Editing Hounslow (section)

== Transport ==
[[File:Qantas b747 over houses arp.jpg|thumb|A [[Qantas]] [[Boeing 747-400]] over [[Myrtle Avenue, Hounslow]] on approach to [[Heathrow Airport]] runway 27L<ref>{{cite web |url= http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Myrtle+Avenue,+Hounslow&hl=en&ll=51.463226,-0.426833&spn=0.000679,0.001742&sll=51.510238,-0.427437&sspn=0.173718,0.445976&oq=Myrtle+Avenue&t=h&hnear=Myrtle+Ave,+Hounslow,+Greater+London+TW14+9,+United+Kingdom&z=20&layer=c&cbll=51.463185,-0.426757&panoid=qOEaWcnARVDAyhZhSJbahg&cbp=12,347.73,,0,5.54 |title=Myrtle Avenue, Hounslow |publisher=Google Maps |access-date=26 March 2013}}</ref>]]

=== Major roads ===
There are three major roads in Hounslow. The east–west roads, the [[A4 road (England)|A4]] 'Great West Road' and the 'Bath Road' that connects Hounslow to [[Central London]] and [[Slough]], and the [[A30 road|A30]] 'Great South West Road' that connects it to [[Staines-upon-Thames]], which meet at Henlys Roundabout in Hounslow West. There is also the north–south road, the [[A312 road|A312]] 'The Causeway' and 'The Parkway', which connects Hounslow to [[Hampton, London|Hampton]] in the south and [[Harrow, London|Harrow]] to the north.

Additionally, A and B roads in Hounslow include the A314 'Hanworth Road' that starts in Hounslow and finishes in [[Hanworth]], [[Feltham]]. The historic A315 'London Road', 'Hounslow High Street', 'Hanworth Road', 'Grove Road' and 'Staines Road';  which starts in Central London and ends in [[Bedfont]], Feltham. In doing this, it connects Hounslow to towns and districts such as Kensington, Hammersmith, Chiswick, Brentford and Isleworth.

===East-west roads===
The [[A4 road (England)|A4 Great West Road]] joins with the [[A3006 road (Great Britain)|A3006]] Bath Road (from the A315) before Henlys Roundabout, which is in [[Hounslow West]]. From there a [[Boxing the compass|WNW]] route passes [[Heathrow Airport]], terminals 1 to 3 and terminal 5 as the ''Bath Road'' and a WSW route, the [[A30 road (Great Britain)|A30]], passes terminal 4, bypasses [[Staines]] and reaches the [[M25 motorway|M25]]; the remainder is a mostly-minor route to [[Land's End]], Cornwall.

The [[M4 motorway]] is two miles north; its nearest junction, J3, being northwest along the [[#Transport#North-South roads|A312]].

The A315 is the historic WSW road out of London, on which Hounslow's High Street is placed. To the east, it bisects [[Isleworth]], [[Brentford]] and [[Chiswick]]. To the west it bisects [[Feltham|North Feltham]] and [[East Bedfont|Bedfont]] before joining the A30.

===North-south roads===
The north–south [[A312 road (Great Britain)|A312]], ''The Parkway'', to the west of Hounslow leads south to [[Hampton, London|Hampton]] or north to [[Harrow, London|Harrow]] passing Waggoners' Roundabout (WNW of Henlys Roundabout in Hounslow West), [[Hayes, Hillingdon|Hayes]], [[Yeading]] and [[Northolt]].

Three minor roads converge on [[Heston]] from the A315 in parts of Hounslow, the A3063, A3005 and B363. The single road re-divides just north in [[Norwood Green]] into a northwest road to [[Southall]] (the A3005) and into the [[A4127 road (Great Britain)|A4127]] that passes by [[Hanwell]], briefly using the [[A4020 road (Great Britain)|A4020]] west before bypassing [[Dormers Wells]], passing [[Greenford]] to reach [[Sudbury, London|Sudbury]], the town immediately to the west of [[Wembley]] and [[North Wembley]].

For longer journeys north, the M4, A4 or A30 then M25 provides the best routes. For longer journeys south, Hanworth Road leads to the [[A316 road (Great Britain)|A316]] that becomes the [[M3 motorway (Great Britain)|M3 motorway]].

===Trains and Underground===
[[Image:Hounslow Central westbound.JPG|thumb|right|[[Hounslow Central tube station]]]]
There are three main London Underground stations in the town; [[Hounslow East tube station|Hounslow East]], [[Hounslow Central tube station|Hounslow Central]] and [[Hounslow West tube station|Hounslow West]], with all the stations being on the [[Piccadilly line]]. The [[District line]] used to operate services to Hounslow, and the town also has abandoned stations on the old line, such as [[Hounslow Town tube station|Hounslow Town]].

[[Hounslow railway station]], operated by [[South Western Railway (train operating company)|South Western Railway]], is on the line to [[London Waterloo railway station|London Waterloo]], or westwards to [[Reading railway station|Reading]], [[Weybridge railway station|Weybridge]], [[Woking railway station|Woking]] or [[Windsor & Eton Riverside railway station|Windsor]].  The line also offers services on the [[Hounslow Loop Line]], opened 1850, further around the loop to [[Twickenham railway station|Twickenham]] and [[Richmond station (London)|Richmond]].<ref name=os>[http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=g&gazString=TQ1475 Grid square map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225114856/http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=g&gazString=TQ1475 |date=25 December 2013 }} [[Ordnance survey]] website</ref> It is situated a fair distance from the town centre and is used far less than the Underground stations.

===Bus services===
[[File:Hounslow Bus Garage 02-02-09.jpg|thumb|left|[[London United Busways|London United]] buses confined to [[Hounslow bus station]] during the [[February 2009 Great Britain and Ireland snowfall|2009 snowfall]]]]
[[Hounslow bus garage]] and an adjoining bus station are close to the [[High Street]]. In 1962, as a result of the final stage of the [[Trolleybuses in London|London trolleybus]] programme of conversion to motor bus operation, when [[Isleworth]] garage was closed, the staff from that depot (coded IH) were transferred to Hounslow. The property is owned by the [[RATP Group]], which took it over with the purchase of [[London United Busways|London United]] from [[Transdev]].

In addition to its frequent and regular daytime services throughout the surrounding areas, Hounslow is served by the [[London Buses route N9|N9 night service]] from [[Heathrow Airport]] to Central London.