How to get from the Airports |
| There are 5 main airports in London: Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted,
City and Luton. |
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By Train, Tube and Bus |
| Here is a good web site to check your journey by Train, Tube and
Bus: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tube/ |
| (Just be careful from Heathrow and don't use the Heathrow Express,
this costs £15 more and is slower). |
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| The London Tube, Bus and Overground Train system uses a smartcard called Oyster Card. You can prepay your fare and it is cheaper than buying a printed ticket for each journey. You can buy it at any tube station and there is a deposit of £3. There are some travel agents that can sell it. www.tfl.gov.uk |
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By Taxi |
| Basically don't bother, they are expensive and take longer. But here is a web site for them |
| http://www.skyportcars.com/ |
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How to get to Goldsmiths from the Airports: |
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By Train, Tube and Bus |
From Heathrow Airport (LHR):
Piccadilly Underground Line to Central London, change at
Green Park onto the Jubilee Line to London Bridge Station
and get the over ground train to New Cross or New Cross
Gate.
(If you are searching the trip from Heathrow to Goldsmith
on the journey planner at www.tfl.gov.uk make the journey search from "Hounslow East" to SE14 6NW,
this is the stop before Heathrow but if you search from
Heathrow to London it will take you on the Heathrow Express,
this cost £15 more and is slower.) This Journey should take 1 hour 20 mins.
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From Gatwick Airport (LGW):
Take the train from the station in the airport to East Croydon
station. Change there and take the train to New Cross Gate.
The journey time is about one hour.
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From City Airport (LCY):
the airport is five miles from Goldsmiths. Take the Docklands
Light Railway DLR to Canning Town and get the Jubilee Line
west to London Bridge where you can get a Southern Train
to New Cross or New Cross Gate.
This Journey should take 50 min to 1 hour.
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From Stansted Airport (STN):
train or bus to Liverpool Street, bus to London Bridge and
to New Cross or New Cross Gate.
This Journey should take 50 min to 1 hour.
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From Luton Airport (LTN):
shuttle buses connect the airport to Luton station, from
where you catch the Thameslink to London Bridge, then travel
to New Cross or New Cross Gate stations.
This Journey should take 1 hour 20 mins.
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| Taxis from Heathrow and Gatwick cost in the region of £50-60,
and you are advised to use public transport. |
| http://www.skyportcars.com/ |
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How to got to Harrow from the Airports |
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Northwick Park Tube station on the Metropolitan line is the nearest
station to the University, where the course will be. Kenton Tube
station on the Bakerloo line is one minute from the Comfort Inn
where some people are staying, But the Bakerloo line is very slow
and Northwick Park station is only 10 minutes walk to the hotel.
So I recommend going to Northwick Park Tube station. |
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Luton Airports |
| There are lots of ways to get from Luton Airport to Northwick
Park Tube station but the eases and cheapest is to book a place
on the "Easybus" (This is a new serves, so I have not tried it my
self, but it looks good) which you get at the bus stop just out
side the airport, (literally as you come out of the doors you will
see the buses). |
| The "Easybus" goes every 20 minutes through out the day from 04.00
till 00.20 and takes one hour to get to Baker St, which is just
north of the centre of London. From the bus stop it is a one minutes
walk to Baker St Tube station where you can get the Metropolitan
line to Northwick Park. From Baker St most of the Metropolitan trains
go north. But NOT ALL trains stop at Northwick Park so make shore
you get a train to Uxbridge or Watford. There are TV's monitors
with train information in the ticket hall and on all the platforms,
and it will take about 20 minutes. |
| Easybus |
| http://www.easybus.co.uk/booking/EBUSBook.asp |
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By Train |
| There is a free shuttle bus that operates from out side the airport
to "Luton Airport Parkway" train station between 0500 and 2300.
The journey time is about 10 minutes and the bus is suitable for
wheelchair users. |
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| You can get a train to West Hampstead were it is a 7 minutes walk
to the West Hampstead Tube station on the Jubilee line. Go one stop
south to Finchley Road, were you can get the Metropolitan trains
going north. But NOT ALL trains stop at Northwick Park so make shore
you get a train to Uxbridge or Watford. The hole trip should take
less than one hour. |
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Heathrow |
By Taxi |
| There are hundreds of Black Cabs (which charge with a meter) from
out side the airport Terminal and they will cost approximately £45
and take about 30 Minutes. (Which I think is criminal). It is very
unlikely the driver will take Dollars or anything other than pounds
but some will take credit cards. |
| You can book (24 hours in advance) a mini cab (taxi) on the web
http://www.skyportcars.com/ and that say £48 and it will take 45
minutes. They will take any currency but not credit cards. (This
is NOT the cheapest and it MAY be better to get one at the airport
or EMAIL ME and I can book a local company) |
| There are several money exchanges in all of the airport Terminals
and I have phoned American Express and they have an office open
24 hours a day in Terminal 3. |
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By Tube |
| There are very regular tubes from Heathrow, which is at the end
of the line; so all trains will be going in to town. Change at Acton
Town, which is the ninth stop. You will have to go up and down the
stares to get a train to Uxbridge on the Piccadilly line. Change
at Rayners Lane, again up and down the stares to get the trains
towards Baker Street on the Metropolitan line and make shore the
train is stopping at Northwick Park. |
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By Train |
| There is an express train (£15) that takes 15 minutes to Paddington,
were you can get the Bakerloo line to Kenton Tube station, which
is the nearest to the Comfort Inn. There are two problems though;
one is it is a 15 minutes walk from the arrivals gate to the train
and that Bakerloo line is very slow. |
| So I think in will take about an hour ether way but the tube will
cost £5 and the train £20. |
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From Stansted |
By Train |
| The train station is just two minutes from the arrivals gate and
the train goes to Liverpool Street station where you can get the
Metropolitan line directly to Northwick Park, NOT ALL trains stop
at Northwick Park so make shore you get a train to Uxbridge or Watford
(if necessary you can get any Metropolitan line trains Wembley Park
and change there). The whole Trip should take 1 and a half hours. |
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From Gatwick |
By Train and Tube |
| There is an express train that takes 30 minutes every 15 minutes
to Victoria station. If you get the Victoria line and change at
Green Park to the Jubilee North and change at Finchley Road, were
you can get the Metropolitan trains going north to Northwick Park.
But NOT ALL trains stop at Northwick Park so make shore you
get a train to Uxbridge or Watford. The whole Trip should take 1
and a half hours. |
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Taxi |
| Heathrow Airports |
£30 to £48 |
45 minutes |
| Luton Airports |
£40 to £75 |
90 minutes |
| Gatwick Airports |
£50 to £80 |
75 minutes |
| Stansted Airports |
£45 to £75 |
75 minutes |
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