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TRANSFER TO HEATHROW AIRPORT

How to get from Gatwick Airport to Heathrow Airport :

Train:
1: From Gatwick Station under the South Terminal take the Southern Railways service into London Victoria. Transfer onto the tube and take the Circle line into London Paddington Station. Transfer onto the Heathrow Express for your final destination. This involves two fares. Around £11 into Paddington and then £14.50 for the Heathrow Express.
FASTEST: Total journey takes around 85 minutes at a cost of £25.50
2: as above but using the Heathrow Connect service instead of the Express service. The Connect route is slower as it is not non-stop but it is cheaper.
Total journey takes around 93 minutes at a cost of £20.50
3: as option 1 but using the Gatwick Express instead of the Southern Service.
Saves up to 10 minutes but is not available as a through ticket and adds around £7 to the journey.
4: Take the Gatwick Express into London Victoria. Switch to the tube and take the District line into Hammersmith Station. Switch to the Piccadilly Line and take the tube out to Heathrow.
This is not based on a through ticket.
journey time is around 91 minutes at a cost of around £18.50.
5: as option 4 but using Southern service instead of Gatwick Express
CHEAPEST: Adds 3-10 minutes at cost £13.90

For the above journeys add 8 minutes for travel to Terminal 4.
see Tube fares

Coach
National Express run a high frequency service over 100 times a day between Gatwick Airport (North & South Terminals) & Heathrow Airport (Central Bus Stn & Terminal 4). All coaches have an onboard WC and the 200 and 201 have NXTV. Service operates close to 24 hours a day.
Routes:
200
201 GATWICK AIRPORT, South Terminal > Gatwick Airport, North Terminal > London, Heathrow Airport, Terminal 4 > HEATHROW AIRPORT, central bus station
205
210 as 201
230 as 201
240 as 201
700 every 15-20 minutes in the morning. After 12:00 the service operates every 30 minutes until 22:30
707 as 201 run half hourly
717 as 201 run half hourly
727
747 half hourly
797 half hourly
Journey time is approximately 80-105 minutes. Cost is £18
National Express timetables, services and fares

Road:
Transfers between Heathrow and Gatwick by road are travelled via the M23/M25/M4 motorways. Leave Gatwick Airport and follow the signs for the M23/M25 North towards London. From the North Terminal head towards the South Terminal and then pick up the M23/M25 signs. Travel for around 10 miles Northbound on the M23 towards London and the M25. Pick up the M25 Clockwise section towards Heathrow and the M4. Stay on the M25 for around 30 miles until you see the sign for either terminal 4 or terminals 1,2,3 and the M4 at the next junction depending on which terminal you need.

Minicab
This option must be pre-booked. Expect to pay around £80 for a standard car for up to 4 passengers. Please note this figure can vary greatly between companies.
Our partner minicab company.

Taxi
Chequer Cars who operate out of Gatwick, both terminals with onsite offices were quoting £ standard fare for 2006.

Expect your journey by car/taxi/minicab to take 30-65 minutes.
Expect your coach journey to Gatwick airport to take 50-90 minutes.
The distance from Gatwick Airport to Heathrow Airport is 43 miles/69 km via the M25 or 24.7 miles/39.8 km in a straight line.