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Private transfer to ReadingorElizabeth line and Stansted Express to Stansted?

The short answer

For one traveler the Elizabeth line and Stansted Express to Stansted is cheaper by £86.20. That does not change up to 8 travelers.

The Private transfer to Reading is quicker: 45 min against 1 h 28. The Elizabeth line and Stansted Express to Stansted varies between 84 and 95 minutes.

Private transfer to Reading: Runs all night. Elizabeth line and Stansted Express to Stansted: 05:21–22:25.

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. The Private transfer to Reading is charged in euros; its column is converted at the reference rate in its fare note.
TravelersPrivate transfer to ReadingElizabeth line and Stansted Express to StanstedDifference
1about £109£22.80£86.20
2about £109£45.60£63.40
3about £109£68.40£40.60
4about £109£91.20£17.80
5about £178£114£64
6about £178£136.80£41.20
7about £178£159.60£18.40
8about £356£182.40£173.60

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
ElizabethStansted Express · Transport for London and Greater AngliaElizabeth line and Stansted Express to Stansted
From
Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 or Terminal 4 rail station; changing at Liverpool Street
To
Stansted Airport station, under the terminal
Luggage
Racks at the ends of the Elizabeth line carriages; racks at the ends of the Stansted trains.
Runs
05:21–22:25
Journey
84–95 min

Change at Liverpool Street: TfL's planner allows 18 to 21 minutes between the trains, and the Stansted trains leave every 15 to 30 minutes.

Only a contactless card or phone pays the TfL fare; a paper ticket from Heathrow to Stansted is not priced here. The coach is cheaper (from £21.30) and about as quick, but runs about a dozen times a day.

Elizabeth line and Stansted Express to Stansted: price for every party size

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