Heathrow Airport and intermodality

Heathrow Airport and Intermodality

Did you know?

Passengers and staff driving to Heathrow contribute to CO₂ emissions.
Overall, road transport is a much bigger contributor to UK CO₂ emissions than aviation – making up about 24% of all UK CO₂ emissions.
On the M4 at Heathrow almost 20% of vehicles are travelling to or from the airport.
Although trains and buses still produce carbon dioxide emissions they are much more energy efficient per passenger than cars.

What are we doing?

BAA is working hard to increase the proportion of passengers and staff who travel to the airport by public transport.
BAA has invested £750 million in building and operating the Heathrow Express service. The non-stop rail-air link between London Paddington and Heathrow Airport operates 150 services per day carrying on average 15,000 passengers daily.
In 2005 BAA also introduced Heathrow Connect, designed for those passengers or staff who live in West London. This £30 million investment was designed to take more cars off the road. Staff are able to purchase half-price tickets on both the Heathrow Express and Connect services.
BAA will also host the first commercial trial of an innovative new public transport technology after Terminal 5 opens in 2008. The Personal Rapid Transit system (see picture) will allow passengers to travel between Terminal 5’s business car park and main terminal building in individual driverless pods. The pods are 70% more energy efficient than cars.

What is the result?

Heathrow Express is removing around 3,000 cars a day from London’s roads helping to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and improve local air quality.
See the full case study for more activities by BAA at Heathrow to cut CO₂ emissions.