Heathrow ExpressorRailAir RA2 and South Western Railway to Southampton?

Heathrow Express · Heathrow ExpressHeathrow Express

From

Terminals 2 & 3 and Terminal 5; Terminal 4 by a free four-minute transfer train

To

London Paddington, and nowhere else

Luggage

Racks throughout; it is built as an airport train.

Journey

15–21 min

£26.00 against £5.90 on the Underground is 4.4 times the fare to save about 35 minutes — roughly £34 an hour, before you count what the cap would have saved you.

It does not count towards the daily cap. TfL states that Heathrow Express journeys "are not included in caps and Travelcards", so a same-day return is £52.00 and caps at nothing.

It goes to Paddington and nowhere else. If Paddington is not your destination, add a further journey and its fare to everything above.

Terminal 5 adds five or six minutes to the quoted fifteen — the operator says six, the airport says five.

The first departure from the airport is not stated here: the operator publishes the first train from Paddington at 04:34 Monday to Saturday and the last from Terminal 5 at 23:57, but does not publish a first departure from the airport itself.

Heathrow Express: price for every party size

RA2→SWR · RailAir and South Western RailwayRailAir RA2 and South Western Railway to Southampton

From

Terminal 3 (Stands 7/8), Terminal 2 (Stands 11/12) or Terminal 5, on the RailAir RA2 coach

To

Southampton Central, changing at Woking

Luggage

The RA2 coach takes 2 bags of up to 30 kg and hand luggage per person; extra bags are £5 each. The train has racks.

Runs

04:50–22:20

Journey

100–125 min

The through ticket is only valid via Woking: a ticket by any other route costs more.

The train from Woking runs hourly, so a missed connection costs close to an hour.

RailAir RA2 and South Western Railway to Southampton: price for every party size