Traveling from London Stansted to Manchester?

Question

I am traveling from Frankfurt to London Stansted and i wanted to know the cheapest and easiest way to get from London Stansted to Manchester Airport. I would prefer by bus or train but i dont know which ones to take

Answer 1

Well the easiest way would be to fly, but there aren't that many flights between the two airports, and www.opodo.co.uk shows common fares of £200 - £300.

Both airports have railway stations, though there are no direct trains between them, you'll have to change 2 or 3 times in a journey taking between 4h30m and 5 hours, e.g.

0820 Stansted ---> Nuneaton 1113

1120 Nuneaton ---> Crewe 1207

1238 Crewe ---> Manchester Airport 1311

or

0830 Stansted ---> Tottenham Hale 0905

Victoria Line underground from Tottenham Hale to London Euston

1005 London Euston ---> Manchester Piccadilly 1224

1247 Manchester Piccadilly ---> Manchester Airport 1301

Any journey involving travelling through London will cost more than one that does not go through London.

The other answer which suggested taking a National Express coach from London Liverpool Street is wrong - the coach station in London is at Victoria, and there are not many direct coaches from London to Manchester Airport (there's one about 0800 which takes about 4h30m).