LHR Terminal 5 passageways - a pictorial guide for departing passengers
Apr 24, 2017, 1:14 pm
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Got into the lift this morning and someone had already pushed the button for the tunnels so I just went with it. I fear it was a shock for the other who entered the lift afterwards though, as none of them pushed for the regular stop. There were a lot of confused people who ended up in the tunnels without expecting it. I'm afraid I did a runner at that point and didn't hang around to see the results.
Love the tunnels though - I was a couple of mins ahead of others I recognised from my flight at passport control.
Love the tunnels though - I was a couple of mins ahead of others I recognised from my flight at passport control.
Apr 24, 2017, 2:59 pm
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Apr 24, 2017, 3:19 pm
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Apr 24, 2017, 4:12 pm
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I missed the train from the C gates earlier due to Mrs Lightning McQueen in front of me.
Walked it using the tunnels and then used the lift rather than the escalators and easily beat everyone else.
The lift up to passport control / flight connections really does save time (or possibly because it was on -2 and not at the furthest away point as with every single lift at LHR)
Walked it using the tunnels and then used the lift rather than the escalators and easily beat everyone else.
The lift up to passport control / flight connections really does save time (or possibly because it was on -2 and not at the furthest away point as with every single lift at LHR)
Apr 24, 2017, 11:22 pm
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Aug 27, 2017, 6:37 am
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Great thread - very helpful
Quick couple of questions - arriving from Belfast ( T5 ) hopefully 16.40 HKG flight 18.25 am i right in saying i dont have to clear security again in T5
Then on return from HKG 04.45 Belfast flight 06.20 again do have to clear just immigration ?
Quick couple of questions - arriving from Belfast ( T5 ) hopefully 16.40 HKG flight 18.25 am i right in saying i dont have to clear security again in T5
Then on return from HKG 04.45 Belfast flight 06.20 again do have to clear just immigration ?
Aug 27, 2017, 6:42 am
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Great thread - very helpful
Quick couple of questions - arriving from Belfast ( T5 ) hopefully 16.40 HKG flight 18.25 am i right in saying i dont have to clear security again in T5
Then on return from HKG 04.45 Belfast flight 06.20 again do have to clear just immigration ?
Quick couple of questions - arriving from Belfast ( T5 ) hopefully 16.40 HKG flight 18.25 am i right in saying i dont have to clear security again in T5
Then on return from HKG 04.45 Belfast flight 06.20 again do have to clear just immigration ?
On the return there is both the UK Border Flight Connections and then Security. If your aircraft arrives a bit early, use the passageways (see Dashboard) and meander slowly, since they don't open UK Border Flight Connections until 05:00 hrs.
Aug 27, 2017, 9:44 am
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Nov 1, 2017, 10:31 pm
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Did the walk out to C last week and was struck by how dated some of the photo murals are looking already.
Looked scruffier than I remembered too, many areas where the flooring is lifting and bubbling up.
Hope someone kept the receipt.
Looked scruffier than I remembered too, many areas where the flooring is lifting and bubbling up.
Hope someone kept the receipt.
Nov 2, 2017, 12:08 am
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On my last visit down the tunnels in late August I observed a number of people looking at some of the areas were the flooring was deteriorating. There was a tape measure and some note taking. I would like to think they were looking at replacing the flooring, although possibly just patching up.
Nov 3, 2017, 7:51 pm
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Nov 4, 2017, 3:18 am
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Hey, it's at least 9 years old, and it's got a lot of foot traffic since @corporate-wage-slave posted the directions in 2014
Dec 10, 2018, 7:38 am
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Had another wander along departure passageway last week and noticed that the white vertical fins along the walls had all been rotated so that they were neatly lined up paralllel to the wall.
Which IMHO is a pity since I rather enjoyed the effect of random orientations and I would move a couple every time I passed through to renew the artistic effect.
No reason to change the habit this time.
Which IMHO is a pity since I rather enjoyed the effect of random orientations and I would move a couple every time I passed through to renew the artistic effect.
No reason to change the habit this time.
Dec 10, 2018, 12:58 pm
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Recently I arrived off a flight into 5C and as I arrived at the train level there was a train about to depart. Rather than jump on the train I preferred to walk through the tunnels - I love the quiet solitude after a long haul flight. At a reasonably brisk walking pace (including using the moving walkways to walk along), is it quicker to walk than take a train that's about to depart?
The previous time I did it I was getting off a HKG flight which was one of the first flights to land in the morning and in that case I was definitely quicker than the train (arrived at an empty passport control) but I've no idea how long the other passengers had to wait for a train in that case.
The previous time I did it I was getting off a HKG flight which was one of the first flights to land in the morning and in that case I was definitely quicker than the train (arrived at an empty passport control) but I've no idea how long the other passengers had to wait for a train in that case.