Heathrow Express News

Heathrow Express launches first fleet refresh in two decades
Heathrow Express has launched a newly refurbished fleet of 12 Class 387 trains, the first refresh since the service launched over 20 years ago.

Chapman appointed director of Heathrow Express
Sophie Chapman has worked at Govia as an independent consultant and completed a successful 22-year career with Eurostar, rising to head of on-board services.

Heathrow Express drops peak travel restrictions
Peak and off-peak ticket restrictions will be lifted from September 6th, meaning customers with single tickets, including those bought before September, can travel at any time of day.

Heathrow Express unveils refreshed fleet
Heathrow Express has released the first images of its new fleet of trains. The shots detail a range of features, including at seat USB power, new Business First seating and worktables and a striking external livery.

New commercial appointments for Heathrow Express
Heathrow Express has announced two new appointments in the commercial team. Mark Eastwood has taken up the role of business development manager, while Nicolette Miller has been appointed as partnership marketing manager.

Key appointments at Heathrow Express
Dedicated airport rail service Heathrow Express has announced two new senior appointments with Les Freer becoming director and Sophie Chapman appointed head of operations.

Crauford takes up head of commercial role with Heathrow Express
Former head of commercial planning at Heathrow Airport, Chris Crauford, has been appointed to Heathrow Express’ senior leadership team as head of commercial.

No concerns at Heathrow Express over Crossrail arrival
With under a year to go until the start of Crossrail services through central London, Heathrow Express has said it has no concerns over the launch of the new line.

WTM 2017: Heathrow Express tickets available through Virgin Atlantic Wi-Fi
As Virgin Atlantic becomes the first European carrier to offer Wi-Fi across its entire fleet, passengers will be able to access heathrowexpress.com for free to buy tickets at 36,000ft for the fastest route into central London.

Passengers endorse Heathrow Express service
Heathrow Express has received an overall satisfaction rate of 96 per cent from the latest National Rail Passenger Survey, placing it head and shoulders above the national average of 81 per cent and 17 percentage points ahead of the London & South East average of 80 per cent.

Heathrow Express launches new multi-lingual advertising campaign
Heathrow Express is joining the #LondonIsOpen campaign with the first dynamic advertising campaign to be translated into six languages. Heathrow Express has loaded their smart screens, which are situated in the baggage re-claim area at Heathrow and show live price and journey time comparisons between taxis and the airport’s train service to central London, with Cantonese and five different European languages.

Heathrow Express to welcome BBC World News
Heathrow Express passengers will now be kept up to date with a new BBC World News on-board service, which will provide one-minute news and business bulletins on the 15-minute journey to and from Heathrow and Paddington. The bulletins will be delivered through the existing Express TV service, which are positioned on screens throughout First and Express Class on Heathrow Express trains, which depart from Paddington on average every 15 minutes.