Heathrow
Airport
By
far the most comfortable transfer from Heathrow to Paddington is to
catch the Heathrow
Express from Heathrow direct to Paddington. The Heathrow Express
is a non stop dedicated airport train that takes just 15 minutes between
Paddington and Heathrow. The downside is cost.
There is a cheaper, but slower stopping train called the Heathrow
Connect train that makes the same journey.
At a fraction of the cost of the Heathrow Express, the London
Underground will deliver you from Heathrow to Paddington in about
an hour. This is the cheapest transfer available. You can do the journey
by making a single connection at Earls Court. However the Piccadilly
Line from/to Heathrow is deep underground here and the District Line
to Paddington on the surface, there are a lot of escalators,stairs
and corridors in between.
Especially with luggage you may want to make an extra stop. Get off
the Piccadilly Line from Heathrow at Hammersmith, then get a District
Line to Earls Court, then another District Line train to Paddington.
This way all the trains depart from the same platform.
The fare is based on a journey, so the cost for taking 3 trains is
the same as taking 1. |
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2 Dot Hotel Shared Hotel Shuttle Bus To/From Heathrow
An established shared minibus service transporting travellers between Heathrow
Airport and their Central London Hotel.
You pay a fare per person and you will share the minibus with other travellers.
The driver will drop you off at your Central London hotel in the order which
makes most sense given the location of the destination hotels.
Coming back out to the airport, you agree a time slot within which
the minibus will pick you up from your hotel lobby.
This is a shared service, not a private taxi transfer. All terminals at
Heathrow are serviced. You may have to wait at the airport 15-20 minutes
for the shuttle. Buses are luxurious with onboard WiFi etc.
Dot 2 Dot have desks in the terminals and plenty of their own staff available
at the airports to make sure the transfer goes smoothly.
Heathrow
Dot 2 Dot Transfers |
Gatwick
Airport
Nearly
all public transport options leave from London Victoria. There are
direct Underground trains from Paddington to Victoria taking around
20 minutes. A taxi would shold take a few minutes less.
The Gatwick
Express is the dedicated airport train running non stop from Gatwick
to London Victoria. There are as frequent local
stopping trains to/from Gatwick that do the same journey much
cheaper.
National Express also operate a cheaper still Gatwick
bus service from Victoria but journey times can suffer from traffic
congestion. Potentially the cheapest option are easyBus. easyBus
run a bus shuttle service from Fulham Broadway Underground Station
which has direct train to Paddington on the District Line. |
Stansted
Airport
There
are a wide range of bus services operating from Stansted to various
parts of Central London. Physically the closest to Paddington is the
National
Express Stansted to Victoria bus that stops at Baker Street and
Marble Arch, each well under a mile from Paddington Station. This
service runs a 24 x 7 service. The Circle Line Underground connects
Bakers Street with Paddington and at Marble Arch the Central Line
goes to Lancaster Gate.
When the Underground closes there are night buses that operate the
same route.
Worth considering also to avoid the worst of London's traffic congestion
is to get the Terravision
bus to Liverpool Street or the National
Express Stansted bus to Stratford, then get the Underground to
Paddington or Lancaster Gate.
If speed is your main requirement simply take the Stansted
Express train to Liverpool Street then get the Central Line Underground
from here to Lancaster Gate or Circle Line to Paddington. This option
is significantly more expensive than the bus options, but of course
fast and no delays through traffic congestion. |
Luton
Airport
From
Luton there is a stark choice between the cheap bus and the fast train.
The bus option is jointly operated by Green Line / easyBus and Terravision.
It runs a 24 x7 service too.
The easybus
Luton Airport service stops at Baker Street and Marble Arch on
its way from Luton to Victoria, each under a mile from Paddington.
The Circle Line Underground connects Bakers Street with Paddington
and at Marble Arch the Central Line goes to Lancaster Gate.
When the Underground closes there are night buses that operate the
same route.
The faster, more expensive Luton
Airport rail service runs into St Pancras from where the Circle
Line connects you direct to Paddington. At Luton the train doesn't
go to the airport, a shuttle trolley runs between the airport terminal
and Luton Parkway Station, a journey of only 5 minutes.
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