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From

Stands R and S at the airport bus station, in front of the terminal exit

To

Victoria Coach Station on the A1 and A31; Paddington on the A2; all three via Baker Street and Marble Arch

Luggage

One large suitcase (or two medium) and one soft hand bag per person, in the hold.

Runs

All night

Journey

60–90 min

First coach from the airport is 00:10 (Victoria 01:37), last is 23:35 (Victoria 01:00), running around the clock with up to 49 a day; the airport also says every 30 minutes overnight. Nothing is timetabled to the minute for the small hours, so check the day you land.

Sixty to ninety minutes to Victoria on the operator's own estimate; its "fastest journey of just 40 minutes" is to Golders Green, at the top of the Northern line, not to the center.

Three routes, three sets of stops. The A31 is described as calling only at Baker Street, Marble Arch and Victoria, though it may also stop at Finchley Road & Frognal and St John's Wood; the A2 ends at Paddington rather than Victoria except overnight, when it serves both. The group discount does not apply to the A31.

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

The airport and the operator disagree about how many A1s and A2s run each day — 13 and 31 against 43 and 16 — so neither figure is repeated here.

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From

Airport bus station, stands N, P or Q, outside the terminal

To

Heathrow Central Bus Station for Terminals 2 and 3, then Terminal 5; some coaches call at Terminal 4

Luggage

One large suitcase or two medium cases and one soft hand bag per person.

Runs

01:50–22:10

Journey

50–65 min

Terminals 2 and 3 are the Central Bus Station, where the coach calls first. Terminal 5 is 15 to 40 minutes further on, and only some coaches, the 240 and 231 among them, call at Terminal 4: check the timetable for the one you book.

National Express advises being at the airport three hours before a flight, so allow for traffic on the M1 and the M25.

Change & Go, £5 each way, lets you take any coach within twelve hours either side of the one you booked.

National Express coach to Heathrow: price for every party size