Wikimania 2010/Bids/Oxford/Airports

London City Airport

Travel to Oxford

Train

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

Travel to Oxford

Train

• 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

• Oxford Express

• From: Ground Floor, South Terminal
• Frequency: Every hour
• Cost: approx. £21
• Duration: approx. 2 hours

Car

• M27 to join M25 Heathrow. Join M40 Oxford, and leave at Junction 9 (A34).

Taxi

• A taxi from Gatwick to Oxford will cost around £125

International Connections

Destinations by Terminal

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London Heathrow Airport

Travel to/from Oxford

Train

• Total Time:
• Cost:

Bus

• 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

Other Connection Information

• 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.

Birmingham International Airport

• CrossCountry

• From: Birmingham International railway station (accessed from terminal via shuttle)
• Frequency: Half-hourly
• Cost: £23
• Duration: 58 minutes

East Midlands Airport

• 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