Thread: Heathrow T4 tube station open again
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Old September 27th 06, 12:40 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Clive D. W. Feather Clive D. W. Feather is offline
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Default Heathrow T4 tube station open again
In article .com,
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Probably a stupid question, but why was the decision taken to construct
the line in that layout, rather than extending the loop so trains would
call HX, T4, T5, T123?

Terminal 5 is a *long* way west of Terminals 123 (2.3km). The run from
Terminal 4 round to T123 is already 4.4km, and most of that would have
to be abandoned. So you'd need about 6km of new tunnel for the loop as
well as the 2km actually dug.

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