Gatwick - Bus and coach

Coach

You can reach over 400 towns and cities by coach from Gatwick airport. A number of operators run services through Gatwick, including direct routes to Heathrow, central London, Bristol, Brighton, Birmingham, Oxford, Cambridge and Norwich.

National Express and Oxford Bus Company coaches operate from the South Terminal and most services also call at the North Terminal. The Heathrow-Gatwick National Express service drops passengers off right outside Departures at the North Terminal.

National Express Airport's 700 service runs up to 125 times a day between Heathrow and Gatwick. At peak times coaches leave every 10-15 minutes, with a journey time of about 1 hour 20 minutes.

You can buy National Express tickets at desks in Arrivals in both the North and South terminals. There is also a ticket desk and covered waiting area in the South Terminal coach station. For most of these services you can buy your ticket online, visit the websites below for more information on booking, timetables, routes and fares:

• National Express (www.nationalexpress.com/) - Tel: +44 (0)8705 80 80 80
• Oxford Bus (The Airline) (www.oxfordbus.co.uk/airline1.html) - Tel: +44 (0)1865 785 400
• Gatwick Flyer (www.gatwickflyer.co.uk/) - Tel: +44 (0)1708 730 555

Please note: most coach services are not wheelchair accessible, but will carry wheelchairs for passengers who are able to board the vehicle unaided.

Baggage limit: two medium sized suitcases per person and one piece of hand luggage.