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trolley friendly and you use lifts and moving walkways. The route is underground and thus
sheltered from the elements.
There are a few coaches that pick up from Terminal 4 and 5 but most do not. From Terminal
4 you need to catch the Heathrow Express Terminal 4 shuttle train (free) which runs from
Terminal 4 to the central train station underneath the bus station.
From Terminal 5 you need to catch the main Heathrow Express train, also free and every
15 minutes to the same central train station.
Pros:
Comfortable coach
Relatively cheap
Cons:
Traffic congestions
Tickets should be bought in advance
No real benefit compared to the slow train option
Underground (tube)
Heathrow has three stations on London Underground's Piccadilly Line, one for Terminals
1, 2 & 3, one for Terminal 4 and the newly opened Terminal 5. Heathrow Terminals 1,
2, 3 station is located between the terminals, only a few minutes' walk via underground
walkways. Terminal 4 and Terminal 5 stations are situated in the basements of the terminal
buildings.
The average journey time to central London is about 50 - 60 minutes. Tubes run every five
minutes at peak times and every nine minutes at off-peak times and weekends. It takes an
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