Wikimania 2010/Bids/Oxford/Airports
London City Airport[edit]
Travel to Oxford[edit]
Train[edit]
Docklands Light Railway to Canning Town station, London Underground Jubilee line to Baker Street tube station, then Bakerloo Line to London Paddington station, then as per Wikimania 2010/Bids/Oxford#Train connections to Oxford.
London Gatwick Airport[edit]
Travel to Oxford[edit]
Train[edit]
- First Great Western
- From: South Terminal
- Frequency: Frequent
- Cost: approx. £22
- Duration: approx 2 hours 15 minutes
- Please note that most services will require a change of train at Reading. For more information, call National Rail Enquiries on (+44)(0)845 748 4950
Bus[edit]
- Oxford Express
- From: Ground Floor, South Terminal
- Frequency: Every hour
- Cost: approx. £21
- Duration: approx. 2 hours
Car[edit]
- M27 to join M25 Heathrow. Join M40 Oxford, and leave at Junction 9 (A34).
Taxi[edit]
- A taxi from Gatwick to Oxford will cost around £125
International Connections[edit]
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North Terminal[edit]
South Terminal[edit]
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London Heathrow Airport[edit]
Travel to/from Oxford[edit]
Train[edit]
- Total Time:
- Cost:
Bus[edit]
- The Airline (The Oxford Bus Company)
- From: Terminals 1, 2, 3 Central Bus Station - Bay 14A & Terminal 5 Ground Floor - Bay 9 (If arriving at Terminal 4, take the Heathrow Express to another terminal - this is a free service between terminals)
- Frequency: 30 minutes
- Cost: approx. £23 for a "Period Return"
- Duration: approx. 1 hour 30 minutes
Car[edit]
International Connections[edit]
Other Connection Information[edit]
- en:Heathrow Express: a non-stop service directly to London's Paddington station; trains leave every 15 minutes for the 15-minute journey, either from Terminal 5 or Heathrow Central (Terminals 1, 2, 3). Passengers transferring between these two stations on the Heathrow Express may use the service free of charge.
- en:Heathrow Connect: a service to Paddington calling at up to five en:National Rail stations en route - trains leave every 30 minutes for the 25-minute journey. Heathrow Connect services use Heathrow Central station (Terminals 1, 2, 3) and terminate at Terminal 4 - passengers transferring between these two stations at Heathrow may use the service free of charge.
- en:London Underground en:Piccadilly line: four tube stations serve the airport - Terminals 1, 2, 3; Terminal 4; Terminal 5 and Hatton Cross. The standard journey time from the Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 tube station to en:Central London is 40-50 minutes.
- Long-distance coach services operated by National Express to various parts of the UK, including en:Victoria Coach Station in London.
- A door-to-door London hotel shuttle bus service is operated by Dot2Dot from each terminal, and en:HotelHoppa buses connect each terminal with hotels in the Heathrow area.
- There are two en:RailAir coach services connecting nearby railway stations with the airport using dedicated non-stop coaches. These run to:
- en:Reading railway station, connecting with railway services to the en:West Country, en:South Wales, en:Midlands and south coast of England
- en:Woking railway station, for places in Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire
- Heathrow Airport has one of the United Kingdom's biggest bus stations, with many local bus services (en:Transport for London) to nearby London suburbs.
London Luton Airport[edit]
London Stansted Airport[edit]
Birmingham International Airport[edit]
- CrossCountry
- From: Birmingham International railway station (accessed from terminal via shuttle)
- Frequency: Half-hourly
- Cost: £23
- Duration: 58 minutes
East Midlands Airport[edit]
- CrossCountry
- From: Derby railway station
- Frequency: Every 2 hours (Odd-numbered hours)
- Cost: approx. £36
- Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes
- By 2010 it is expected that East Midlands Parkway railway station will be open allowing faster journeys to Derby station. At present www.skylink.com Skylink operate a half-hourly service to Derby station