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In the current timetable, there are two trains per hour between Waterloo and Reading, every day of the week; the Reading service only calls at major stations Clapham Junction, Richmond, Twickenham, Feltham (with a short bus link to Heathrow Airport), Staines and then all stations to Reading.
Reading station was intended to be the western terminus for the proposed Heathrow Airtrack rail service. This project, promoted by BAA , envisaged the construction of a spur from the Waterloo to Reading Line to Heathrow Airport , creating direct rail links from the airport to Reading, London Waterloo, Woking and Guildford .
The station was opened on 23 June 1998 upon the completion of the Heathrow Express Rail Link linking Heathrow Airport with direct non-stop services to Central London.In contrast to the station at Terminal 5, the platforms at Heathrow Central do not lie adjacent to the London Underground Piccadilly line platforms at Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 station.
The Elizabeth line is a railway line that carries passengers across Greater London and nearby towns. It runs services on dedicated infrastructure in central London from the Great Western Main Line west of Paddington station to Abbey Wood and via Whitechapel to the Great Eastern Main Line near Stratford; along the Great Western Main Line to Reading and Heathrow Airport in the west; and along ...
Heathrow Terminal 4 is a railway station at Heathrow Terminal 4 served by the Elizabeth line. The separate Heathrow Terminal 4 tube station on the Piccadilly line is adjacent to this station. Journeys to and from Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station are free of charge and can be used by passengers changing terminals at Heathrow.
Fare zone 6 is an outer zone of Transport for London's zonal fare system used for calculating the price of tickets for travel on the London Underground, London Overground, Docklands Light Railway, [1] National Rail services (since 2007), [2] and the Elizabeth line within Greater London.
An express bus service named RailAir links Reading with Heathrow, or the airport can be accessed by taking the Elizabeth line and changing at Hayes & Harlington railway station for a connecting service to Heathrow Central, Heathrow Terminal 4 or Heathrow Terminal 5, taking around 45 minutes in total by rail.
Network Rail has put forward a proposal for a Western Rail Approach to Heathrow, a short spur of track in tunnel which would run from a junction east of Langley to Terminal 5 station. This would permit Great Western Main Line trains to run directly from Slough and Reading into Heathrow, without the need to change at Paddington.