Stansted Airport
Getting between Stansted Airport and London, both directions.
Heathrow and London City sit inside the zones your contactless or Oyster card already covers, and London City is the only one of the six with no airport premium on top. Gatwick, Luton, Stansted and Southend lie beyond the zone edge on National Rail, where the operator you board sets the fare, sells its own discounts, and runs its own caps or none at all. The daily limit on what your card can be charged in town does not necessarily reach that far.
Stansted Airport ↔ London
The best ways into London
Public transport
- Flibco.com coach Cheapest
- Costs
- from £7.49
- Takes
- About 90 minutes to the centre
- Pay
- Pay by e-ticket.
- Stansted Express Fastest by public transportSimplest
- Costs
- from £9.90
- Takes
- About 48 minutes to the centre
- Pay
- Pay by contactless, e-ticket or paper ticket.
- National Express airport coaches A6/A8/A9
- Costs
- from £5.00
- Pay
- Pay by app ticket or paper ticket.
Taxis and ride apps
- Street Cars stanstedairport.com
- Pay
- Pay by cash or card.
- Get one
- Book it by phone or in the app. The pickup point is below.
- Pickup
- Street Cars Taxis has a reservation desk in the international arrival concourse; A courtesy telephone in the domestic baggage reclaim area also connects to the reservation desk.
- Uber uber.com
- Pay
- Pay by in-app payment.
- Get one
- Book it in the app or online. The pickup point is below.
- Pickup
- Pickups are typically at the Ground Transportation exit; Riders follow in-app directions after a ride is confirmed to find their exact pickup zone, and can also look for signage pointing to designated rideshare app pickup zones.
- Bolt bolt.eu
- Pay
- Pay by in-app payment.
- Get one
- Book it in the app.
- FreeNow free-now.com
- Pay
- Pay by in-app payment, cash or card.
- Get one
- Book it in the app. The pickup point is below.
- Pickup
- Freenow provides in-app walking directions from arrivals to the driver at airports it serves.
Every way in and out, in full
Train 1
Stansted Express stanstedexpress.com ~48 min
- How you pay
- Pay by contactless, e-ticket or paper ticket.
- Terminals
- Single terminal - station is directly beneath the terminal building, a 2-minute walk via lifts, escalators and ramps.
- Worth knowing
- Advance singles from £9.90 (airport page says from £9.45); walk-up and PAYG fares are higher.
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Bus & coach 2
Flibco.com coach flibco.com ~90 min
- How you pay
- Pay by e-ticket. Onboard card only.
- Terminals
- Single terminal - bus/coach station is a 2-minute walk from the terminal, positioned opposite the main terminal entrance.
- Worth knowing
- Adult one-way from £7.49 booked online in advance; children (4-13) from £4.99-5.00; infants 0-3 free.
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National Express airport coaches A6/A8/A9 nationalexpress.com
- How you pay
- Pay by app ticket or paper ticket. No contactless. No Oyster card. Operator ticket.
- Terminals
- Single terminal - bus/coach station is a 2-minute walk from the terminal, positioned opposite the main terminal entrance.
- Worth knowing
- From £5.00 one-way booked in advance.
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Taxi & ride apps 6
Street Cars stanstedairport.com
- How you pay
- Pay by cash or card.
- How you get one
- Book it by phone or in the app. The pickup point is below.
- Where to get one
- Street Cars Taxis has a reservation desk in the international arrival concourse; A courtesy telephone in the domestic baggage reclaim area also connects to the reservation desk.
- Terminals
- Single terminal
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Uber uber.com
- How you pay
- Pay by in-app payment.
- How you get one
- Book it in the app or online. The pickup point is below.
- Where to get one
- Pickups are typically at the Ground Transportation exit; Riders follow in-app directions after a ride is confirmed to find their exact pickup zone, and can also look for signage pointing to designated rideshare app pickup zones.
- Terminals
- Single terminal
Bolt bolt.eu
- How you pay
- Pay by in-app payment. No cash.
- How you get one
- Book it in the app.
- Terminals
- Single terminal
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FreeNow free-now.com
- How you pay
- Pay by in-app payment, cash or card.
- How you get one
- Book it in the app. The pickup point is below.
- Where to get one
- Freenow provides in-app walking directions from arrivals to the driver at airports it serves.
- Terminals
- Single terminal
- Worth knowing
- Freenow confirms airport fees exist and are pre-included in the quoted fare.
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Gett gett.com
- How you pay
- Pay by in-app payment. No cash.
- How you get one
- Book it in the app.
- Terminals
- Single terminal
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Addison Lee addisonlee.com
- How you pay
- Pay by in-app payment or cash.
- How you get one
- Book it in the app or online.
- Terminals
- Single terminal
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Other airports for London
Heathrow AirportLHR
- Cheapest
- Piccadilly line (London Underground) · from £5.50 · ~55 min
- By
- Train, Tube, Coach and Taxi
- Fastest
- Train · ~15 min
- Cheapest
- National Express coach · from £6.00 · ~105 min
- By
- Train, Coach, Taxi and Ride apps
- Fastest
- Train · ~30 min
- Cheapest
- Thameslink · from £6.50 · ~24 min
- By
- Train, Coach, Taxi and Ride apps
- Fastest by public transport
- Train · ~4 min
- Cheapest
- DLR (London City Airport station) · ~25 min
- By
- Tube, Taxi and Ride apps
- Fastest by public transport
- Tube · ~25 min
- Cheapest
- Greater Anglia · from £13.40 · ~55 min
- By
- Train, Taxi and Ride apps
- Fastest by public transport
- Train · ~55 min
Paying on the rest of the network: London guide · Contactless in London