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

3 ways to the airport

Airline check-in desks close at different times: Emirates four hours before departure. First departures

Recommended

42 minutes quicker than the Flibco shuttle (sold from £6.99), for about £2.46 more by their starting prices. And no booking needed.

Stansted Express

Stansted Express · Greater Anglia
48 min rideEvery 15 min03:40–23:25
London Liverpool StreetStansted Airport station
Non-stopLuggage space
from £9.45total for 1 adultfrom £9.45 eachBuy ticket3 places to buy
Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. London Liverpool Street, from the Stansted Express platforms

From GBP 9.45 for an advance single, from GBP 18.90 for an advance return (also quoted as GBP 9.90 one way on a different page). Group products exist — Duo Single and Stex Duo for two, Anytime Group for three to five, a discount for ten or more — but no price is stated here; check the Stansted Express site directly.

Luggage. No stated limit; racks at the ends of each carriage.

Hours. Every 15 minutes. First train 03:40 on Monday, Friday and Saturday, 04:10 on Sunday, 04:40 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Price for every party size · Fare source

Shuttle

National Express coach

National Express · National Express
45–100 min ride01:36–23:50
London Liverpool StreetStansted Airport coach station
from £7total for 1 adultfrom £7 eachBuy ticket3 places to buy
Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. London Liverpool Street — Bishopsgate, Stop G, opposite Brushfield Street

Three sources give three starting prices: "from GBP 5" (the airport), "from just GBP 7" (National Express route pages, used here), and "from GBP 10.50 one-way including a GBP 1.50 booking fee" (National Express's Stansted hub). A 33 per cent group discount applies to four or more, on single journeys only, with code GRPAPT33 — a percentage, so it cannot be priced into a total here.

Luggage. One suitcase up to 20 kg and one hand bag up to 10 kg per person.

Price for every party size · Fare source

Shuttle

Flibco shuttle

Flibco · Flibco
30–105 min rideAt your booked timeRuns all night
Liverpool StreetThe coach stand at the terminal
24-hour servicePre-bookLuggage space
from £6.99total for 1 adultfrom £6.99 eachBuy ticketPartner link · through Flibco
Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Liverpool Street, Stratford, Redbridge, Finsbury Park, Wood Green or Enfield — any stop towards Stansted

Advertised "from GBP 6.99" for an adult single, the lowest starting price of any option here. Infants under four travel free with an adult. No group discount is published on any of the operator's Stansted pages.

Luggage. One hand bag and one checked bag per passenger, included in the fare.

Price for every party size · Fare source (partner link)

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: Pre-booked private transfer, Private transfer to Cambridge. Every way from London Stansted airport into London

How do I get from London to Stansted airport?

For one traveler the Stansted Express is the way we recommend: from £9.45 in total, 48 min, boarding at London Liverpool Street. The first one leaves at 03:40 and is at the airport by about 04:28; the last leaves at 23:25. Airline check-in desks close at different times: Emirates four hours before departure, Jet2, TUI and AJet three hours, Ryanair three hours on international flights and two on domestic, easyJet two hours. Either way, the airport recommends being through security at least two hours before your flight.

First departures

Earliest at the airport first
Flibco shuttle

Any hour.

National Express coach

First 01:36 from London Liverpool Street, at the airport by about 02:44.

Stansted Express

First 03:40 from London Liverpool Street, at the airport by about 04:28.

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

Early flight?

The train and both coaches run through the small hours. The first Stansted Express from Liverpool Street is 03:40 most nights, 04:40 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; National Express and Flibco run round the clock.

Before you leave for London Stansted Airport

From the centre to each way out
How early to be there

Airline check-in desks close at different times: Emirates four hours before departure, Jet2, TUI and AJet three hours, Ryanair three hours on international flights and two on domestic, easyJet two hours. Either way, the airport recommends being through security at least two hours before your flight.

Early flights

The train and both coaches run through the small hours. The first Stansted Express from Liverpool Street is 03:40 most nights, 04:40 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; National Express and Flibco run round the clock.

Where the bus leaves from

National Express boards at Bishopsgate, Stop G, opposite Brushfield Street, by Liverpool Street station. Flibco and the Stansted Express have their own stops nearby — check your ticket for the exact one.

Tickets

Tap a contactless card or phone at the gates for the Stansted Express, the same as arriving — Oyster still will not work. Buy a coach ticket online or at the stop before you board.

Questions

When is the first Stansted Express from London Liverpool Street?

03:40. It reaches the airport at about 04:28.

How early should I be at London Stansted airport?

Airline check-in desks close at different times: Emirates four hours before departure, Jet2, TUI and AJet three hours, Ryanair three hours on international flights and two on domestic, easyJet two hours. Either way, the airport recommends being through security at least two hours before your flight.

Where does the National Express coach leave from in London?

London Liverpool Street — Bishopsgate, Stop G, opposite Brushfield Street. First departure 01:36, last 23:50.

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

The train and both coaches run through the small hours. The first Stansted Express from Liverpool Street is 03:40 most nights, 04:40 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; National Express and Flibco run round the clock.

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