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your tickets at the station before boarding, ask about their deal where three or four adults
travel for the price of two. (If you see others in the ticket line, suggest buying your tick-
ets together—you'll save up to 50 percent.) When going to the airport, at Victoria Station
note that Gatwick Express has its own ticket windows right by the platform (tracks 13 and
14).
A train also runs between Gatwick South and St. Pancras International Station
( £ 10, 3-5/hour, 45-60 minutes, www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk )—useful for travelers tak-
ing the Eurostar train (to Paris or Brussels) or staying in the St. Pancras/King's Cross
neighborhood.
Even slower, but cheap and handy to the Victoria Station neighborhood, you can take
the bus (1.5 hours). National Express runs a bus from Gatwick direct to Victoria Station
( £ 8, at least hourly, tel. [phone], www.nationalexpress.com ) ; easyBus has one go-
ing to near the Earls Court Tube stop ( £ 2-10 depending on how far ahead you book, 2-3/
hour, www.easybus.co.uk ) .
LONDON'S OTHER AIRPORTS
Stansted Airport: From Stansted (airport code: STN, tel. [phone],
www.stanstedairport.com ) , you have several options for getting into or out of London.
Two different buses connect the airport and London's Victoria Station neighborhood: Na-
tional Express ( £ 8-10, every 15 minutes, 1.75 hours, runs 24 hours a day, picks up and
stops throughout London, ends at Victoria Coach Station or Liverpool Street Station,
tel. [phone], www.nationalexpress.com ) and Terravision ( £ 9, 2-3/hour, 1.25 hours,
ends at Green Line Coach Station just south of Victoria Station). Or you can take the faster,
pricier Stansted Express train ( £ 23.50, connects to London's Tube system at Tottenham
Hale and Liverpool Street, 4/hour, 45 minutes, 4:30-23:00, www.stanstedexpress.com ) .
Stansted is expensive by cab; figure £ 100-120 one-way from central London.
Luton Airport: For Luton (airport code: LTN, airport tel. [phone],
www.london-luton.co.uk ) , there are two choices into or out of London. The fastest way
to go is by train to London's St. Pancras International Station ( £ 9.50-15.50 one-way,
1-5/hour, 25-45 minutes—check schedule to avoid slower trains, tel. [phone],
www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk ); catch the 10-minute shuttle bus (every 10 minutes, £ 1.50)
from outside the terminal to the Luton Airport Parkway Station. The Green Line express
bus #757 runs to Buckingham Palace Road, just south of Victoria Station, and stops en
route near the Baker Street Tube station—best if you're staying near Paddington Station
or in North London ( £ 10 one-way, small discount for easyJet passengers who buy online,
2-4/hour, 1-1.5 hours, runs 24 hours, tel. [phone], www.greenline.co.uk ). If you're
sleeping at Luton, consider easyHotel (see listing on here ) .