motorway runs to the North of the airport and is used both for connecting to the M25 and also for travel into central London. The section into London now has a dedicated bus, coach and London taxi lane which greatly speeds up journey times into London especially on weekday mornings between 8.00 am and 10.00 am.

Central Bus Station
Between Terminals 2 and 3 is the main station for bus and coach services at Heathrow Airport. The central bus station is open 24 hours a day and includes a ticket office for purchasing tickets on the day. Please note the Travel centre is not 24 hours and is open 06.00 till 22.30. Below the station is the Heathrow Express station where a free service links the station with terminal 4. The station is well sign posted from all terminals.
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STOPS AND STANDS
You will find signs at Heathrow refer to both stops and stands. These are in fact one and the same thing. These stop/stands are the individual numbered areas where specific services depart and stop at.
Example stand/stop


National Bus and Coaches
National Express run most of the coach services however several other companies run services from here. If you arrive at terminals 2 and 3 you will find the main central bus station located between the three terminals and each terminal will have signs to the bus station. Some services stop outside the terminals 1, and 3 arrivals level and terminal 2 departures level but mostly operate from the main station. Terminal 4 is located to the south of the airport and away from the other terminals but National express does not serve this terminal. Some coaches will stop at terminal 5 arrivals level at the appropriate stop outside the terminal building. For other services you will need to make your way to main coach station. You can do this via the Heathrow Express or Connect Train service which is a free service between terminals.

Heathrow Freeflow Free Fare Zone
There are bus routes serving Heathrow and the immediate vicinity which are a free bus service. However they are only free for stops within the free fare zone. Very roughly the zone stretches on the North side from the Sheraton Heathrow Colnbrook to the Sheraton Skyline along the Bath Road. On the East side following the path of the perimeter road down to the Jurys Hotel. Then on the South side along the Southern Perimeter Road out to the World Cargo centre.
When you board the bus tell the driver your destination. If its outside the free zone you will be asked for a fare. These routes are all part of normal services which go much further than the vicinity of the airport.
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Railair
Railair is really the generic term used to describe bus and coach services linking airports to the national railway network stations and not a single company as the name may imply. If you purchase your bus ticket with your rail ticket for the railair stations you will be able to buy a through ticket price for the whole rail/coach journey with a railair ticket. Rail Interchange stations are those that have joint rail and bus linked routes.
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London Black Taxi Cab
A taxi is easily located outside of each terminal at the terminals dedicated taxi rank. Heathrow actually has the worlds largest taxi rank. There is a main rank on the Northern perimeter road which feeds all 4 terminals with flow controlled by a computer system. All taxis are licensed by the London public carriage office and are the distinctive black taxi type vehicles.
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Minicab
A minicab is a private vehicle that can only be hired by being pre-booked. You can contact our partner minicab company here. Minicabs are nearly always cheaper than London taxis for medium to long journeys.

Car Rental
Heathrow has  a large choice of rental car companies mostly all located along the northern perimeter road. They will have contact desks inside each terminal where you can obtain help, information and prices.
Located onsite at Heathrow are Alamo, Avis, Europcar, Enterprise, Hertz and National. Budget car rental is on an adjacent road. All these companies have rental desks inside each terminal and a shuttle bus to take you to the car pick-up point.

Train
In addition to the stops to the main terminals the London Tube also stops at Hatton Cross which is on the Southern Perimeter road on the airport grounds and very close to Jurys Inn Hotel Heathrow.
 


 

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