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Heathrow Airport Guide |
TRANSFER TO GATWICK AIRPORTHow to get from Heathrow Airport to Gatwick Airport : Train: 1: Take the Heathrow Express into Paddington Station. Transfer to the tube network and take the Circle line out to London Victoria Station. Take the Southern Railways service into Gatwick Airport. This involves two fares. Around £10 into Paddington and then £14.50 for the Heathrow Express. Total journey takes around 85 minutes at a cost of £24.50 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 £19.50 3: as option but using the Gatwick Express instead of the Southern Service. Total journey takes around 80 minutes at a cost of £31.50 4: Take the London Underground into Hammersmith Station via the Piccadilly Line. Transfer to the District Line and travel out to London Victoria. Transfer onto the Gatwick Express for the ride out to Gatwick Airport. This is not based on a through ticket. journey time is around 91 minutes at a cost of around £18. For the above journeys add 8 minutes from travel to Terminal 4. Coach National Express run a high frequency service over 100 times a day between Heathrow Airport (Central Bus Stn & Terminal 4) and Gatwick Airport (North & South Terminals). All coaches have an onboard WC and the 200 and 201 have NXTV. Service operates close to 24 hours a day. Routes: 200 201 HEATHROW AIRPORT, central bus station > London, Heathrow Airport, Terminal 4 > Gatwick Airport, North Terminal > GATWICK AIRPORT, South Terminal 205 210 as 201 230 as 201 240 as 201 700 every 15-20 minutes in the morning, from outside Terminals 1, 3 and 4. 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 M4/M25/M23 motorways. On leaving Heathrow you pick up the M4 for a very small section before connecting with the M25 South Bound Anti-clockwise section. You leave the M25 at its junction 7 and travel south on the M23 for a few miles. Conveniently you will find the journey well sign posted for the entire route. To make this journey by train requires taking the London tube into central London on the Piccadilly line, transferring to the Circle or District line at South Kensington and then Transferring at Victoria Station onto the Gatwick express. Not a really practical solution if you have luggage. You could of course take taxi straight into Victoria station and then making the transfer to the Gatwick Express. The train goes into the South terminal and if you need the North Terminal you use the free monorail service between terminals. 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 A taxi is easily located outside of each terminal at the terminals dedicated taxi rank. Heathrow actually has the worlds largest taxi rank. There is a main rank on the Northern perimeter road which feeds all 4 terminals with flow controlled by a computer system. All taxis are licensed by the London public carriage office and are the distinctive black taxi type vehicles. see image of a London Taxi. 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 Heathrow Airport to Gatwick Airport is 43 miles/69 km via the M25 or 24.7 miles/39.8 km in a straight line. |