Hatton Cross tube station

Hatton Cross
Hatton Cross Location of Hatton Cross in Greater London
Location	Hatton
Local authority	London Borough of Hillingdon
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	5 and 6
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012	2.96 million
2013	3.08 million
2014	3.22 million
2015	3.20 million
Railway companies
Original company	London Transport Executive (GLC)
Key dates
19 July 1975	Station opened as terminus
16 Dec 1977	Line extended to Heathrow Central
7 Apr 1986	Heathrow Terminal 4 loop opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
WGS84	51°28′01″N 0°25′24″W / 51.4669°N 0.4233°W / 51.4669; -0.4233Coordinates: 51°28′01″N 0°25′24″W / 51.4669°N 0.4233°W / 51.4669; -0.4233

Hatton Cross is on the Heathrow branch of the London Underground Piccadilly line. It is in Travelcard Zones 5 and 6 and stands between the Great South West Road (A30) and the Heathrow Airport Southern Perimeter Road.

The station, itself in Hillingdon, serves a very small residential community in Hatton, which is in Hounslow. The nearby area is either within the airport or mainly comprises its associated commercial warehousing and light industrial premises. "Hatton Cross" refers to the crossroads on the former coaching road leading southwest and is now applied to the overlying major road intersection immediately southeast of the station.

The station opened on 19 July 1975 in the first phase of the extension of the Piccadilly line from Hounslow West to Heathrow Airport and it remained the terminus until Heathrow Central opened on 16 December 1977.

The platforms at Hatton Cross are in a cut and cover tunnel. The platform tiling on the central columns features patterns derived from the British Airways Speedbird logo. The station building, a brutalist, concrete-and-glass, single-storey box, incorporates a busy bus station, which serves the airport and surrounding area.