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Gatwick (LGW)
Gatwick airport lies due south
of central London, and hand les
long-haul, European and low-
cost flights. There are two
terminals – North and South –
so as at Heathrow, you need to
be clear which one you need.
The train station and main bus
stops are at the South Termi nal,
from where there is a free
shuttle train to the North. Allow
around 20 minutes to transfer
between terminals. There are
banks, shops, cafés and other
facilities at both. Entrance to Stansted’s spacious modern passenger terminal
There is a choice of three rail
services from Gatwick into National Express and other number of flights from
London, all from the same companies run buses from the destinations all over Europe.
station. The Gatwick Express South Terminal to Heathrow The rail link into London is
is the fastest, with trains every and central London (and many the Stansted Express train,
15 minutes to Victoria Station. towns in southern England), which runs every 15 minutes
It runs from 4:35am to midnight and easyBus runs frequently from around 6am to 12:30am.
daily and takes about 30 from the North and South Trains run to Liverpool Street, on
minutes (a little longer on terminals to Earl’s Court/West the east side of central London,
Sundays), but it isn’t cheap; the Brompton in London. Buses with a stop at Totten ham Hale
fare is just under £20 single, £35 are not limited to easyJet (where you can transfer to the
return. Cheaper tickets can be passengers, and fares begin at Victoria Under ground line).
bought online. Thameslink £2. A taxi into central London Trains from Liverpool Street
runs around two trains per hour will set you back around £90, to Stansted run from approx-
over the same period to St and can take 1–2 hours. As at imately 4:40am to 11:30pm
Pancras Internat ional via several Heathrow, minicab companies daily. The full journey takes 45
stops including East Croydon at Gatwick offer better rates. minutes. Adult fares to Liverpool
and London Bridge. Journey Street are £23.40 single, £33.20
time is about an hour, and a return (cheaper online). Abellio
single fare around £10. Stansted (STN) Greater Anglia trains also
Southern Railway has several Around 40 miles northeast run roughly once an hour to
trains each hour to London of London, Stansted is the London Stratford station near
Victoria, with a journey time of airport in southeast England to East London’s Olympic Park,
30–50 minutes and a single fare most popular with low-cost with several stops, taking one
of around £12. airlines, and so has a huge hour for a fare of around £20.
Several bus services run
from Stansted to London.
National Express runs to Vic toria
Coach Station (prices start at
£5, book ahead) and many
other destinations around the
region, but easy Bus is again the
cheapest, with tickets to Baker
Gatwick’s free monorail service linking the two terminals Street Underground station
Airport To city centre Average journey time Average taxi fare
Tube and DLR:
London City 10 km (6 miles) £28
40 minutes
Rail: 15 minutes
Heathrow 23 km (14 miles) £50
Tube: 45 minutes
Rail: 30 minutes
Gatwick 45 km (28 miles) £90
Bus: 70 minutes
Luton 51 km (32 miles) Rail: 35 minutes £60
Bus: 70 minutes
Rail: 45 minutes
Stansted 55 km (34 miles) £90
Bus: 75 minutes

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