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TRANSFER TO GATWICK AIRPORTHow to get from Heathrow Airport to Gatwick Airport : For most people the first choice for transfers between Heathrow Airport and Gatwick Airport will be via National Express Coach. The times are similar to making the journey by train and very slightly cheaper and offers the massive advantage of being airport to airport requiring no transfers between starting point and destination. The main disadvantage is that the journey is via the M25 motorway which is notorious for traffic jams. Coach National Express run a high frequency service over 100 times a day between Heathrow Airport 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 (02.30 till 00.30). Please note that the service operates from the central bus station (which serves terminals 1,2 and 3) and terminal 5. From terminal 4 you will need to make your way to the central bus station (free transfer by London bus or Heathrow express train). See travel between terminals. Routes: 200 201 HEATHROW AIRPORT, central bus station > London, Heathrow Airport, Terminal 4 > Gatwick Airport, North Terminal > GATWICK AIRPORT, South Terminal 205 210 as 201 222 230 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 (plus any wait for the coach initially). Cost is around £19.50 National Express timetables, services and fares Coach via Central London There are many reasons why you may want to do this journey via central London not least being to spend a few hours sightseeing if your transfer time allows. The second advantage is that this is the cheapest way to make the transfer between Heathrow and Gatwick. Cost to Victoria is around £5 Cost from Victoria to Gatwick is £7.50 Total journey takes around 105-175 minutes at a cost from £12.50 Train via Central London: Take the London Underground into Hammersmith Station or Earls Court via the Piccadilly Line. Make sure you are using the tube network clearly signed Piccadilly line and NOT the Heathrow Express or Connect services. At Hammersmith or Earls Court station transfer to the District Line and travel out to London Victoria Station. Transfer onto the Gatwick Express for the ride out to Gatwick Airport. This is not based on a through ticket. Tube fare is £4.50 per adult Train to Gatwick is apx £16.90 Total journey takes around 90 minutes at a cost from £21.40 Timetables for above connections: Gatwick Express runs 24 hours, every 15 minutes peak hours down to hourly between 01.00 till 03.00 Piccadilly Line Tune runs: Terminal 5: from 05.23 till 00.18. Sundays and Public Holidays 06.08 till 23.51 Terminal 4: from 05.03 till 23.54. Sundays and Public Holidays 05.47 till 22.33 Terminals 1,2 and 3: from 05.13 till 00.22. Sundays and Public Holidays 05.57 till 23.55 Heathrow Express runs approximately 05.30 till 23.45 Heathrow Connect runs approximately 05.30 till midnight
Note: its possible to reduce the above times by around 15 minutes if
using the Heathrow Express to Paddington and then transferring to
Victoria but this adds
£16.50 (online), £18 (ticket machine), £23 (on train) to the cost. Substituting the National Express Coach from Victoria to Gatwick for the Gatwick Express/Southern railways train reduces the cost by £9 (the coach is £7.50) but adds up to 1 hour to the time. 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 5 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. |
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