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The Airline coachorElizabeth line and Thameslink to Gatwick?
The short answer
For one traveler the Elizabeth line and Thameslink to Gatwick is cheaper by up to £1.90. The The Airline 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 Elizabeth line and Thameslink to Gatwick is quicker: 1 h 16 against 1 h 20. The The Airline coach varies between 80 and 90 minutes.
The Airline coach: Runs all night. Elizabeth line and Thameslink to Gatwick: 05:36–23:36.
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
The Airline coach
Elizabeth line and Thameslink to Gatwick
Difference
1
from £25
£23.10
up to £1.90
2
from £50
£46.20
up to £3.80
3
from £75
£69.30
up to £5.70
4
from £100
£92.40
up to £7.60
5
from £125
£115.50
up to £9.50
6
from £150
£138.60
up to £11.40
7
from £175
£161.70
up to £13.30
8
from £200
£184.80
up to £15.20
Side by side
Where each one leaves you
The Airline · Oxford Bus CompanyThe Airline coach
From
Heathrow Central Bus Station (Terminals 2 & 3); Terminal 5 at stand 10 in the arrivals concourse
To
Gloucester Green, Oxford, calling at High Wycombe and Lewknor
Luggage
Standard airport coach allowance; ask about bikes, skis or musical instruments before you travel.
Runs
All night
Journey
80–90 min
Every fare here is a floor: the £25.00 single and £31.50 return are the cheapest online prices, and cost more bought on the day.
Oxford to Heathrow Terminal 5 is about 80 minutes; to the Central Bus Station for Terminals 2 and 3, about 90.
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.
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