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Stansted Airport Bus into London Victoria

24x7 Shuttle, Stansted - Central London Service With Fares / Times

The Stansted Bus run by National Express offers a high frequency shuttle service operating 24 hours per day, seven days a week to London Victoria. This is a stopping service making several stops at key London Underground stations Golders Green, Baker Street and Marble Arch.

This Stansted Airport to Central London service runs at least every 30 minutes through the night, every 20 minutes during the day making it the most frequent and truly 24x7 Stansted Airport service.

This service is particularly good for those with hotels in the Swiss Cottage, Regents Park, Marble Arch and Paddington/Bayswater hotel districts, the only Stansted service getting close to these popular hotel districts.

An alternative Terravision Stansted to Victoria bus is non-stop and often cheaper for those travelling to Victoria itself.

National Express Victoria Bus Service Operating Hours / Journey Times

The National Express Victoria Bus Service broadly run every 30 minutes through the might and every 20 minutes much of the day and at peak times more frequent than this, 7 ddys a week.

Journey time is scheduled as 90 minutes for the entire journey end to end, Victoria to Stansted, but clearly delays through road congestion happen so do give yourself plenty of contingency going to the airport.

Advantages Of Booking On-Line

You can buy tickets at the National Express ticket desks in the arrival hall at Stansted Airport or Victoria Coach Station or in advance on-line.

There are two main advantages of booking on-line.

First, on-line, National Express operate variable on-line pricing with deep discounted advance purchase tickets available. Prices are very volatile, sometimes you may get three different prices for buses leaving within an hour of each other. The earlier you book, the better the chance you have of being offered the cheapest fare.

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Second, if you book on-line you are guaranteed a seat, turning up on the day you are not.

What If My Flight Is Late?

When you purchase a ticket for a National Express service it is for a single stated departure time. You do not get an individual seat number, but you are guaranteed a seat.

It is recommended booking a service at least 60 minutes after the scheduled arrival time of your flight. So what happens if your flight is late and you miss that schedule on your ticket?

If your London Stansted flight arrives early or late, you may use the same ticket at no extra cost to travel on the next available Stansted Airport to Central London bus service subject to seat availability.

Passengers with a ticket for the schedule in question are boarded first and get priority.

In the reverse direction, when boarding at points that are not airports you are expected to make the schedule you have booked.

National Express Stansted Luggage Allowance

You can carry two medium-sized suitcases - weighing up to 20kg (44 lbs) each - plus one small piece of hand luggage per person. Drivers loading the baggage do not weigh bags. Customers will be permitted to pool their individual allowances if they are travelling in a group or as a family, but they must be travelling on the same ticket.

Over this allowance and steep excess luggage charges kick in. Passengers within the luggage allowance get boarded first, those with excess luggage only get boarded if there is sufficient space left in the luggage hold, even if they have purchased a ticket.

Stansted & London Boarding Points

Finding the buses is very easy and straight forward. In front of Stansted Airport's passenger terminal is a very large bus station. All the London buses are lined up with their own bays. There is a waiting room and somewhere to get a coffee and snacks. When you come out of the customs area, just look up and follow the signs downstairs to the bus station.

The terminus in London is at Victoria Coach Station.

Victoria Coach Station is just a like a busy regional airport. Coaches leave every couple of minutes, there are airport style departure screens and departure gates where you board the coach.

There is a full list of facilities including a useful left luggage office.

From Victoria the bus makes stops at Marble Arch and Baker Street which are much closer to the major hotel districts of Paddington, Bayswater, Lancaster Gate and Oxford Street than other Stansted public transport options. The first stop from Stansted, Golders Green is away from the centre. Some people prefer to get off here and straight onto the Underground if they are travelling at peak times when there may be traffic congestion.

National Express Variable Fares

On the Stansted Airport buses National Express offer a variable fare structure with discounted on-line fares that are very volatile. There is a big difference between the cheapest fares and the full price.

You have a greater chance of getting one of the cheapest fares if you reserve tickets either well in advance or are travelling at off-peak times.

National Express Stansted Variable On-Line Fares
*Fares Subject To £1 Booking Fee Per Transaction	One-Way Fares
	Minimum	Maximum
Stansted - London Victoria / Marble Arch
Adult	£5.50*	£10.00*
Stansted - London Liverpool Street / Stratford
Adult	£5.00*	£8.00*
Children 3 to 15 travel half price Children under 3 travel free

London - Stansted Comparison of Public Transport
Service	Standard Adult Fare*
	One-Way	Return
Stansted Express - Liverpool Street	£23.40	£32.80
Terravision - Stratford	£6.00	£11.00
Terravision - Liverpool Street	£8.00	£14.00†
Terravision - Victoria	£9.00	£15.00†
National Express - Stratford / Liverpool Street	£5-£8~	£10-£15~
National Express - Victoria / Marble Arch	£5.50-£10~	£11-£19~
easyBus - Baker Street	£2-£10	£4-£20
* Standard adult ticket. Other promotional fares may appear from time to time. † On-line only fare. ~ On-line only fare, not including £1 booking fee per transaction

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