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City to airport · One way · All prices are totals for 1 adult · All service hours

4 ways to the airport

Gatwick gives only a general guide and asks you to confirm with your airline: check-in opens around four hours before long-haul flights. First departures

Recommended

116 minutes quicker than the National Express 025 coach (sold from £6), for up to £4.70 more. And no booking needed.

Thameslink

Thameslink · Thameslink
29–63 min rideEvery 8 minRuns all night
St Pancras InternationalLondon Gatwick
24-hour serviceLuggage space
£10.70total for 1 adult£10.70 eachBuy ticketOn Thameslink
Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. St Pancras International, Farringdon, City Thameslink, Blackfriars or London Bridge — any Thameslink towards Gatwick Airport

£10.70 by contactless or Oyster off-peak, to London Bridge, Blackfriars or St Pancras alike; £19.20 from 06:30 to 09:30 on weekdays. A paper Anytime Day Single is £14.40 to London Bridge and £15.10 to St Pancras, valid at any hour but not on the Gatwick Express.

Luggage. Racks by the doors and overhead.

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Regional

Southern to Victoria

Southern · Southern
32–57 min rideEvery 15 min04:30–00:08
London VictoriaLondon Gatwick
Luggage space
£10.70total for 1 adult£10.70 eachBuy ticketOn Southern
Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. London Victoria, the Southern platforms — check the boards for a train calling at Gatwick Airport

£10.70 by contactless or Oyster off-peak, weekends and public holidays included; £19.20 from 06:30 to 09:30 on weekdays. A paper Anytime Day Single is £21.30 and is not valid on the Gatwick Express.

Luggage. Racks by the doors and overhead.

Hours. Weekdays, direct. From 06:30 to 09:30 the tap fare towards the airport is also the £19.20 peak fare.

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Train

Gatwick Express

Gatwick Express · Gatwick Express
31–44 min rideEvery 30 min05:05–22:59
London VictoriaLondon Gatwick
£24total for 1 adult£24 eachBuy ticket2 places to buy
Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. London Victoria, usually platforms 13 and 14 — check the boards

£24.00 by contactless or Oyster at any hour, with no off-peak rate and no daily cap. A paper Anytime Single is £24.10 and is valid on any train. The operator gives 10% off most singles and returns bought on its own site, and 25% off with Web Duo for two.

Luggage. Up to three items each, carried yourself; the trains have luggage areas and extra-wide doors.

Hours. Weekdays, every 30 minutes. Sundays 06:30 to 22:28.

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Shuttle

National Express 025 coach

025 · National Express
135–160 min rideEvery 60 min01:30–23:59
Victoria Coach StationLondon Gatwick
Pre-book
from £6total for 1 adultfrom £6 eachBuy ticket2 places to buy
Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Victoria Coach Station

From £6 one way, limited availability, including a £1.50 booking fee. Later bookings cost more.

Luggage. One large suitcase (or two medium) and one soft bag per person.

Hours. The 01:30 and 02:30 run direct, about 1 h 05 to the North Terminal; every later coach goes via Heathrow and takes about 2 hours.

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Fares are the same ticket ridden the other way; the boarding points, hours and, where a ride differs by direction, the ride time are read for this direction. Also runs to the airport, boarding point and hours in town not recorded yet: Pre-booked private transfer, Private transfer to Brighton, Gatwick to Southampton port by private car. Every way from London Gatwick airport into London

How do I get from London to Gatwick airport?

For one traveler the Thameslink is the way we recommend: £10.70 in total, 29–63 min, boarding at St Pancras International. It runs at any hour. Gatwick gives only a general guide and asks you to confirm with your airline: check-in opens around four hours before long-haul flights, three hours before European ones, and two hours before UK and Ireland flights.

First departures

Earliest at the airport first
Thameslink

Any hour.

National Express 025 coach

First 01:30 from Victoria Coach Station, at the airport by about 03:55.

Southern to Victoria

First 04:30 from London Victoria, at the airport by about 05:03.

Gatwick Express

First 05:05 from London Victoria, at the airport by about 05:36.

Arrival times add the recorded ride time to the first departure; no walking or waiting is added.

Early flight?

Thameslink runs from St Pancras through the night, hourly: 00:24, 00:54, 01:32, 02:32, 03:32, 04:32, about an hour to the airport. The first direct Southern from Victoria is 04:30 on weekdays and the first Gatwick Express 05:05 (06:30 on Sundays).

Before you leave for London Gatwick Airport

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How early to be there

Gatwick gives only a general guide and asks you to confirm with your airline: check-in opens around four hours before long-haul flights, three hours before European ones, and two hours before UK and Ireland flights.

Early flights

Thameslink runs from St Pancras through the night, hourly: 00:24, 00:54, 01:32, 02:32, 03:32, 04:32, about an hour to the airport. The first direct Southern from Victoria is 04:30 on weekdays and the first Gatwick Express 05:05 (06:30 on Sundays).

Tickets

Tap in at the London station on Southern or Thameslink and the fare caps across the day; the Express does not cap. Travelling with children or three or more adults, buy paper or e-tickets instead: the £2 child fare and GroupSave are void on a tap.

Which terminal

Every train arrives at the South Terminal. For the North Terminal, take the free shuttle from the station: two minutes.

Questions

How early should I be at London Gatwick airport?

Gatwick gives only a general guide and asks you to confirm with your airline: check-in opens around four hours before long-haul flights, three hours before European ones, and two hours before UK and Ireland flights.

Where does the National Express 025 coach leave from in London?

Victoria Coach Station. First departure 01:30, last 23:59.

My flight is early. What runs before the first train?

Thameslink runs from St Pancras through the night, hourly: 00:24, 00:54, 01:32, 02:32, 03:32, 04:32, about an hour to the airport. The first direct Southern from Victoria is 04:30 on weekdays and the first Gatwick Express 05:05 (06:30 on Sundays).

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