Mizter T wrote:
On 29/06/2015 23:08, Recliner wrote:

Mizter T wrote:

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-33309025

Plans for expanding Terminal 2 across the site of T1 are on the back
burner for the moment. I wonder how long the terminal building will stand for?

I think T2 will take over the newest of the T1 piers immediately, as they
already shared it. But will a new T2 pier be built on the site of the other
T1 piers? I think the T2 building can handle more flights than it
currently does.

I thought "the newest of the T1 piers" were actually piers intended for
T2, which were only ever temporarily connected to T1. But I'm no expert on the matter.

Could be, though it predated T2 by quite a few years, and had moving
walkway connections.


Actually I suspect I'm muddling things up with the new Terminal 2B
satellite, where I think some of the gates were serviced by T1. That
said, perhaps the piers you're referring to where built with a degree of
future flexibility in mind.

Yes, the northern end of the 2B satellite started out as a new T1 pier a
few years ago, connected above, rather than below, ground. I suppose it was
always intended to be ultimately part of T2, but that wasn't evident then.
Since T2 opened, it has been used by both terminals, with bags going to the
terminal the flight was supposed to arrive at.


Heathrow's all a bit complicated, and has been reconfigured in many
little ways over the years - I won't pretend to understand it all!

Particularly where the old T1 and T2 were concerned, as they were connected
and shared the old Euro pier. You could always choose which terminal to
arrive through from that pier (as long as you didn't have bags).