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There is no direct train from Heathrow to Stansted: the National Express coach runs hourly and takes about 80 to 90 minutes, the Elizabeth line to Liverpool Street and then the Stansted Express takes around 1 hour 40 minutes, and a car covers the 60 to 65 miles on the M25 and M11 in about 75 to 90 minutes. Heathrow […]

There is no direct train from Gatwick to Stansted: the direct coach takes about 2 hours 15 minutes to 2 hours 45 minutes, the train needs two changes through central London and takes around 1 hour 50 minutes to 2 hours, and a car covers the 70 or so miles on the M25 in about 75 to 90 minutes. Gatwick […]

The best day trips from London by car are the ones that trains make awkward: the Cotswolds villages, Stonehenge with Salisbury, Blenheim Palace, Leeds Castle, the Seven Sisters cliffs and Highclere Castle are all within about 1 to 2 hours 15 minutes of central London by road, and each is easier with a car than by rail and bus. Most […]

There is no direct train from Heathrow to Luton Airport: the simplest public option is a National Express coach, about 55 minutes, while the train means the Elizabeth line to Farringdon, Thameslink to Luton Airport Parkway and the DART shuttle, about 1 hour 20 minutes, and a car covers the 36 miles on the M25 and M1 in 45 to […]

Security at Luton Airport usually takes 15 to 25 minutes in the queue, longer in the early-morning and late-afternoon peaks, and you can cut it to almost nothing with a free PreBook Security slot between 3am and 3pm or Fast Track from £4 booked online. Luton does not publish live queue times, and the figures quoted online vary a lot. […]

Getting out of Stansted after landing takes about 20 to 30 minutes with hand luggage and a passport that works in the eGates, and 45 minutes to an hour or more if you have a bag on the belt or join the staffed passport desks on a busy evening. Stansted does not publish an exit time, so most of the […]

Security at Stansted usually takes under 15 minutes: the airport says 97% of passengers cleared it within that time in 2025, and its own account puts the typical wait at about 9 minutes, though early-morning peaks can push it to 30 minutes or more. Stansted does not publish live queue times, so the “live” figures on third-party sites are estimates. […]

There is no direct train or airport shuttle from Heathrow to Gatwick: the quickest public option is a coach, about 70 to 75 minutes on National Express, FlixBus or The Airline, while the train needs a change in central London and takes around 1 hour 20 minutes, and a car covers the 40 or so miles on the M25 in […]

The train to Luton Airport runs from London St Pancras to Luton Airport Parkway, where the Luton DART shuttle reaches the terminal in under four minutes; the Luton Airport Express is the fastest at 22 minutes non-stop, while Thameslink runs more often, stops across central London and keeps going through the night. Three details trip up Luton passengers more than […]

Dropping off at Luton Airport costs £9 for up to 12 minutes in the Drop Off/Pick Up Zone, then £1 for each extra minute up to a 30-minute maximum, and you pay online afterwards, by midnight the following day, because the zone has no barrier and no pay machine. The charge went up in September 2026 from £7 for ten […]