Coach service from Victoria Coach Station to Stanstead Airport?

Question

Does anybody know if from Victoria coach station in London there is a bus service going to Stanstead airport? I have read that there is an hourly service provided by Terravision, is it right? Coaches leave directly from Victoria coach station or somewhere else? (it is my second time in London so I don't know well the places). Can I buy the ticket directly there?

The service is on time?

If not Terravision, are there other better services going from Victoria coach station to Stanstead?

Answer 1

National express coaches run that route but you can also get the train straight from the airport into central London.

http://www.nationalexpress.com/?gclid=CP...

http://www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com...

https://www.stanstedexpress.com/index.as...

Answer 2

You can get the coach from Golders Green Station as well.

Answer 3

I realise this does not directly answer your question, but if you are staying near to the Central Line, the Jubilee Line or the Docklands Light Railway, you would do well to avoid Victoria Coach Station altogether. Take a Tube train or DLR to Stratford and catch the National Express Coach from just outside Stratford Station to Stansted Airport. It is a direct service along the M11 motorway and almost matches the speed of the Stansted Express train that others have mentioned. The fare is lower than that charged for the train and there is no on-board catering on the coach.

Traffic conditions in central London impede coaches travelling north or east from Victoria, so this suggestion is not intended as criticism of any coach operator serving Victoria or Golders Green!

London does need a range of coach stations in Travelcard Zones 3 or 4. The bus stations at Eltham and Mill Hill could, for instance, serve scheduled coaches that use the M2 and M1 respectively. Perhaps the coach ticket of the future will include a single Tube fare?  Over to you Boris!

Answer 4

It's Stansted not Stanstead and you can get there several ways from central London.

You can get the Victoria Line (tube) to Tottenham Hale and then the Stansted Express (train) from there. Express is every 15 minutes to half an hour.  www.nationalrail.co.uk for times.

You can get the Central / Circle / any other line or means to Liverpool Street Station and catch the Stansted Express from there.  For tube info go to www.tfl.gov.uk

You can get either a National Express bus (www.nationalexpress.co.uk) or a Terravision Bus http://www.terravision.eu/london.html from Victoria Coach Station.  These will take you slightly longer than the train but will be cheaper and you can purchase tickets from the ticket office at the coach station.  They will generally run on time but as they're on the road they may take longer to get there due to sheer weight of traffic during rush hour times.  If you can afford it, I would take the train as at least you know you're going to be there in time.