National Express coach to GatwickorElizabeth line and Thameslink to Gatwick?

shuttle · National ExpressNational Express coach to Gatwick

From

Heathrow Central Bus Station for Terminals 2 and 3, outside Terminal 5 (stops 11 to 15) or outside Terminal 4 (stops 12 to 14)

To

Gatwick Airport, North Terminal (stops 4 and 5) first, then the South Terminal (stops 1 to 5), beside the station

Luggage

One large suitcase (or two medium) and one soft hand-luggage item per person.

Runs

00:40–22:40

Journey

50–95 min

About 50 minutes from Terminal 5 to the North Terminal, an hour or more from the Central Bus Station, which the coach calls at first. The South Terminal, where the station is, is ten minutes after the North.

National Express advises being at the airport three hours before a flight, so do not plan a connection tighter than that by coach.

A Standard ticket boards a similar coach up to three hours either side of the one booked; Change & Go, £5 each way, widens that to twelve hours.

National Express coach to Gatwick: price for every party size

Elizabeth→Thameslink · Transport for London and ThameslinkElizabeth line and Thameslink to Gatwick

From

Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3, Terminal 4 or Terminal 5 rail station; changing at Farringdon

To

Gatwick Airport station, in the South Terminal, beside the coach stops

Luggage

Racks at the ends of the Elizabeth line carriages; racks by the doors and overhead on Thameslink.

Runs

05:36–23:36

Journey

75–101 min

Change at Farringdon: TfL's planner allows as little as four minutes between the trains, so a missed change costs a quarter of an hour. The Thameslink leg is longer in the evening and at weekends, up to an hour.

The coach is cheaper (from £14.90) and quicker, but it runs on a timetable of its own and can sell out.

Elizabeth line and Thameslink to Gatwick: price for every party size