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Lack of Quiet Zones[edit]

I've been on many HEX services and every single one has had at least one 'quiet zone' car, most services have two.

^[1] Not sure where the statment about the lack of them comes from. Is it an outdated statment? Suodrak (talk) 15:55, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

^ The service has received some criticism, however, particularly of its high fares, the lack of a quiet zone on some trains, and the poor air quality at Paddington station due to the fact that all main-line trains there are diesel-hauled.

Emergency cold war line claims[edit]

Does anyone have any references to the emergency cold war railway claims? It does seem very far fetched and this is meant to be an encyclopedia.

--Vader592 (talk) 20:12, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the section. The Laurie book does exist but the claims made in the section and the book are unrelated to the Heathrow Express service this article details. There is already an article for Beneath the City Streets anyway. Bradley0110 (talk) 18:25, 15 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

speed[edit]

I came to the article looking for information on the train's speed. I looked through the corporate website and where I expected to find it (here) doesn't say. I guess it could be easily calculated knowing the time and distance, but I don't know how to determine the distance. Maybe a local knows the train's route? —EncMstr (talk) 21:46, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@EncMstr: The route is peculiar, in that although kilometre posts exist (on the southern side of the line) all the way from Paddington, the official distances are in miles and chains as far as Heathrow Tunnel Junction, and kilometres from there on. Another peculiarity is that the zero point is not the buffer stops but the boundary of the railway's property on Praed Street. According to

Yonge, John; Padgett, David (August 2010) [1989]. Bridge, Mike (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 3: Western (5th ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. maps 1A, 2B, 2D. ISBN 978-0-9549866-6-7.

Paddington (platforms 6-7) is 0 miles 6 chains; Heathrow Tunnel Junction is both 12 miles 27 chains and 19.846 kilometres; whilst Heathrow Terminals 1-3 (the first stop) is 23.550 km and Heathrow Terminal 5 is 26.285 km.

Combining the two measurements gives a distance to the first stop of 14.56 miles (23.44 km) and a total line length of 16.26 miles (26.17 km)

Journey times in the public timetable are 15 minutes to Terminals 1-3, and 21 minutes for the whole trip.

Average speeds are therefore 58.26 mph (93.76 km/h) and 46.47 mph (74.79 km/h) respectively. But please note: this cannot go in the article, it fails WP:NOR. --Redrose64 (talk) 22:55, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

387s start date[edit]

Ok just to clear things up a little but for everyone regarding the 387s on Heathrow express, the start date for the class 387s should be December 6th one this day 4 class 387s will enter service.

All 387s should be in service on 13 December, thus last day for the class 332s should be December 12.

Source: in brief Railways illustrated December 2020 page 13. Maurice Oly (talk) 01:27, 29 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

[1] The service has received some criticism, however, particularly of its high fares, the lack of a quiet zone on some trains, and the poor air quality at Paddington station due to the fact that all main-line trains there are diesel-hauled.

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