Gatwick airport<\/a> and London Bridge. Heathrow airport is accessible on the Elizabeth line and the premium-priced Heathrow Express.<\/p>\nVictoria<\/p>\n
Both the rail station and coach station are hard to reach without the Tube. Buses provide the main option but are likely to be crowded and slow. For destinations in Surrey and Sussex, trains from London Bridge provide an option.<\/p>\n
Charing Cross<\/p>\n
To reach Luton or Gatwick airports, change at London Bridge (two stops away on Southeastern). Alternatively the Elizabeth line with its many possibilities \u2013 including Heathrow, Paddington and Liverpool Street \u2013 is a 15-minute walk away at Tottenham Court Road. For Euston, you could walk in half-an-hour; buses are likely to take about as long.<\/p>\n
Waterloo<\/p>\n
The hub for South Western Railway has a handy adjunct: Waterloo East, served by Southeastern trains that take four minutes to London Bridge, with Thameslink connections to King’s Cross-St Pancras, Luton and Gatwick airports. It could, though, be quicker to walk to Blackfriars station (about 12 minutes), on the Thameslink line.<\/p>\n
London Bridge<\/p>\n
Convenient for most locations, either direct (to King’s Cross-St Pancras, Luton and Gatwick airports) or with a single change at Farringdon to the Elizabeth line (Liverpool Street, Paddington and Heathrow airport).<\/p>\n
Fenchurch Street<\/p>\n
A 15-minute walk from London Bridge or 10 minutes from Liverpool Street station.<\/p>\n
Liverpool Street<\/p>\n
The UK\u2019s busiest rail station is a hub for Greater Anglia (including the Stansted Express). It is on the Elizabeth line, directly connected with Paddington and Heathrow airport. The first station west is Farringdon, where you can change to Thameslink for Luton and Gatwick airports.<\/p>\n
Airports<\/p>\n
Heathrow<\/p>\n
With the Piccadilly line out of action during the Tube strike, the Elizabeth line will provide the main alternative. It runs to Paddington and through the centre of the capital to Farringdon (with connections on Thameslink to Luton and Gatwick airports, as well as London Bridge). The Heathrow Express also runs, but only as far as Paddington.<\/p>\n
Gatwick<\/p>\n
Thameslink trains run to London Bridge, Blackfriars, Farringdon and St Pancras. At Farringdon you can change for the Elizabeth line to Liverpool Street, Paddington and Heathrow. But note Thameslink will not be able to call at Farringdon before 7.30am from Monday to Thursday, nor after 10.30pm on Monday and Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Gatwick Express and Southern trains also serve Victoria. Southern trains stop at Clapham Junction, which has a wide range of London Overground trains running around the capital\u2019s suburbs.<\/p>\n
Stansted<\/p>\n
The Stansted Express train runs to and from Liverpool Street, which is on the Elizabeth line.<\/p>\n
London City<\/p>\n
The main public transport used by London City passengers is the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), which runs to and from Bank and Tower Gateway. Bank is a 15-minute walk from London Bridge station, and Tower Gateway is 10 minutes on foot from Liverpool Street.<\/p>\n
But the DLR will be closed due to a separate strike on both 9 and 11 September. The recommended alternative approach is on the Elizabeth line to Custom House and then take a short bus ride (473 or 300) to the airport. The 129 (Newham to Woolwich) and 474 (Canning Town to Manor Park) also serve the airport.<\/p>\n
Luton<\/p>\n
Thameslink trains from central London offer frequent rail departures to and from Luton Airport Parkway, from where the Dart monorail runs to the airport terminal. The Luton Airport Express also runs from St Pancras.<\/p>\n
Southend<\/p>\n
The airport\u2019s dedicated station is on the route to London Liverpool Street, which is on the Elizabeth line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-407353","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115167725035747391","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}