What is the faster and cheaper way to travel from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria Station?
How about from London Victoria Station to Heathrow Airport?
i only need one way trip for each destination.
i hope you guy can help me
thanks
2006-11-17 00:25:05 · 8 answers · asked by macvanteh 3 in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ London
Good question!
In my experience the best way to get from Gatwick to Victoria is by train. That is the route run by the Gatwick Express but there is a cheaper option! Just take Southern Trains instead and save yourself about £6 one way. The tickets costs only about £9 compared to £15 for the Gatwick Express. It stops at a few stations but is still relatively fast.
The cheapest reasonably fast way to get to to Victria from Heathrow is by the Tube. Take the Picadilly Line from the Airport to Green Park, change there for the Victoria line and take it one stop to Victoria.
I hope this helps.
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PS. Boston Red Sox Boy is incorrect. As far as I know, the London buses do not go all the way out to Gatwick (some routes do go to Heathrow but I'm not sure about Victoria.)
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FURTHER INFO:
If you want to arrive Gatwick Airport in the afternoon and take a flight frp, Heathrow Airport in evening the same day and would like to stop by to visit Buckingham Palace during your limited time, you can easilly do the following:
1. From Gatwick Aiport catch a Gatwick Express train (about £15) or Southern Train (about £9 but slower and less frequent than the Gatwick Express) to Victoria Station
2. From Victoria Station walk to Buckingham Palace (10 min walk) and check out the sites.
3. From Buckingham Palace walk to Green Park Tube (London Undergournd) Station (10 min walk) and catch the Tube (London Undergournd Picadilly Line) from Green Park to Heathrow Airport directly.
These maps may help you:
Tube map http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/pdfdocs/lon_con.pdf
Map showing trains to Gatwick http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/system/galleries/download/print_maps/LondonAndSouthEast.pdf
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2006-11-17 00:40:54 · answer #1 · answered by London Aussie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is a coach service run by National Express that runs between Gatwick and Heathrow, which is easier then travelling into London, but if you prefer you can get the Gatwick Express into Victoria, then get a tube from Victoria to Paddington, where you can board the Heathrow Express.
2006-11-17 00:45:12 · answer #2 · answered by search4travelwebsites 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gatwick to London Victoria
Southern Railways
Journey time 32mins
Fare £9.00
London Victoria to Heathrow Airport
London Underground
Take the District Line towards Ealing Broadway
or District Line towards Richmond
Av journey time: 15 mins
Zone(s): 1, 2
Getoff at Hammersmith (Dist&Picc Line)
Take the Piccadilly Line towards Heathrow Terminals 1-2-3
Av journey time: 35 mins
Zone(s): 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Fares £ 4.00
2006-11-17 01:02:52 · answer #3 · answered by SAM M 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you're sticking to the tourist part of London then the Oyster is fine like everybody else has said. If you want to venture outwards you'll have to be careful though. For example, with a zone 1-6 travelcard you can get the train from Liverpool Street to Romford and be fine but if you try to get off at Romford with a Pay as you Go Oyster card you will be stopped and given a £20 fine for travelling without a valid ticket. The further out you go the less Oyster covers. But is is cheaper for short journeys and withing one or two zones. I could buy a ticket to go one stop and pay £3 but on my Oyster card it's only £1 for the same journey.
2016-05-21 22:28:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a train gatwick express from victoria
a coach from victoria coach station to heathrow airport or tube but you have ti cange train at green park station for piccadilly line
2006-11-17 00:41:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I recall correctly, you can take the Gatwick Express (a fast train) into London and then transfer on the tube to wherever you want to go. The tube goes out to Heathrow.
2006-11-17 00:34:08 · answer #6 · answered by gtoacp 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it depends on how advanced the booking is, what day it is and the number of other passengers also travelling your route.
the best places to look are on the trains and national express...
118118.com have a link to a cheap train service
megabus would be very cheap if you took them either route
and national express as well goes to both locations and sell very cheap tickets...
i'd do the research on those three places
virgin trains btw also have extremely cheap tickets from those destinations every other blue moon or so. you might wanna check out their website too!
www.megabus.com
www.megatrain.com
www.nationalexpress.com/home/hp.cfm
www.virgintrains.co.uk
http://www.118118.com/
good luck!
2006-11-17 00:37:21 · answer #7 · answered by Can I Be Your Pet? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the big red double-decker buses
2006-11-17 00:32:13 · answer #8 · answered by Boston Boy 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋