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STANSTED AIRPORT - BUS AND COACHES

Bus and Coaches
London buses do not operate from Stansted which is outside London in Essex.
The coach station is located below between Zone C and D of the Short Stay Car Park. This is actually below the level of the terminal although its still an open air car park and coach station. Access to the terminal is via ramp and walkway. In the main terminal is a coach ticket desk open 6 am till 01.00 am and you can also buy tickets in the coach station itself 24/7. Tickets can also bought on the coaches themselves. Not all services are wheelchair accessible to its best to check this out before you travel if this will be a requirement.

For London services see the transfer to London section.

Several companies run services from Stansted including:

National Express: Services into London and out to the rest of the UK. UK routes include:
Other destinations may require changing at Victoria Station in London
717 - Cambridge,
727 - Thetford, Norwich, every two hours direct.
737 - Hemel Hempstead, High Wycombe, Oxford, every 2 hours
757 - to Hemel Hempstead, High Wycombe and Oxford every two hours.
767 - Nottingham, Leicester, Luton, every 2-3 hours
777 - to Luton, Milton Keynes, Coventry and Birmingham. Up to every two hours.
797 - to Heathrow, Gatwick and Brighton every two hours.

They also run a service called Airdirect - Express service, which runs to Ipswich every two hours in luxury coaches. Journey time -75 minutes.
read more about National express, check routes and timetables click here

First (Great Western) run these bus routes from Stansted:
X22 - to Colchester in Essex
route: London Rd/Tortoiseshell Way > Braintree, Rail Station > Bradwell, The Swan > Marks Tey Rail Station > Colchester North Station Forecourt > Colchester Bus Station
X30 - to Southend in Essex
route: Barnston Church School > Chelmsford Rail Station > Rayleigh Rail Station > Eastwood Kent Elms Corner > Southend Victoria Circus > Southend Central Bus Station >
33 - to Chelmsford in Essex
stops at Birchanger Green Services
route: Takeley Four Ashes > Great Dunmow High Street > Barnston Church School > Great Waltham War Memorial > Broomfield Hospital > Broomfield The Angel > Chelmsford Rail Station
for First coaches timetable information click here

Arriva run the following bus services from Stansted
510: to Bishops Stortford, Sawbridgeworth and Harlow. 30 minute at intervals Mon - Sat. Hour intervals on Sundays. 04:12 till 00:15.
700: to Little Hadham, Puckeridge, Letchworth, Hitchin and Stevenage. Approximately every two hours from 6.40 till 22.20.
For Arriva bus timetables click here

Stansted 133 bus route:
to Takeley Four Ashes, Gt. Dunmow High Street, Felsted Church, Rayne Welsh Princess and Braintree Bus Park
Approximately every hour 5.00 till 00.20

Easybus
Service into London
details

Village Links 5 & 7
Services for Saffron Walden and Stansted Mountfitchet

Excel 308
stops at Birchanger Green Services
308: to Heath Row - Bishops Stortford - Thorley - St Michaels Mead (peak hours only) - Bishops Park. From 5.50 till 22.30 at intervals of 30 to 60 minutes.

First Eastern National
33: to Takeley, Dunmow and Chelmsford. Hourly intervals. Monday through Saturday.

Stansted Flyer
Door to door coach service that operates every day except Christmas Day.
Connects to Ilford and Havering, Basildon and Southend, Rayleigh and Brentwood, Chingford and Loughton
website: www.gatwickflyer.co.uk
phone0871 666 1757

Trustline 700 service
To Stevenage, Hitchin, Letchworth, Baldock, Cottered, Buntingford, Westmill, Puckeridge, Standon, Little Hadham and Bishops Stortford every two hours daily.

London Hoppa
more information here

StanstedShuttle
Shared bus service to Cambridgeshire (Part), Bedfordshire (Part), East London (Part), Essex, Hertfordshire, North London, (Part) and Suffolk
website

For more specific bus and coach information see the appropriate airport transfer section from the menu on the left of this page.