London to Heathrow - All 3 Trains reviewed 

If you are able to book ahead, the Heathrow Express can cost as little a five pounds (one way). It will be interesting to see what impact the Elizabeth Line will have.

@johnchristmas7522 yeah

only if your final destination is Paddington, otherwise its a complete and utter rip off

I all ways Heathrow express should go beyond the airport like Gatwick express goes beyond airport other people can use as well airport passengers.

@@Arhimithreminds me of Hounslow family incident

Same with the Liz because once they fully open the entire railway you could go from the other side of London on one train to Heathrow

@@Ro99 Yes of course but the video criticised the piccadilly line for requiring changes which is silly, the route should have just been zone 1 to Heathrow not specifically Paddington.

@@kwlkid85 I think a few details in this video were a little inaccurate/misleading and should’ve been a bit better not just this

Haha, the worst part is I noticed I wrote it wrong, but still managed to say it wrong even after that 🙃

Also no mention of he fact that the Piccadilly Line also has a direct service to T4 via the loop. Worth waiting for one of those to avoid a change at T123.

@@marcelwiszowaty1751 T4 is closed

@@accelgaming1044 Oh, okay. Thanks. Can you tell me the reason for the closure and when it's likely to reopen?

@@marcelwiszowaty1751 it’s been closed since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020 due to the downturn in flights and passenger demand. It will reopen on the 14th June. At this point, the tube and Elizabeth line will call there.

I agree, I think the Elizabeth line is the best option. Heathrow express is a good service, but not sure it’s really needed any more.

@@JoshGoesSlow agree. I think it will really struggle once the Elizabeth line is fully up and running.

Good call!! The 90 day advance ticket is really good value, 2 adults and 2 kids RETURN cost 22 pounds (kids under 15 years go for FREE). So one way adult fare works out at 5.50 which is almost as cheap as the tube. The only drawback is there is no flexibility on the tickets, so you have to travel on the chosen specific day.

@@jimmycringo6691 You're right... the lack of flexibility would be a problem at the moment, with airlines changing flights all the time... :-)

@@JoshGoesSlow I believe TFL have mentioned merging Heathrow express into the Elizabeth line basically some Elizabeth line trains would run non-stop between Heathrow and Paddington.

There are a great many hotels in the Bayswater area, close to Paddington. Most travellers (unless coming home) will want to got to their hotel first.

I think this will change when the Elizabeth line is running between Abbey Wood and Heathrow later this year. People will see that there's more to Central London than Paddington and it will be easier to reach Central London by then.

@@klausolekristiansen2960 there are great many hotels all around Zone 1 so they might as well have their hotel on Picadilly line. Or somwhere in say Pimluco, whuch requires 2 changes from Hwathrow Express, but just one from Picadilly Line.

Or start in Central London somewhere on the piccadilly route then there are o changes

i had my heathrow express for 5 pounds lol

Personally I think buying a ticket at 3:00 pm and boarding a train at 3:03 pm is in advance.

I don’t know if you’ve taken your trip yet, but if you arrive at T3 by public transport, enter the terminal and find the Virgin check-in desks. To the right, there’s a Upper Class lift (look for the purple wall and red velvet rope!), the lift takes you up to the UC wing where you’ve been dropped off previously. Happy travels!

T4 was closed for some time during the 'plandemic'.

It’s probably easier to get the tube. The Piccadilly goes direct to kings Cross/StPancras international (they are linked together) it will be a little less room on there but no need to change.

You could, not all stations have lifts but most do. You would be able to get the bags on the tube but it may be squishy

GWR fast services, some runs non-stop PAD-RDG. Elisabeth Line and SWR are commuter services with many intermediate stops, plus SWR route is on a different line, less direct route. Of course all depends on starting point, if you are near London Waterloo you might get their quicker on SWR.

Taking the HEX on a Southernly route would not make it quicker, just would bring it closer to Central London if it was going to WAT instead of PAD. Tunnel to WNR is too costly and unnecessary, actually a detour, a more direct route through Stanwell Moore to connect to the existing SWR line would be better for a service towards South and Central London. The problem with any extra service on that route is the 4 level crossings between BNS and RMD, replcing those with bridges/underpassess would cost more than the branch from LHR to SNS. Introducing more trains through the level crossings (especially the proposed 4tph frequency) would cause huge traffic jams for local road users. In fact, this has been a prohibiting factor for some time. As for the `outward` direction, I can`t really see how the randomly picked Hampshire town of Aldershot comes to the picture I doubt it has a huge regular traffic to LHR to justify the direct link, I would rather link up the Surrey towns of Woking and Guildford with connection from further South(west) at Woking. This would require a spur at Staines (there used to be one funnily enough) which would require tunneling as the old allignment is now taken up by the A308.

The “TUBE” is what the trains on the London Underground are commonly referred to.

@@ameerali.ouarda It was the pronunciation I was commenting on. Sounded like "Chube" not "Tube."

@@dikelly54 oh 😂😂😂

@@dikelly54 in the UK, it is the Tube (Chube), NOT Tube (Toob).

It was a choice I made after a lot of thought. Honestly I only wanted to show all the trains there, and Paddington was the most convenient. I also only had 2 days. Everywhere I start won’t suit everyone, and most will find out the easiest way for themselves.

🤣 it was called the TFL line before the opening of Elizabeth line, when it was rebranded Elizabeth line

@@JoshGoesSlow i see, thnx for the info. just tried it out abt a week or two ago. thats public transport at its best

I preferred the Clas 332 units as well.

Terminal 4 was closed until after this video was made. I wanted to get there but no trains were running either. This was due to covid.

@@JoshGoesSlow Thats understandable, did not know it was shot during covid mayhem.