T5 facts
Published: 17/03/2008 - Filed under: Archive » 2008 » April 2008 » Guide to T5 »
Guide to T5: Fast facts
1. It is the largest free-standing building in the UK, covering the same area as Hyde Park. There is enough glass to reach from T5 to Buckingham Palace.
2. It will be the first terminal in the UK not to sell fast food. A recent fire at a Heathrow Burger King was caused by a build-up of fat in the extractors, so frying equipment has been banned.
3. It has the second-longest escalator in the UK, leading down to the transit system which connects T5A and T5B. (The longest is at Angel tube station on the Northern line.)
4. The site was previously occupied by the Perry Oaks sludge works, a sewage-processing plant.
5. The archaeological recovery project on the T5 site is the largest-ever in the UK. So far, over 80,000 artefacts have been found, including pottery, worked flint and a hand-axe from 3,000BC.
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