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Getting from Heathrow Terminal 3 to your departure terminal

Spires Share uses Heathrow Terminal 3 as its shared Heathrow drop off point unless your specific journey states otherwise.

If you fly from Terminal 3, no transfer is required. If you fly from Terminal 2, Terminal 4 or Terminal 5, you are responsible for making your own onward terminal transfer. Heathrow provides free travel options between terminals.

This page is provided by Spires Taxis to help passengers plan. It is not Heathrow official guidance and Heathrow does not endorse Spires Share. Always check Heathrow's current information before you travel.

Official Heathrow: travel between terminals (opens on Heathrow's website)

Official Heathrow: terminal maps (opens on Heathrow's website)

Getting to the train from Terminal 3

After leaving the Spires Share vehicle at Terminal 3:

  1. Enter Terminal 3.
  2. Follow Heathrow signs for Trains / Heathrow Express / Elizabeth line.
  3. Follow the pedestrian route towards Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 rail station.
  4. Continue following station signs until you reach the rail station and ticket gates.

Free travel between terminals

Rail travel between Heathrow terminals is free when you use the appropriate inter terminal method.

Contactless or Oyster

Use the same contactless card or device, or Oyster card, at entry and exit. Follow Heathrow's current instructions.

Free inter terminal transfer ticket

Passengers who do not want to use contactless or Oyster may be able to obtain the appropriate free inter terminal transfer ticket at the station. Check Heathrow's current information for how to collect it.

Flying from Terminal 2

T2

Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 are in Heathrow's central terminal area. A train is not normally required.

Follow Heathrow pedestrian signs from Terminal 3 towards Terminal 2. Then:

  1. Terminal 2
  2. Departures
  3. Airline check in / bag drop
  4. Security
  5. Gate

Allow additional walking time.

Flying from Terminal 3

T3

No terminal transfer is required.

After leaving Spires Share:

  1. Terminal 3
  2. Departures
  3. Airline check in / bag drop
  4. Security
  5. Gate

Flying from Terminal 5

T5

Do not board a train without checking its destination.

  1. From Terminal 3 follow signs to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 rail station.
  2. Enter the station using the appropriate free inter terminal travel method.
  3. Check the departure screens.
  4. Board an appropriate service serving Heathrow Terminal 5.
  5. Get off at Heathrow Terminal 5.
  6. Follow airport signs into Terminal 5 Departures.
  7. Continue to airline check in / bag drop, security and the departure gate.

Flying from Terminal 4

T4

Do not board a train without checking its destination. Not every Heathrow train serves Terminal 4.

  1. From Terminal 3 follow signs to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 rail station.
  2. Enter using the appropriate free inter terminal travel method.
  3. Check the departure screens.
  4. Find an appropriate service serving Heathrow Terminal 4.
  5. Board only after confirming that it serves Terminal 4.
  6. Get off at Heathrow Terminal 4.
  7. Follow signs to Departures.
  8. Continue to airline check in / bag drop, security and the departure gate.

Other terminal transfer options

Heathrow may also provide other free terminal transfer options. The primary guidance on this page for Terminal 4 and Terminal 5 is the rail transfer. Check Heathrow's official terminal transfer page for current alternatives.

Allow enough time

The train journey itself is only part of the transfer. Allow time for walking from the Terminal 3 drop off, reaching the station, waiting for the train, travelling between terminals, walking from the destination station, airline check in, bag drop, security and walking to the gate.

We do not give a guaranteed total transfer time. Follow your airline's recommended airport arrival time.

Your responsibility

Your Spires Share journey ends at Heathrow Terminal 3 unless your booking states otherwise.

If your flight departs from another terminal, it is your responsibility to reach the correct terminal and allow sufficient time for the transfer, check in, security and boarding.

Spires Taxis provides terminal transfer information to help passengers plan their journey. Heathrow operates the terminal transfer services and routes or services may change.

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