Tube to Heathrow T5

I'll be trying the tube to T5 next Sat early.
What destination shows for a T5 train?
Its just that the map seems to show T5 as a siding off the main loop.
Martin J.

"Martin J" <martinj42@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I'll be trying the tube to T5 next Sat early.
> What destination shows for a T5 train?
> Its just that the map seems to show T5 as a siding off the main loop.

Front of train will show Heathrow 123 & 5
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Cheers, Steve.
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"Mr Thant" <maha.thray.sithu.u.thant@***************> wrote in message
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> On 13 Jul, 19:52, Martin J <martin...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>> I'll be trying the tube to T5 next Sat early.
>> What destination shows for a T5 train?
>> Its just that the map seems to show T5 as a siding off the main loop.
>> Martin J.
>
> Half the trains go to T5 via T123 and half essentially terminate at T4
> (though you won't be kicked off), because they wait 5 minutes like
> they do at other termini, before continuing in service through T1,2,3
> back to Hatton Cross and central London. As you can imagine, you want
> to get the T5 service (it'll say "T1,2,3 and 5" on the front and the
> platform signs).
>
> In the early morning it'll be best to get the first train, whatever
> its destination, and change at Hatton Cross if necessary. This'll
> allow you to catch trains coming into service out of Northfields
> depot.

Also, try and get in the second carriage, and use the lifts, not the
escalator when you get to T5. When you return, try and remember to turn
sharp right when you enter the arrivals hall from customs.

In article <pA+J+fLk+peIFAO4@g7kkh.demon.co.uk>, junk@[127.0.0.1] (Steve
Fitzgerald) wrote:

> In message <7isek.26150$E41.24303@text.news.virginmedia.com >, Steve
> Dulieu <steve.dulieu@greenyonder.co.uk> writes
>
> >> I'll be trying the tube to T5 next Sat early.
> >> What destination shows for a T5 train?
> >> Its just that the map seems to show T5 as a siding off the main
loop.
> >
> >Front of train will show Heathrow 123 & 5
>
> Hopefully ;)

What else might it show? Plain "Heathrow"?

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Colin Rosenstiel

In message <memo.20080714200941.396u@cam002297.rosenstiel.co. uk>, at
20:09:00 on Mon, 14 Jul 2008, Colin Rosenstiel <rosenstiel@cix.co.uk>
remarked:
>> >Front of train will show Heathrow 123 & 5
>>
>> Hopefully ;)
>
>What else might it show? Plain "Heathrow"?

Heathrow 4 & 123, which misses out T5 where the OP was trying to get.
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Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" <roland@perry.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In message <memo.20080714200941.396u@cam002297.rosenstiel.co. uk>, at
> 20:09:00 on Mon, 14 Jul 2008, Colin Rosenstiel <rosenstiel@cix.co.uk>
> remarked:
>>>> Front of train will show Heathrow 123 & 5
>>>
>>> Hopefully ;)
>>
>> What else might it show? Plain "Heathrow"?
>
> Heathrow 4 & 123, which misses out T5 where the OP was trying to get.

In some stations, the platform indicators still just say "Heathrow", so
you do need to look at the train itself.

In article <PUuywo+Kc6eIFA71@perry.co.uk>, roland@perry.co.uk (Roland
Perry) wrote:

> In message <memo.20080714200941.396u@cam002297.rosenstiel.co. uk>,
> at 20:09:00 on Mon, 14 Jul 2008, Colin Rosenstiel
> <rosenstiel@cix.co.uk> remarked:
> >> >Front of train will show Heathrow 123 & 5
> >>
> >> Hopefully ;)
> >
> >What else might it show? Plain "Heathrow"?
>
> Heathrow 4 & 123, which misses out T5 where the OP was trying to
> get.

You're missing the point again Roland. We know about them but they are
clearly not suitable. The question is whether all trains are unambiguous.

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Colin Rosenstiel

"Colin Rosenstiel" <rosenstiel@cix.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In article <pA+J+fLk+peIFAO4@g7kkh.demon.co.uk>, junk@[127.0.0.1] (Steve
> Fitzgerald) wrote:
>
>> In message <7isek.26150$E41.24303@text.news.virginmedia.com >, Steve
>> Dulieu <steve.dulieu@greenyonder.co.uk> writes
>>
>> >> I'll be trying the tube to T5 next Sat early.
>> >> What destination shows for a T5 train?
>> >> Its just that the map seems to show T5 as a siding off the main
> loop.
>> >
>> >Front of train will show Heathrow 123 & 5
>>
>> Hopefully ;)
>
> What else might it show? Plain "Heathrow"?
>
Errr, I think Steve was pointing out that with our super-whizzy digital
destination blinds, the front of the train could well be showing something
along the lines of "HE THRO 12 & #"
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Cheers, Steve.
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