Kevin wrote:
What are the best ways to get to Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton and Stansted
airports without a car?

Is there good transportation out to Luton airport between 11PM and 5AM?

Thameslink run some services from St Pancras to Luton Airport Parkway
throughout the night. You can use the Tube to get to St Pancras until
just after midnight. During the night, you have several choices:
- 266 from Ravenscourt Park to Cricklewood, then the train
- 27 to Warren Street then N10 or 390 to St Pancras
- N9 to Trafalgar Square/Aldwych then N91 to St Pancras

There are a number of other bus combinations too to get to St Pancras.

I think coach services run from Victoria coach station all night too,
which you can reach using the N11.

www.journeyplanner.org should advise an appropriate route.

As for the other airports, they are all rail/coach-accessible during the
day, and at night you can reach Heathrow direct by N9; Gatwick by N11 to
Victoria then a night train or coach; Stansted by coach also from Victoria.

--
Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London

"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
...
Kevin wrote:

Is there good transportation out to Luton airport between 11PM and 5AM?


Thameslink run some services from St Pancras to Luton Airport Parkway
throughout the night. You can use the Tube to get to St Pancras until just
after midnight. During the night, you have several choices:
- 266 from Ravenscourt Park to Cricklewood, then the train
- 27 to Warren Street then N10 or 390 to St Pancras
- N9 to Trafalgar Square/Aldwych then N91 to St Pancras

There are a number of other bus combinations too to get to St Pancras.

I think coach services run from Victoria coach station all night too,
which you can reach using the N11.

www.journeyplanner.org should advise an appropriate route.



I'm not seeing any public transportation that works to get to Luton in time
to catch a 6:25AM weekday flight (0430 check-in?) late June 2005.
Is there a private airport shuttle or coach service to Luton that is much
less expensive than a taxi?

In message , Kevin
writes

I'm not seeing any public transportation that works to get to Luton in time
to catch a 6:25AM weekday flight (0430 check-in?) late June 2005.
Is there a private airport shuttle or coach service to Luton that is much
less expensive than a taxi?

757 from Victoria (03:35) arrives Luton Airport at 04:39.

See http://www.london-luton.co.uk/ and follow the links (Getting To and
From the Airport)

--
Paul Terry

"Paul Terry" wrote in message
...
In message , Kevin
writes

I'm not seeing any public transportation that works to get to Luton in
time
to catch a 6:25AM weekday flight (0430 check-in?) late June 2005.
Is there a private airport shuttle or coach service to Luton that is much
less expensive than a taxi?

757 from Victoria (03:35) arrives Luton Airport at 04:39.

See http://www.london-luton.co.uk/ and follow the links (Getting To and
From the Airport)

--
Paul Terry

Good. That looks like it would work as the cheapest option.
Still, is there a private airport van service cheaper than a taxicab that
could take us to the airport door to door at that time rather than us
wandering around dark street corners and bust stops in the middle of the
night?

Kevin wrote:
Good. That looks like it would work as the cheapest option.
Still, is there a private airport van service cheaper than a taxicab
that
could take us to the airport door to door at that time rather than us

wandering around dark street corners and bust stops in the middle of
the
night?

We normally get two or three flyers a week for such services through
our door. I would assume everyone in London gets as many flyers?