Heathrow Coach Travel
Heathrow Coach Travel
After planning for your next trip like purchasing you air tickets, booking of hotels is done your mind will be occupied with worries related to commuting or reaching airport before time. Reaching the airport well before time is quite necessary. Entering the airport to boarding the flight, you will have to undergo many formalities which require you to reach airport before the scheduled flight timings.
There are several options you can choose for travelling to London Heathrow Airport by making use of either Public Heathrow transport like train, Heathrow coaches or Buses. Most of the Heathrow Coach services provide Pick up and Drop Off facilities to and from Central Bus Station, which can be reached using the subways linking Terminal 1, Terminal 2 and Terminal 3. Central bus Station is easily connected with all the Heathrow Terminals and is located next to the London Underground Station for Terminals 1, Terminal 2 and Terminal 3.
National Express Coach Service
Picking, Dropping, Boarding
National Express Coach provides its facilities to most of the United Kingdom stops in England, Wales & Scotland. This coach service makes it easy for a passenger to reach Heathrow every time he wishes to take a flight to reach the destination abroad. Best feature of these Heathrow Coaches is that they tend to provide you pick up facility if you are planning to board a flight to reach a destination or a drop off facility if you are coming back to your home town from another country.
Sometimes there are special offers announced for travelling to Heathrow & they prove to be one of the best ways to get to the Heathrow Airport. If you have decided to opt for Heathrow Coach Travel, you are going to save loads of money on airport parking as well as these coaches will pick you from the mentioned stops which would allow you to park your car in your home garage itself. The passengers of these coaches will be dropped at the Terminal door. The driver of the coach will help you to board the coach with your luggage & would help you to get a clean, comfortable & spacious seat. These coaches also have washrooms available on board & have been designed in a way to make you feel comfortable.
Departure & Destination Points
National Express offers a direct & only link to Heathrow Airport. This major service provider links all four major London airports which are Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton and Stansted airports.
Pick & drop Facilities
Pick up & drop off points for various terminals like Terminal 1, Terminal 2 and 3 are located at the Central Bus Station which is quite near to the check in area.
If you have to reach & depart from Terminal 4, national Express Heathrow coaches will pick & drop you off at the stops 13 & 14 which are just outside the Terminal 4 building.
Stops 13 to 16 which are just outside terminal 5 are used by these coaches to provide pick up & drop off facility.
Travelling between various terminals
National Express Coaches operates between various London Heathrow airport terminals 1,2,3,4 and terminal 5. Terminal 4 and Terminal 5 are the two separate buildings so you can’t just walk and reach the check in area along with your luggage whereas Terminal 1, 2 and 3 are quite close to each other so you can walk between them easily.
Coach Fares
Group fares:-One of the cheapest and hassle free way to travel to and from Heathrow airport. There are group discounts also available for those passengers who wish to travel together i.e. in big number around 4 or more. Prices may start from just £90 return on various popular routes. If you wish to use these services you may save loads of money and parking charges as well. Simply hand over your luggage to the friendly driver and just enjoy the wonderful journey to the airport.
Young Students 
Many students or young people whose age is between 16-25 years or who wish to go faraway places can get some really brilliant discounts & special offers which they can utilize using their Coachcard. This coachcard can cost just £10 for one year or £25 for three years. This allows you to save a good amount of up to 30% on coach travel across UK. So if you consider yourself in this category, you can surely plan a travel using Heathrow Coaches.
Over 60 age & family discounts
If you are above the age of 60, you are liable to get a discount on coach travel from National Express. The discount range can save up to 50% off a regular fare and this fare can be worked out once you book your tickets. Best part is you need not pay for a concession card and this saves being hassled and money as well.
Families can save good amount of money if they choose to travel by coach to and from Heathrow airport. There are special cards for families also which are known as Coachcards. These cost you from just £8 or £16 for one complete year of discounted travel for children between 3 to15 years of age, depending on the number of adults and children travelling. You may also choose from their scheme of 1 + 1(£8/year) or 2 + 2 (£16/year) Coachcards. First one allows travelling of one child to travel free when accompanies by a full paying adult. The second one allows two children to travel free if they are accompanied by two full paying adults.
Undoubtedly, Coaches have proven to be the most environments friendly and cheapest source of Heathrow airport transfer.
Popular Heathrow Routes and Journey Times
| Travel Between | Journey Time | Notes |
| Heathrow-Gatwick | 1 hour | Direct Service, 100 per day |
| Heathrow-Bournemouth | 2 Hours | |
| Heathrow-Bristol | 2 hours | Departing on the hour |
| Heathrow-Bath | 2 hours 35 minutes | Not Direct Service |
| Heathrow-Cardiff | 3 Hours | Via Bristol & Newport - Hourly Service |
| Heathrow-Cambridge | 2 Hours 40 Minutes | Via Stansted, Half Hourly/Hourly Service |
| Heathrow-Cheltenham Spa | 2 Hours 35 Minutes | Via Swindon |
| Heathrow-Oxford | 3 Hours 25 Minutes | Direct Service |
| Heathrow-Stansted | 1 Hour 20 Minutes | 3 services per hour |
| Heathrow-London | 1 Hour | Regular Service |



