Heathrow Terminal 2
Heathrow Terminal 2, also known as The Queen's Terminal, is an airport terminal at Heathrow Airport, the main airport serving London, United Kingdom. The new development was originally named Heathrow East Terminal, and occupies the sites where the previous Terminal 2 and the Queens Building stood. It was designed by Luis Vidal + Architects and opened on 4 June 2014. The original Terminal 2 opened in 1955 as the Europa Building and was the airport's oldest terminal.
| Heathrow Terminal 2 The Queen's Terminal | |
|---|---|
Entrance to the terminal | |
Location within Greater London | |
| Alternative names | London Heathrow Terminal 2, Heathrow East Terminal (formerly), Heathrow T2 |
| General information | |
| Type | Airport terminal |
| Coordinates | 51.47029°N 0.45205°W |
| Construction started | July 2010 (current terminal) |
| Completed | June 2014 (current terminal) |
| Opened | 4 June 2014 (current terminal) |
| Inaugurated | 23 June 2014 (current terminal) |
| Cost | £2.3 billion |
| Client | Heathrow Airport Holdings |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Steel frame |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Luis Vidal, Foster + Partners |
| Architecture firm | Luis Vidal + Architects |
| Other designers | Pascall+Watson, Foster and Partners and Grimshaw Architects |
| Main contractor | HETCo (a joint venture between Ferrovial Agroman and Laing O'Rourke and Balfour Beatty). |
| Other information | |
| Public transit access | |
Terminal 1 closed to passengers on 30 June 2015, although as Terminal 1's baggage system is used by Terminal 2, part of it will remain operational. Terminal 1 is due to be demolished, allowing for Terminal 2 to be extended at an as yet undisclosed date. In 2015, Terminal 2 handled 16.7 million passengers on 116,861 flights and 22.5% of the airport's passengers on 25.2% of its flights with an average of 130 passengers per flight.