Originally Posted by
speedbuslhr
There is definitely no dedicated coaching gate in T5B or C. (Maybe you have seen the HAL connections bussing area to other terminals)
The only dedicated coaching area is A4/A10. T5B is sometimes used when A10 is full, for US coaching flights which require the search equipment for Selectees or sometimes a late aircraft change and most passengers are already in B - in which case you board through a normal gate not in use, down the stairs in the node and onto a bus.
There is. It's not open to passenger traffic, but it's next to the Engineering stores if memory doesn't deceive me. Near stand 534 I think. Not through the node, not past the jetty. Used it plenty of times when I had my airside pass (and I was doing ramp inspections). It had the basic furnishings of a "normal" gate, with the black seats and a podium but no hardware connected to it.