Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Two different
buses
connect the airport and London's Victoria Station neighborhood: Na-
tional Express (£10.50, every 20 minutes, 1.75 hours, runs 24 hours a day, picks up and
stops throughout London, ends at Victoria Coach Station, tel. 0871-781-8181,
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 Ex-
press
train
(£21,connectstoLondon'sTubesystematTottenhamHaleandLiverpoolStreet,
4/hour, 45 minutes, 5:30-23:00, tel. 0845-850-0150,
www.stanstedexpress.com
)
. Stansted is
expensive by
cab;
figure £100-120 one-way from central London.
LutonAirport:
ForLuton(airportcode:LTN,airporttel.01582/405-100,
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 (£14.50 one-way, 1-5/hour, 25-45
minutes—check schedule to avoid slower trains, tel. 0845-712-5678,
www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
); catch the 10-minute shuttle bus (£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 London's Victoria Station (£16-17, small discount
for easyJet passengers who buy online, 2-4/hour, 1.25-1.5 hours, 24 hours a day, tel.
0844-801-7261,
www.greenline.co.uk
)
. If you're sleeping at Luton, consider easyHotel (see
listing on
here
).
Other Airports:
There's a slim chance you might use
London City Airport
(airport
code: LCY, tel. 020/7646-0088,
www.londoncityairport.com
)
. To get into London, take
the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) to the Bank Tube station, which is one stop east
of St. Paul's on the Central Line (£4.30 one-way, covered by Travelcard, £2.60-3.10 on
Oyster card, 22 minutes,
www.tfl.gov.uk/dlr
)
. Some Easyjet flights land even farther out,
at
Southend Airport
(airport code: SEN, tel. 01702/608-100,
www.southendairport.com
).
Trains connect the airport to London's Liverpool Street Station (£15 one-way, 8/hour, 50
minutes,
www.greateranglia.co.uk
).
Connecting London's Airports by Bus
A handy
National Express bus
runs between Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, and Luton air-
ports—easier than having to cut through the center of London—although traffic can be bad
and can increase travel times (tel. 0871-781-8181,
www.nationalexpress.com
)
.
From Heathrow Airport to: Gatwick Airport
(1-6/hour, about 1.25 hours—but allow
at least three hours between flights, £20-25),
Stansted Airport
(1-2/hour, about 1.5 hours,
£22.50),
Luton Airport
(hourly, 1-1.5 hours, £21).