Editing Heathrow Express (section)

{{short description|Airport rail link in England}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox rail company
|name = Heathrow Express
|logo_filename = HeathrowExpress.svg
|logo_size = 100
|image_filename = EMU 387 132.jpg
|caption = A Heathrow Express [[British Rail Class 387|Class 387]] at {{stnlnk|London Paddington}} in 2021
|franchise = [[Open access operator]]<br />Not subject to [[Passenger rail franchising in Great Britain|franchising]]<br />23 June 1998 – 2028<ref name = "HeathrowExpress1">{{cite web |title=Heathrow Express service |url=https://www.heathrowexpress.com/news/2019/09/10/heathrow-express-service-confirmed-to-at-least-2028/ |date=10 September 2019 |work=Heathrow Express |access-date=9 March 2020 |archive-date=6 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206190521/https://www.heathrowexpress.com/news/2019/09/10/heathrow-express-service-confirmed-to-at-least-2028/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|nameforarea = route
|regions = [[London Paddington station|London Paddington]] – [[London Heathrow Airport|Heathrow Airport]]
|abbr = HX<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Rail Enquiries - Heathrow Express |url=https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/tocs_maps/tocs/HX.aspx |access-date=27 July 2021 |website=nationalrail.co.uk}}</ref>
|fleet = 12 {{brc|387}}
|stations = 3
|stationsop = 3
|length        = {{cvt|26.285|km}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Western Sectional Appendix |url=https://sacuksprodnrdigital0001.blob.core.windows.net/sectional-appendix/Sectional%20Appendix%20full%20PDFs%20March%2023/Western%20Sectional%20Appendix%20March%202023.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325175316/https://sacuksprodnrdigital0001.blob.core.windows.net/sectional-appendix/Sectional%20Appendix%20full%20PDFs%20March%2023/Western%20Sectional%20Appendix%20March%202023.pdf |archive-date=25 March 2023}}</ref>
|parent_company = [[Heathrow Airport Holdings]]
|website = {{Official URL}}
|routemap = 
}}
{{Heathrow rail services}}
'''Heathrow Express''' is a high-frequency [[airport rail link]] operating between [[London Heathrow Airport]] and {{stn|London Paddington}}. Opened in 1998, trains run non-stop, with a journey time of 15 minutes. The service is operated jointly by [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]] and Heathrow Express Operating Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of [[Heathrow Airport Holdings]]. Around 16,000 passengers use the service each day.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 March 2023 |title=Happy 25th birthday HEx! {{!}} Heathrow |url=https://www.heathrow.com/heathrow-blog/happy-25th-birthday-HEx |access-date=11 January 2024 |publisher=Heathrow Airport |language=en-GB |quote=HEx serves an average of 16,000 customers and passengers a day}}</ref>