Heathrow Express is a high-frequency airport rail link operating between London Heathrow Airport and London Paddington. Opened in 1998, trains run non-stop, with a journey time of 15 minutes. The service is operated jointly by Great Western Railway and Heathrow Express Operating Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Heathrow Airport Holdings. Around 16,000 passengers use the service each day.
A Heathrow Express Class 387 at London Paddington in 2021
Interior of a Heathrow Express Class 387
Refurbished standard class interior on a Class 332
Refurbished first class interior on a Class 332
Heathrow Airport, called London Airport until 1966, is the main international airport serving London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It is the largest of the six international airports in the London airport system. The airport is owned and operated by Heathrow Airport Holdings, owned mostly by Qatar Investment Authority, Public Investment Fund and CDPQ. In 2023, Heathrow was the busiest airport in Europe, the fourth-busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic and the second-busiest airport in the world by international passenger traffic. As of 2023, Heathrow is the airport with the most international connections in the world.
Heathrow Airport
Aerial photo of Heathrow Airport from the 1950s, before the terminals were built
A Qantas Boeing 747-400 passing over Myrtle Avenue on approach to runway 27L at Heathrow.
Heathrow's control tower amidst departure gates at Terminal 3.
