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How to get from Stansted Airport to central London: options

Stansted Express train from Stansted Airport to London
Stansted Express train from Stansted Airport to London

El stansted airport In recent years it has become one of the most popular when it comes to travel to London, as it is used by companies low cost as Ryanair.

El stansted airport It is located 61 kilometers north of the English capital, and has a bus service. trains and buses to go to London.

Although it is very common to find good offers to fly to London via Stansted, when making your calculations you have to take into account the time and cost of the transfer to the city center.

Train or bus to get from Stansted to London?

Furthermore, when choosing the best transport to get to London, given the enormous dimensions of the British capital, it is important that you take into account the area of ​​the city where you are going.

Private transfer from Stansted to London

At the outset you have the option of hiring a private transfer by car or minivan, a service that may interest you if you are traveling with several people.

It is the most comfortable option as it takes you directly to your hotel, and as for its high price, it is a matter of doing calculations since the cost of other means of transport is also high.

Stansted Express Train

El train It is the fastest means of transportation go to London from Stansted airport, but also more expensive by far if we compare it with the bus transportation option.

Every 15 minutes of stansted airport the Stansted Express train, which does not make any stops and arrives in about 35 minutes to Tottenham Hale, where you can take the metro line Victory line. 

And in about 50 minutes you will arrive at the station. Liverpool Street where you have the metro lines Circle, Metropolitan, hammersmith y City.

The Stansted Express ticket prices (2019) are, for the round trip to Liverpool Street, from £18,10, and for a return trip within a maximum period of one month, from £29,90.

Ticket prices for children aged 5 to 15 start at £9,05 and £14,95 respectively, one-way and return.

Here you can consult the Stansted Express train timetables.

Buses from Stansted to London

La main advantage of the bus between Stansted and London is that it will cost you almost half the price of the train, depending on the company you travel with.

But, however, they offer a lower frequency of service and a longer duration of transfer time.

In the Stansted Airport official website You have extensive information about the range of buses you can take to go to London.

For example, National Express offers services to London every 15 minutes, with an average journey time of one hour and 35 minutes to the Victoria Station, and a price from 8-10 pounds each way.

In the case of Terravision buses, the bus that takes you to the Victoria Station It has a frequency every half hour and takes two hours minutes, with a round trip price from 8,90 pounds.

Another bus service that you can consult is EasyBus that offers you all the services available.

About the Author

José Luis Sarralde

Journalist and traveler throughout his life, José Luis Sarralde is the founder of Guías Viajar, where since 2008 he has been capturing his travel experiences around the world, specializing in cultural and scenic destinations in Spain and Europe.

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