ThameslinkorNational Express 025 coach?

The short answer

For one traveler the National Express 025 coach is cheaper by up to £4.70. The National Express 025 coach fare is sold "from" a price rather than at it, so this comparison holds only at the advertised prices and the real answer can change with the day you travel.

The Thameslink is quicker: 29 min against 2 h 25. The National Express 025 coach varies between 135 and 160 minutes.

Thameslink: Runs all night. National Express 025 coach: 03:35–23:30.

Priced against each other

Whole-party totals · adult fares

What each costs for the whole party, in GBP. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
Travelers	Thameslink	National Express 025 coach	Difference
1	£10.70	from £6	up to £4.70
2	£21.40	from £12	up to £9.40
3	£32.10	from £18	up to £14.10
4	£42.80	from £24	up to £18.80
5	£53.50	from £30	up to £23.50
6	£64.20	from £36	up to £28.20
7	£74.90	from £42	up to £32.90
8	£85.60	from £48	up to £37.60

Side by side

Where each one leaves you

Thameslink · ThameslinkThameslink

From: Gatwick Airport station, in the South Terminal
To: London Bridge, then Blackfriars, City Thameslink, Farringdon and St Pancras International
Luggage: Racks by the doors and overhead.
Runs: All night
Journey: 29–63 min

Overnight it is hourly and skips London Bridge: from the airport 00:02, 00:42, 01:45, 02:45, 03:45 and 04:20 on weekdays, about 50 minutes to Blackfriars and an hour to St Pancras.

By day it takes 29 minutes to London Bridge and about 44 to St Pancras; some trains stop more and take up to an hour.

Tapping is the cheap way off-peak and the dear way from 06:30 to 09:30 on weekdays, when the £14.40 paper ticket saves £4.80.

Thameslink: price for every party size

Check times and fares with National Rail

025 · National ExpressNational Express 025 coach

From: South Terminal lower forecourt, stops 1 to 5, or North Terminal stops 4 and 5
To: Victoria Coach Station, via Heathrow
Luggage: One large suitcase (or two medium) and one soft bag per person.
Runs: 03:35–23:30
Journey: 135–160 min

Every coach from Gatwick goes via Heathrow Terminal 5 and Heathrow Central: 2 h 15 to 2 h 40 to Victoria Coach Station, against about 30 minutes by train.

The operator's "1 hour 40 minutes" and "first coach at 1.00am" do not match its own timetable, which starts at 03:35.

National Express 025 coach: price for every party size

Check times and fares with National Express

This compares two of 9 options. See all of them ranked for your party size

ThameslinkorNational Express 025 coach?

Priced against each other

Side by side

The other comparisons at Gatwick