Day sixty five Once more unto Heathrow I go! This time on the No 105 from Greenford.

The journey to the starting point of the No 105 took three hours. I left home at 1045 and after taking a southern train to Clapham Junction and then London Overground service to West Brompton I arrived by District line and Piccadilly line to reach Park Royal station at 1222. From here I walked along the A40 to Hanger Lane Central line and took this train two stops to Greenford where I arrived at 1242.

Waiting on Hanger Lane Central line station

RATP 45264 a 2018 registered Volvo Hybrid
at Rockware Avenue Greenford 

Boarding the bus with a No 92 ahead of it and an E6 behind.

Since I worked at Heathrow the No 105 has changed from Metroline operation to London United or RATP and therefore a collection of quite new buses fulfil the service.

The bus departed from Rockware Avenue at 1249 and followed the same route as the Nos 92 and
95 down Greenford Road to the Ruislip Road crossroads. Here the No 105 turns right following the No 95 route and indeed we were close behind a No 95 all through the twists and turns amongst the suburbs to the north of Southall. From Southall town hall I finally was on a road I hadn't previously used, as we crossed the GWR mainline and later the Grand Union canal before reaching the M4 and finally the A4. From the A4 we accessed the airport through the tunnel and reached the central terminal area at exactly 1400.

Emerging from the tunnel under the north runway

Approaching the central bus station at Heathrow

From here I made my way on foot to terminal 3 to meet a previous colleague at the airport for a coffee. After a nice catch up for an hour and 20 mins or so we returned on the 'staff bus'  to the Compass Centre and went our separate ways. After a time spent watching planes and the pods that run to Terminal Five from the car park I went home via the No 423 bus to Hatton Cross and then Piccadilly line to Earl's Court. I had hoped to get a District line to West Brompton but the hoards of Chelsea fans meant I was likely to have a very long wait, so when happily an Olympia bound train came in on the adjacent platform I was able to change there for the London Overground to Clapham Junction and got home at 1935. A three hour journey on the way home too, as if I needed any more reminding how long my commute used to take!