Stansted ExpressorFlibco shuttle?

The short answer

For one traveler the Flibco shuttle is cheaper by up to £2.46. Both fares are 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 Stansted Express is quicker: 48 min against 1 h 30. The Flibco shuttle varies between 30 and 105 minutes.

Stansted Express: 05:30–00:30. Flibco shuttle: Runs all night.

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	Stansted Express	Flibco shuttle	Difference
1	from £9.45	from £6.99	up to £2.46
2	from £18.90	from £13.98	up to £4.92
3	from £28.35	from £20.97	up to £7.38
4	from £37.80	from £27.96	up to £9.84
5	from £47.25	from £34.95	up to £12.30
6	from £56.70	from £41.94	up to £14.76
7	from £66.15	from £48.93	up to £17.22
8	from £75.60	from £55.92	up to £19.68

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Where each one leaves you

Stansted Express · Greater AngliaStansted Express

From: Stansted Airport station, directly beneath the terminal, a two-minute walk
To: Liverpool Street, calling at Tottenham Hale and with connections to Stratford
Luggage: No stated limit; racks at the ends of each carriage.
Runs: 05:30–00:30
Journey: 48 min

A 06:00 flight on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday has no train that works. The first from Liverpool Street those days is 04:40, and the airport's own advice is to allow at least four hours for the journey from London.

The train stops for five hours overnight. The coaches do not, so a landing between 00:30 and 05:30 is a coach whatever the price says.

Group and two-person tickets exist but cannot be priced here. Duo Single and Stex Duo cover two people traveling together; Anytime Group covers three to five and is sold only at ticket offices. GroupSave, the usual third off for three or more, does not apply between Stansted and Liverpool Street or Tottenham Hale.

Railcards are accepted at ticket offices only, not on online bookings, and the ticket office is open 06:30 to midnight.

Tapping in with contactless works here since March 2026 and is not the cheap option; Oyster does not work at all.

Stansted Express: price for every party size

Check times and fares for the Stansted Express

Flibco · FlibcoFlibco shuttle

From: Coach station at the terminal
To: Liverpool Street, calling at Stratford, Redbridge, Finsbury Park, Wood Green and Enfield
Luggage: One hand bag and one checked bag per passenger, included in the fare.
Runs: All night
Journey: 30–105 min

It is the slowest way to Liverpool Street here, at about 1 h 30 — roughly twice the train. It reaches Redbridge in 30 minutes and Stratford in 50, so where you get off changes the answer completely.

The operator states there is no first or last service and that it runs round the clock.

A ticket is valid all day and until 04:00 the following morning rather than for one departure, so a delayed flight is not a lost ticket.

Add 10 to 15 minutes in weekday rush hour, 07:00 to 09:30 and 16:30 to 19:00, on the operator's own advice.

Flibco shuttle: price for every party size

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