Travelling from London airports to central London
moove2london on 20 Oct 2009If you’re flying into London from another country, or on an internal flight, you’ll end up at one of 5 London Airports – Luton, Stansted, Gatwick, Heathrow or London City airport. Some of these airports are actually quite a few miles out of London, in neighboring home counties. However, due to huge demand, there are some wonderfully speedy train and bus services to transport you into Central London in no time at all.
Travelling from Luton Airport into Central London
Bus/coach companies
Terravision(£13 single)
easyBus (as low as £2 single)
National Express (£14 single)
Greenline 757 (£14 single)
The approximate journey time will be between 65-75 minutes, depending on traffic.
Train companies
A shuttle bus takes you 5 minutes away from the airport terminal building to Luton Airport Parkway station, which has regular links into St. Pancras and the City on the Thameslink line. The journey time is little over 20 minutes.
Travelling from Stansted Airport into Central London
Bus/coach companies
easyBus (as low as £2 single)
Orbis Air Link (£12.50 single to Hammersmith, Ealing or Acton)
National Express (£8.50-£10.50 single to Stratford or Victoria)
Terravision (£9 to Victoria or Liverpool Street)
Snowdrop (£15 to various hotels in Kings Cross, Russell Square, Piccadilly, Bayswater or Earls Court).
Depending on which part of London is your destination, the journey time will be as short as 45 minutes to Stratford, but 110 minutes to Hammersmith, Ealing or Acton.
Train companies
Stansted Express – frequent trains every 15 minutes (single £18 to London Liverpool Street). Interchanges with tube available at Tottenham Hale en route.
National Express East Anglia – one train an hour to Stratford station (£17 single).
Travelling from Gatwick Airport into Central London
Bus/coach companies
easyBus to Fulham (as low as £2 single)
National Express to London Victoria (£7.50 single)
Your approximate journey time will be around 80 minutes.
Train companies
Gatwick Express – to London Victoria (£16.90 single)
Southern Trains to London Victoria – 4 trains an hour (as low as £3 if booked in advance)
First Capital Connect to (as low as £7.90 if booked in advance) – 4-5 trains an hour.
Journey time is approximately 30 minutes.
Travelling from Heathrow Airport into Central London
The most obvious way to travel into Central London from Heathrow is to use the London Underground. Heathrow has two stations on the Piccadilly line and you can be in Central London in around 20 minutes. Tickets are available through Oyster.
Bus/coach companies
National Express – to London Victoria (£5.50 single)
Dot2Dot – to any address in Central London or Canary Wharf (£20 single)
Train companies
Heathrow Express to London Paddington (£16.50 single)
Heathrow Connect to London Paddington (£6.90 single)
Journey time is as short as 15 minutes with the Express service.
Travelling from London City Airport into Central London
The airport is located in East London, near the O2 area, so is ideally placed for those visiting East London and the Docklands.
Use the DLR service at London City Airport DLR station to connect to Bank in 22 minutes, or Canning Town for National Rail routes within 7 minutes. More information on DLR available at www.moove2london.co.uk/transport-london
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