LONDON
AIRPORTS
All
information to airports is given from Central London destinations
you
will need to get from you accommodation to Central London and
leave
from these designated stations.
HEATHROW—
Heathrow Express from Paddington Station, which
is on the Circle
(yellow) & District (green) tube, lines.
It’s pricey but it’s fast and
direct. You can take the
Underground all the way to Heathrow from any
Central London tube
destination. It’s on the Piccadilly Line (dark blue)
and you just
have to change onto it from where ever your original Brit
Mainline rail
trains dumps you. For all those living in (WW take a (bus
119 or
194 to East Croydon) East Croydon take a mainline train to
Victoria and
then the District Line to Baron’s Court and walk across the
platform
(if you change anywhere else you’ll have to go up and over
platforms
and stuff and with luggage I don’t recommend it) to the Piccadilly
Line
and take it all the way to Heathrow. It is VITAL to know
which
terminal as it can take 30 minutes to get to the next terminal
and you
could miss your flight. The number to check the status
and find out
which terminal is 0870 000 0123. Have your flight
number handy and just follow
the automated prompts and it will
tell you which terminal
1,2,3 or 4 you’re flying from and what the
status of your flight is. On
the underground Heathrow is in Zone
6 and depending on what time you
leave you should get a single (one
way) ticket to Heathrow or if you
flight is later than just leave your
luggage somewhere like Victoria and see
the city that day and then make
your way on out to Heathrow on a daily
travel card for whichever zones
you normally use.
*If you’re in Bromely or East Croydon there is
also a 726 bus from
Bromley South for £4 single (one way) option.
GATWICK
It is VITAL to know which terminal as it can take
15 minutes to get to
the next terminal. The number is 01293 535
353 and you should have
your flight number handy and just follow the
automated prompts and it will
tell you which terminal North or South
you’re flying from and what the
status of your flight is. From
any Central London tube station make
your way to Victoria Station on
the Victoria Line (light blue). From
Victoria there is a Gatwick
Express, which is £8ish for a single journey.
You can also take
the cheaper options of a Brit Mainline train going to
Gatwick.
You’ll have to buy a ticket as this is outside of Zone 6 and
it
should cost £4ish. You need to look up Gatwick Airport on
the
placards and find the right platform. Then just hop on the
train and don’t
fall asleep. They stop right at the airport then
just follow the signs
to the terminals. If you’re already in East
Croydon you just catch a
train going South to Gatwick and it’s still
£4ish.
STANSTEAD
A train direct to Stanstead leaves from
Liverpool Street. Make your
way from any mainline Brit Rail
station via underground to Liverpool
Street and then take the Stanstead
Express.
British Rail Train Times and Prices
0345
484 950
Emergency Services –Ambulance Police etc
999
Victoria
Coach Station
0990
808 080
Airport flight status check
Heathrow 0870 000
0123
Gatwick 01293 535 353
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