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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.
Travelers
Private transfer to Reading
Elizabeth line and Stansted Express to Stansted
Difference
1
about £109
£22.80
£86.20
2
about £109
£45.60
£63.40
3
about £109
£68.40
£40.60
4
about £109
£91.20
£17.80
5
about £178
£114
£64
6
about £178
£136.80
£41.20
7
about £178
£159.60
£18.40
8
about £356
£182.40
£173.60
Side by side
Where each one leaves you
transfer · KiwitaxiPrivate transfer to Reading
From
Driver meets you in arrivals with a name board
To
Any address in Reading
Runs
All night
Journey
45 min
Book at least 16 hours ahead; nearer the day a car is offered only when one is free.
Elizabeth→Stansted 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.
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