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with several stops, and take 25– but buses also
30 minutes to reach Paddington. stop at 4 and 5.
Fares are around £9.50 single A taxi to central
(service due to be replaced by London costs
Crossrail trains May 2018). about £50.
The Underground offers a Driving time is
much cheaper way of getting between 30 min­
into London, but is also much utes and 1 hour.
slower. Trains run fre quently, It’s worth noting
calling at all Heathrow terminals that local minicab
from around 5am to midnight comp anies offer
Monday to Saturday; 5:50am– much cheaper
11:30pm Sunday. Unlike the rates (see p381). London City Airport, within sight of the city’s Docklands area
Heathrow Express, the Tube runs
right into the city centre; allow Euro pean destinations, and a
about 45 minutes to get to London City luxury service to New York.
Airport (LCY)
Leicester Square. As on all London London City has its own
public transport, it’s cheaper London City Airport is the station on the Docklands
with an Oyster card (see p374); closest airport to central Light Railway (DLR), which
the adult fare from Heathrow London, located in the connects with the Underground
into the city centre is £5.50. Docklands business area just net work at Tower Hill and
National Express and other east of London’s financial Bank. Buses also operate to
companies run bus routes from dis trict (the City). Unlike some and from the airport. A taxi
Heathrow to Oxford, central other airports, it was created to the City costs about £28
London, London airports and pri marily for business travellers, and takes 30 minutes; to the
other destinations. The main bus so flights are quite expensive. West End £40, taking around
station is at Term inals 1, 2 and 3, It offers flights to a number of 45 minutes.
London Airports Luton Stevenage Stansted
Airport
Luton A10 A120
Airport A1(M)
A5
A41
Welwyn
Garden City Harlow
St
Albans M11 Chelmsford
M1
Lea
M25
Watford Roding
High Enfield A12
Wycombe
Brentwood
M40
Harrow Tottenham Hale
Kings Romford Basildon
Cross
Liverpool
Thames
Slough Paddington Street London City Airport A13
M4 Victoria
M4 London Canning Town Thames
Clapham Bridge
Heathrow Junction Dartford
M25 upon Beckenham
Bracknell Airport Kingston Gravesend
Thames A2
M3 Croydon Bromley
A3 Sutton M2
Woking Epsom A23 M20
M25
Maidstone
Key
Redhill A21
Motorway Tonbridge
‘A’ road A24 M23 Med w ay
Railway Gatwick Royal
Airport
Tunbridge Wells
0 kilometres 15 Crawley A22
0 miles 10
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