NEW!
Terminal 5
Heathrow - a new airport for London
Heathrow is
the world's busiest international airport. Regarded as the hub of the
aviation world, around 90 airlines have made Heathrow their base.The
airport has four terminals (with a fifth under construction) and serves
over 180 destinations in over 90 countries.
For too many passengers, travelling through Heathrow
is no longer the experience it once was. We recognise that many of our
facilities are tired and outdated and not up to the standards that our
passengers expect.
The opening of Terminal 5 in
2008 allows a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform the rest of Heathrow
into a world-class international gateway. Over the next few years almost the
entire airport will be rebuilt, refurbished or redesigned.
Concourse A (T5A)
T5’s main terminal building is a staggering 420 metres long and
160 metres wide – big enough to hold 50 football pitches across its five
floors. It will contain more than 140 shops, 66 escalators and a six-platform
rail station in its basement. Concourse A also houses one of the most advanced
baggage systems in the world, which contains 17 kilometres of conveyer belts.
Concourse B (T5B)
The first satellite building, Concourse B, is longer than the main terminal
building at 442 metres but less than half as wide at 50 metres. Inside, the
building will contain a total of 29 escalators and two moving walkways.
Passengers will access T5B via the Tracked Transit System (TTS). T5B’s 17
Departure gates will predominantly serve international flights.
Concourse C (T5C)
T5’s second satellite building is not planned to open until 2011. It will
be similar in size to Concourse B and will include extensions to the TTS and
baggage tunnels.
T5 station
T5 has its own six-platform station beneath the main terminal building,
allowing for easy and quick access directly into the new terminal. Two
platforms will serve the Heathrow Express, two serve the London Underground
Piccadilly Tube line and two have been built and set aside to safeguard future
rail development.
Tracked Transit System (TTS)
T5’s own automated people-mover vehicles will ferry passengers from T5A to
the satellite terminal buildings. It consists of four 600 metre-long tunnels:
two will be used for carriages and the other two will be used for pedestrian
and maintenance access.
T5 hotel
T5 will have its own 600 bedroom five-star hotel with pedestrian access to
the terminal. The hotel complex, operated by Arora International under the
Sofitel brand, will be one of the largest airport hotels in Europe and is
planned to be complete before T5 opens in 2008.
Multi-storey car park
T5’s multi-storey car park will have 4,000 spaces on six levels.The
departures forecourt is on the top level and linked to the main terminal
building via glass bridges. A bus and coach station is located on the ground
level.
Interchange Plaza
The Interchange Plaza will be a light and airy meeting place between the
main terminal building and the car park. Filled with fountains, trees and
seating, passengers will be wowed by the vast marble paved expanse. Above the
pedestrian space, at departure level, are glass walled sky-bridges which allow
pedestrians access from the departures forecourt on top of the car park into
the main terminal building.
