Taxi fare:
Approx.: 57 – 75 £ (66 – 87 €) to the centre (Liverpool Street station). You can pre-book an official airport minicab here: https://www.stanstedairport.com/getting-to-and-from/by-taxi/ (where you can find also a comparison of prices from various taxi providers).
Public transport:
From the airport:
By train: Approx. 19 £ (22 €) and 47 min to Liverpool Street, calling at Tottenham Hale, trains go approx. every 15 mins from 6:00 to 22:55, but there are several earlier/later trains which you find at the timetable website bellow.
By bus: Either by Airport Bus Express to Liverpool Street or Victoria Coach Station, or by National Express Buses to Marble Arch, to Victoria Coach Station, to King Cross London and to London Stratford (each of the buses calling at several stops). Buses cost approx. 6 – 8 £ (7 – 9,3 €) and it takes 1 h 10 min to Liverpool Street. They go every 30 mins from 06:00 (am) to 02:00 (am).
To the airport:
By train: Approx. 19 £ (22 €) and 47 min from Liverpool Street, calling at Tottenham Hale, trains go approx. every 15 mins from 6:00 to 22:55, but there are several earlier/later trains which you find at the timetable website bellow.
By bus (I): Either by Airport Bus Express to Liverpool Street or Victoria Coach Station, or by National Express Buses to Marble Arch, to Victoria Coach Station, to King Cross London and to London Stratford (each of the buses calling at several stops). Buses cost approx. 6 – 8 £ (7 – 9,3 €) and it takes 1 h 10 min to Liverpool Street. They go every 30 mins from 06:00 (am) to 02:00 (am)..
Notes:
Although the bus is much cheaper than the train, you often get stuck in a huge traffic jam, that are so common in London, so that the journey can in the end take more than 2 hours. So if you are in time pressure or if you just want more comfortable journey, consider this.
You can buy both train and bus tickets from the responsible staff in the airport hall at the signed places or you can pre-book the tickets at the websites bellow.
If you are staying in London for a couple of days, you can use a Visitor Oyster Card for public transport: https://tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/visiting-london/visitor-oyster-card.
Timetables:
London public transport: https://tfl.gov.uk/plan-a-journey/.
Train: https://www.stanstedexpress.com/travel-information/timetables/ ; Bus: https://www.terravision.eu/airport_transfer/bus-stansted-airport-london/ ; Both: https://www.stanstedairport.com/getting-to-and-from/ .
Websites:
Look above.
On foot:
No no.
Notes:
Car Hire 10 mins from the airport: https://www.stanstedairport.com/at-the-airport/car-rental/
Last update:
03/2020