Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
storage (
£
5/item for up to 4 hours,
£
10/item for 24 hours, daily 6:00-23:00, opens 30-60
minutes earlier in some terminals,
www.left-baggage.co.uk
)
. Get online 24 hours a day at
Heathrow's Internet access points (at each terminal—T-4's is up on the mezzanine level).
Pay Wi-Fi is available throughout the airport. A post office is on the first floor of T-3 (de-
partures area). Each terminal has cheap eateries.
Heathrow's small
“TI”
(tourist info shop), even though it's a for-profit business, is
worth a visit if you're nearby and want to pick up free information: a simple map, the
Lon-
don Planner,
and brochures (daily 6:30-22:00, 5-minute walk from T-3 in Tube station,
follow signs to Underground; bypass queue for transit info to reach window for London
questions).
Getting to London from Heathrow Airport
You have five basic options for traveling the 14 miles between Heathrow Airport and
downtown London: Tube (
£
5.50/person), bus (
£
6-9/person), direct shuttle bus (
£
18/per-
son), express train with connecting Tube or taxi (including connecting Tube fare, about
£
12.50/person for slower train,
£
24/person for faster train), or taxi (about
£
70/group).
By Tube (Subway):
The Tube takes you from any Heathrow terminal to downtown
London in 50-60 minutes on the Piccadilly Line (6/hour, buy ticket at Tube station ticket
window or self-service machine). Depending on your destination in London, you may
need to transfer (for example, if headed to the Victoria Station neighborhood, transfer at
Hammersmith to the District line and ride six more stops). If you plan to use the Tube for
transport in London, it may make sense to buy a Travelcard or pay-as-you-go Oyster card
at the airport's Tube station ticket window. (For details on these passes, see
here
.) If your
Travelcard covers only Zones 1-2, it does not include Heathrow (Zone 6); however, you
can pay a small supplement for the initial trip from Heathrow to downtown.
