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Q: How do I get from London to Luton airport?

Luton Airport Express, via the Luton DART: £17.20 for one traveler, 32–40 min, boarding at St Pancras International, from the Luton Airport Express platforms. The first one leaves at 05:45 and is at the airport by about 06:17; the last at 23:51.

City to airport · One way · All prices are totals for 1 adult · All service hours

2 ways to the airport

Luton sets no single figure for how early to arrive: check in and drop bags at your own airline's desk. First departures

Recommended

The cheapest way to the airport. Nothing listed is quicker.

Luton Airport Express, via the Luton DART

Train · East Midlands Railway and Luton DART

32–40 min rideEvery 30 min05:45–23:51, Monday to Friday

St Pancras InternationalLuton Airport Parkway

1 changeLuggage space

£17.20total for 1 adult£17.20 eachBuy ticket2 places to buy

Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. St Pancras International, from the Luton Airport Express platforms

The same two purchases as Thameslink: £12.30 by contactless (£16.60 between 06:30 and 09:30 on a weekday), plus the £4.90 DART — no separate Express fare exists on contactless. The operator also sells Advance tickets "from £10 one-way or £20 return, includes the Luton DART transfer", booked to "Luton Airport" up to 12 weeks ahead and tied to one train.

Luggage. Up to three items each — two large and one small — in the vestibules and overhead racks, on the operator's rule.

Hours. The operator publishes only a weekday window for this direction.

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Regional

Thameslink, via the Luton DART

Thameslink · Thameslink and Luton DART

32–55 min rideEvery 10 min05:08–22:58

St Pancras InternationalLuton Airport Parkway

1 changeLuggage space

£17.20total for 1 adult£17.20 eachBuy ticket2 places to buy

Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. St Pancras International, Farringdon, City Thameslink, Blackfriars or London Bridge — any Thameslink towards Luton Airport Parkway

Two purchases: £12.30 by contactless at Luton Airport Parkway (£16.60 between 06:30 and 09:30 on a weekday; otherwise off-peak), plus the £4.90 Luton DART single at its machine or online. £12.30 applies to St Pancras, Farringdon, City Thameslink, Blackfriars and London Bridge alike; Oyster is not accepted. A through ticket to "Luton Airport" includes the DART and is the only way to get a Railcard, GroupSave or Kids-for-£2 discount, but those need a paper fare that is not published, so they are not priced here.

Luggage. Racks by the doors and overhead; the DART is built for suitcases.

Hours. City Thameslink's own hours, the narrowest of the five stations. St Pancras and Blackfriars run through the night with no published last train; Farringdon's last is 00:26.

Price for every party size · Fare source

Fares are the same ticket ridden the other way; the boarding points, hours and, where a ride differs by direction, the ride time are read for this direction. Also runs to the airport, boarding point and hours in town not recorded yet: National Express coach, Green Line 757 coach, Pre-booked private transfer. Every way from London Luton airport into London

How do I get from London to Luton airport?

For one traveler the Luton Airport Express is the way we recommend: £17.20 in total, 32–40 min, boarding at St Pancras International. The first one leaves at 05:45 and is at the airport by about 06:17; the last leaves at 23:51. Luton sets no single figure for how early to arrive: check in and drop bags at your own airline's desk, found on the information screens. easyJet, Jet2 and Wizz Air offer Twilight check-in the night before for flights leaving before 9am.

First departures

Earliest at the airport first

Thameslink

First 05:08 from St Pancras International, at the airport by about 05:50.

Luton Airport Express

First 05:45 from St Pancras International, at the airport by about 06:17.

Arrival times add the recorded ride time to the first departure; no walking or waiting is added.

Early flight?

Thameslink runs through the night to St Pancras and Blackfriars, so there is no early gap on the train. The first Luton Airport Express is 05:45 from St Pancras on weekdays; coaches run round the clock.

Before you leave for London Luton Airport

From the centre to each way out

How early to be there

Luton sets no single figure for how early to arrive: check in and drop bags at your own airline's desk, found on the information screens. easyJet, Jet2 and Wizz Air offer Twilight check-in the night before for flights leaving before 9am.

Early flights

Where the bus leaves from

National Express boards at Victoria Coach Station, stands N, P or Q; the Green Line 757 leaves from Buckingham Palace Road nearby.

Tickets

Buy through to "Luton Airport" — not "Luton Airport Parkway" or "Luton" — so the £4.90 DART is already included. On contactless, tap in for the train fare at the London station; the DART is still a separate purchase, at its machine or online.

Questions

When is the first Luton Airport Express from St Pancras International?

05:45. It reaches the airport at about 06:17 (Monday to Friday).

How early should I be at London Luton airport?

My flight is early. What runs before the first train?

Arriving instead? Every way from London Luton airport into London