Heathrow Junction railway station

Former railway station in England

Heathrow Junction

The station in 1998

Location| London Heathrow Airport
Local authority| London Borough of Hillingdon
Owner| Heathrow FastTrain
Number of platforms| 1
Key dates
19 January 1998 (1998-01-19)| Opened[1]
22 June 1998 (1998-06-22)| Closed[1]
Replaced by| Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3
Other information
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Heathrow Junction was a short-lived railway station built to serve London Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom.

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Heathrow area rail services

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Elizabeth line via Whitechapel

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Heathrow Express

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Elizabeth line

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4-21

| Acton Main Line
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5-56

| Ealing Broadway
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6-46

| West Ealing
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7-28

| Hanwell
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9-06

| Southall
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10-71

| Hayes & Harlington
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Piccadilly line to Cockfosters

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11-10

Airport Junction

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| Great Western Main Line

to Reading

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Heathrow Junction closed 1998

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16-30

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14-40

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16-20

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## History

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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.[2] To save costs, the tunnel was built using the New Austrian Tunnelling Method (NATM). In 1994 parts of the unopened tunnels near the airport collapsed.[3] The collapse not only delayed the finishing of the railway tunnel beneath the airport but also caused the temporary suspension of Piccadilly line services to the airport whilst the ground was stabilised.

With the project delayed, a decision was made to open a temporary surface-level station at the edge of the airport whilst construction continued. The line to the new station followed the route of a long-disused canal known as "Broad's Dock".[4] Heathrow Junction station was situated in Stockley Park, slightly to the north of the airport. Class 332 trains (branded as "Heathrow Fast Train") carried passengers from Paddington to Heathrow Junction (a journey of 12 minutes), and a fleet of shuttle buses carried the passengers the remaining distance to the airport.[5]

On 23 June 1998, after only 126 days, Heathrow Express services commenced to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 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.[2]

Preceding station  |  National Rail | Following station

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Disused railways
London Paddington |  | Heathrow Express |  | Terminus

## References

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1. ^ a b "Class 332". Modern Locomotives Illustrated. No. 228\. December 2017. pp. 55–61.55-61&rft.date=2017-12&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Heathrow+Junction+railway+station" class="Z3988">
2. ^ a b Connor, J.E. (2000). GWR Disused Stations in Greater London. Colchester: Connor & Butler. p. 68\. ISBN 0-947699-31-7.
3. ^ Barakat, Dr M. "Ground Movement & Structures Response Due to Tunnelling". Imperial College London Faculty of Engineering. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2007.
4. ^ Carr, Bob (May 1998). "Heathrow Junction to Close". Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society. Archived from the original on 25 April 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2007.
5. ^ "New Heathrow Service From Central London". New York Times. 22 February 1998. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.

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Heathrow Airport

Terminals|

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* Terminal 2
* Terminal 3
* Terminal 4
* Terminal 5

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Former|

* Terminal 1
* Waterloo Air Terminal
* West London Air Terminal

Air hub for|

* British Airways
* Virgin Atlantic

Rail transport|

| Railway stations|

* Terminals 2 & 3 (rail)
* Terminals 2 & 3 (tube)
* Terminal 4 (rail)
* Terminal 4 (tube)
* Terminal 5
* Heathrow Junction (closed)

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Rail services|

* Elizabeth line
* Heathrow Express
* Piccadilly line
* Heathrow Connect (ceased)

Automated people movers|

* Terminal 5 Pod
* Terminal 5 Transit

Proposed|

* Heathrow Hub station
* Heathrow Airtrack
* Heathrow Southern Railway
* Heathwick
* HS4Air
* Western Rail Approach

Bus connections|

* Heathrow Central bus station
* bus routes 81
* 105
* 111
* 278
* 285
* 724
* SL7
* SL9
* N140
* RailAir
* M4 bus lane (closed)

Tunnels|

* Heathrow Airside Road Tunnel
* Heathrow Cargo Tunnel

History|

* Heathrow (hamlet)
* Great West Aerodrome
* Expansion

Accidents and incidents|

* 1956 Avro Vulcan crash
* BOAC Flight 712
* BKS Air Transport Flight C.6845
* 1984 bombing
* British Airways Flight 38

Miscellaneous|

* Airlink helicopter shuttle
* Queens Building
* Compass Centre
* Myrtle Avenue

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