T5B and T5C

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Guide to T5: Heathrow T5B and T5C

Terminal 5 consists of the main building plus two satellite terminals, 5B and 5C. T5B will be opening at the same time as the main building, while the £300 million Terminal C will open in 2010.

T5B will have 16 Gates, one lounge (opening April 30, the phase two switch-over day), and a number of shops, restaurants and cafés including HMV, Caviar House and Prunier and the main JD Wetherspoon pub. The 465-seat Galleries Club lounge, for first, Club World and Club Europe passengers, and gold and silver executive club members, will have the same features as the Galleries lounge in T5A except for the cinema.

T5A is connected to the satellite terminals via a track transit system, which can shuttle up to 6,5000 people per hour on underground driverless trains or “automated people movers”, which run every 90 seconds. The journey time to T5B is around 45 seconds, so journey time between the two terminal buildings should be about five minutes.

T5C will be roughly the same size as T5B and will be built by engineering company Carillion to increase gate capacity at the terminal. Concourse 5B will primarily serve international flights and will include dedicated aircraft stands for the new A380.

Welcome to T5 17/03/2008

Eagerly-awaited, long overdue and with the hopes of British Airways, BAA and the travelling public all resting on its elegantly curved roof, London Heathrow’s new terminal finally opens this month. Business Traveller provides a guided tour — full story »