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3 ways to Liverpool Street

Recommended

22 minutes quicker than the Flibco shuttle (sold from £6.99), for about the same starting price. And no booking needed.

National Express coach

National Express · National Express
45–100 min rideRuns all night
Coach stationLiverpool Street on route A8
24-hour service
from £7total for 1 adultfrom £7 eachBuy ticket3 places to buy
Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Coach station, a two-minute walk from the terminal

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.

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Train

Stansted Express

Stansted Express · Greater Anglia
48 min rideEvery 15 min05:30–00:30
Stansted Airport stationLiverpool Street
Non-stopLuggage space
from £9.45total for 1 adultfrom £9.45 eachBuy ticket5 places to buy
Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Stansted Airport station, directly beneath the terminal, a two-minute walk

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. From the airport, the first train is 05:30 and the last is 00:30 — but 06:00 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. From Liverpool Street, the first train is 03:40 on Monday, Friday and Saturday, 04:10 on Sunday, and 04:40 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; the last is 23:25 every day.

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Shuttle

Flibco shuttle

Flibco · Flibco
30–105 min rideAt your booked timeRuns all night
Coach station at the terminalLiverpool Street
24-hour servicePre-bookLuggage space
from £6.99total for 1 adultfrom £6.99 eachBuy ticket2 places to buy
Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Coach station at the terminal

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.

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The train reaches here in 48 minutes, every 15 minutes, seven days a week. Coaches reach the same station but take an hour to an hour and a half more. Central, Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City and the Elizabeth line all run from here.

Ride times exclude walking and waiting. Every way from Stansted into London

Your destination

Straight there.

The Stansted Express terminus, and the edge of the City.

London Stansted
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Coach station
National Express coach · 45–100 min
Liverpool Street

National Express coach serves Liverpool Street.

Arriving late?

Not everything runs around the clock: the Stansted Express runs 05:30–00:30. Outside those hours, the National Express coach and the Flibco shuttle are what remain. and the board keeps only what is running.

From arrivals to Liverpool Street

01

Find the stop

Coach station. Follow the signs from arrivals.

02

Choose National Express coach

Check the destination and departure board before boarding.

03

Arrive at Liverpool Street

45–100 min. Continue to your accommodation or follow signs for onward transport.

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A private car into London: £152.90 for four

Four pay from £27.96 on the cheapest way to Liverpool Street on this page. The car meets you in arrivals and drives to your door. £152.90 is what Welcome Pickups charges to the centre of London; it quotes the fare for your own address when you book ahead.

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Continuing by public transport?

Follow the station signs for your onward connection.

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Check the address and choose the nearest exit.

Before you travel

What if my flight arrives late?

Not everything runs around the clock: the Stansted Express runs 05:30–00:30. Outside those hours, the National Express coach and the Flibco shuttle are what remain.

How far is Liverpool Street from the centre?

The Stansted Express terminus, and the edge of the City.

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