Full Trip London Heathrow Airport to Central London (Immigration, Train Ride & Fare)

One reason for the long walk in the airport (which is true is a lot of the larger airports) is to give the workers there time to unload your luggage. If the walk was short, you would have had to wait 10-15 minutes at baggage claim until your luggage arrived. They actually researched this, and found out people reported a more positive experience with a longer walk (where they are doing something with some purpose) than when they just waited around for their luggage at baggage claim, doing nothing but getting more frustrated with the wait.

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9:56 as someone that worked for Thameslink in London a few years ago, hearing someone talking about the TfL caps and getting a good strategy for using the Elizabeth Line (so the rest of your tubes and buses for that day are effectively free) warmed my heart. Nicely researched. I do recommend that people traveling in from overseas buy a Visitor's Oyster Card preloaded with funds for the week (Transport for London will mail it to you if you do it a few weeks ahead of time) so you can get straight through the barriers and onto that public transportation.

I'm a dual national, born in the UK (most of my family still there), currently live in the US. I'm from Reading in the UK, which actually is at the very western end of the Elizabeth line. It's so interesting to see someone experience London for the first time and navigate on a transport system I'm intimately familiar with. I hope you enjoyed your time there! If you ever return and you have a particular interest in London's trains visit the London Transport Museum (closest station Covet Garden on the Picadilly Line.) The underground is the oldest metro system in the world, and the recent history of London in many ways IS the history of the Underground. Safe travels!

Thank you for making the extra effort to show us Heathrow and the trip to London. It was great to see that sometimes, even for a seasoned pro there are a few bumps in the road that must be dealt with. Your relaxed approach is definitely the way to go.

I always appreciate you do extensive and unedited videos, so other travelers can be informed about the directions and what should be done. The customs and luggage claim processes were so quick. The train car looks so new, modern, and clean, and it runs smoothly and quietly despite the delays. It's not easy to make videos while lugging your belongings, especially being unfamiliar in a new destination. 👍 I'm glad you had a safe flight, and thank you for sharing this informative video, AK! You're the BEST! 🤗

I would choose the Elizabeth line over the others. Nice and new and lots of trains. The Heathrow Express is longer than 15 mins and not as fast as the name suggests. I think your journey went pretty good. Busy times are the morning commute and evening. Nice to see it through non UK eyes too.Thanks for sharing.

You did amazingly well navigating your way across the airport to the correct train with your luggage, whilst filming! I never realised that here in England we use so many different words for things that travellers from other countries find unfamiliar. Welcome to England! Hope you enjoy your stay.

Great video and also useful to anyone visiting from overseas for the first time. That storm that delayed your train (named Storm Ciaran) was actually the worst ever here in northwest France. Highest recorded wind speed was 207km/h (128mph). That was 11 days ago but there are still 10k households without power, lots of roads still blocked, roofs gone. My shed exploded and we lost 7 trees but it was also a fascinating thing to live through. The power of nature is amazing.

NYC subway fare gates work in both directions, hence our host's confusion. Depending on where you are going to in London the Piccadilly line can be about as fast as the Elizabeth line. The Elizabeth line and the Heathrow express use overhead wire power while all the tube trains use third rail power.

We live here in the UK so have been to Heathrow many times but never arrived or departed from T2 so your vlog was very insightful especially as we are going to T2 to fly to Singapore on Tuesday.Terminal2 is the furthest terminal from the trains. If you book in advance you can get a good dealon Heathrow express we got our tickets for Monday for £5.50 each but we booked months ago.Its funny watching how others view your country and how they pronounce words. Enjoy your stay and hope you have time to explore outside london

When travelling in England most folks are friendly and helpful. I noticed you didn't ask or use any of the information points. Use of these may well have made life easier for you. I am English and I would ask anyone official. That's what they are the for. Hope thus helps. 😊

I found this video very interesting. I was brought up and lived very close to the rail line so I was able to follow the journey in great detail recognising many of the buildings along the way though a lot of them are new. I worked at Heathrow in the 1970s when it was growing fast but compared to now it was much more compact and simpler back then. Now living in Australia I don’t visit very often but find Heathrow quite a challenge to navigate through all the underground walkways and somewhat confusing signage. One aside, for anyone wondering, the collection of old steam locomotives and carriages you passed along the way are at the old Southall engine sheds which was once one of the main GWR loco depots but is now the base for some historic rail preservation groups.

Wow this is terrific giving us insight of the procedure it takes when traveling out of the country. Really appreciate this detailed step by step process Actionkid. We that never been through this process gives us insight on what it takes. And also what to look forward to when traveling like this 👍🏿. Definitely having small kids doing this walk will tire them out lol. So long to get to the train

This is very insightful. The distance and time required to go through the airport is insane. A long time ago, passengers climbed off a plane with stairs, onto the ground and into the fresh air. Those were the good times.

Found this video by chance. Its so random............. Yet so good!! Love how you did not over talk. Just some great information!! Thanks for "sacrificing your mobility" for us!! Grin. Great Video.

I'll continue to use the Heathrow Express thank you very much! After spending several weeks in a foreign country, £2000 on air-fares, a 24-hour, long haul flight in cramped conditions, I just want to get home as quickly and comfortably as possible, I'm not going to faff about over a few pounds sterling. It takes me about 90 minutes to get from Heathrow to my Greenwich home.

Welcome to United Kingdom. I just saw your video of you arriving here.y word , that was some time it took from the plane to get to the train, my word . Then what a carry on you had on " The Elizabeth Line " , poor you ! I just saw you arriving @ Paddington Station. I hope you enjoy your trip here, I hope to catch you in London soon. I used to watch you , don't know why I stopped, I enjoyed watching you, especially the Statue of Liberty, will watch the rest of your trip, I hope you enjoyed it & were made welcome. From me in Scotland 👍😁😁

this is one of the best videos available. you answered alot of questions even for disabled people

I flew from SFO to Heathrow late last August. I just kept following the yellow signs and realized that we went under a taxiway/ramp for much of the way before coming back up to the customs area. While it took a while to get through all that, having my bag already on the carousel was nice. I took the Piccadilly line into the city, switching to the Circle Line to get to Aldgate, my end destination. Piccadilly wasn't air conditioned and it was quite warm (for London) that morning. It wish I'd seen this video before that trip as it would have given me a good idea of what to expect. My return to LHR was also a bit of a mess. I only made it two stops on the Underground before the driver announced that we were waiting for an unknown amount of time due to a trespasser on the tracks well ahead of us. He recommended switching to another line, if possible, to get to your destination. I had a Tube Map app on my phone which helped me figure out the alternatives and I ended up on the Elizabeth line, the only other line going to the airport. But even that didn't go smoothly as a train broke down ahead of us and ours was truncated at Hatton Cross (I think). After a bit of a wait, another train came along that was going through to Heathrow. I was only going to my hotel for my flight out the next morning, but some people were trying to catch a flight still that night and were a bit nervous! It was a long day as I started it in Germany, had a canceled DB train from Cologne to Brussels to deal with and still make my Eurostar, then the issues getting from St Pancras to Heathrow, but I made it. I had ordered a Visitor's Oyster card ahead of time and I'm glad I did. It might not save anything on fares, but it does offer discounts to some London attractions, and it was convenient. Unfortunately, you can't add money to it, or check your balance online, only at a ticket machine in a station. Not sure why that restriction exists, but it would be nice if it didn't exist. With it you avoid exchange fees from US banks that you might have using a contactless card, or your phone. That wouldn't be an issue for UK banks, but it might be for US banks.