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Airport Transfers
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TRANSFER TO STANSTED AIRPORTHow to get from Heathrow Airport to Stansted Airport : Train: Stansted Airport Station is located just beneath the terminal building where facilities are available for purchasing tickets. All services cater for special needs although you are not able to travel with a bicycle on the Stansted Express. There are four main options if you wish to make the journey by train but whether or not these are realistic options is debatable. They offer no benefit over coach transfers in terms of time or cost. They all involve at least 3 changes of connection. Also note that you cannot get directly onto the Heathrow Express from terminal 4. 1: Take the Heathrow Express into Paddington Station. Transfer to the tube and take the Hammersmith and City Line out to Liverpool Street Station. Take the Stansted Express out to Stansted Airport. Time: approximately 90 minutes to terminals 1,2,3 Add 8 minutes from terminal 5. Cost around £33 2: as above but take the Heathrow Connect instead of the Heathrow Express. The Connect service is not non-stop but is cheaper. Time: approximately 105 minutes. Add 10 minutes to terminal 4. Cost around £28 3: Take the tube into London on the Piccadilly Line. Change at Holborn Station onto the Central Line and travel to Liverpool Street Station. Take the Stansted Express out to the airport. Time: approximately 125 minutes to terminals 1,2, and 3. Add 8 minutes for terminal 5. Cost around £18.50 4: Take the 285 Railair bus out to Feltham Station. From Feltham take the train into London Vauxhall. Transfer to the tube and take the Victoria line out to Tottenham Hale. Take the train out to Stansted from Tottenham Hale. Time: Approximately 150 minutes. Cost around £21.50 Coach: National Express have 3 buses making this connection to Stansted from Heathrow. All have onboard WC. Tickets can be bought at the airport. They operate up 28 times daily from 03.00 till 23.15 717 via Hatfield 727 via Waltham Abbey 797 via Waltham Abbey Expect your coach journey to Heathrow to take between 80-120 minutes. Cost is around £21.50 Transfer from terminals 4 and 5 can be up to 20 minutes longer. They are on the opposite side to the central Bus station which serves terminals 1,2, and 3. National Express timetables, services and fares Road: Transfers between Heathrow and Stansted Airport by road are via the M4/M25/M11 motorways. On leaving Heathrow again pickup the West bound section of the M4 at Junction 4 and then join the M25 Northbound Clockwise section at its junction 15. Leave the M25 at its junction 27 and pickup the M11 motorway Northbound. You will travel around 20 miles on the M11. Again the journey will be well sign posted. Taxi: A London black cab will cost around £200. However the destination is more than 20 miles from the airport which means they can refuse the job or negotiate a different fare (basically you can haggle). Taxi: A private hire minicab will cost around £85. Expect your journey by car/taxi/minicab to take 40-80 minutes. Expect your coach journey to Stansted Airport to take 80-120 minutes. The distance from Heathrow Airport to Stansted Airport is 64.8 miles/104.3 km via the M25 or 42.1 miles/67.8 km in a straight line. |