Airport arrival guide · LGW

Gatwick Airport to central London

Gatwick’s station is at the South Terminal, with a free terminal shuttle from the North Terminal and several useful central-London corridors.

Choose by the last mile

The best route is the one that reaches your hotel simply

Thameslink is often the simplest choice for London Bridge, Blackfriars, Farringdon or St Pancras; Southern and Gatwick Express serve Victoria.

Non-stop to Victoria. Compare its live fare and total hotel journey with other Victoria services.

A traffic-dependent fallback. It can suit a late arrival or a hotel near the advertised stop, but protect a larger time buffer.

After baggage reclaim

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North Terminal arrivals use the free shuttle to the South Terminal rail station.
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Check whether Victoria or a Thameslink station reduces the final interchange.
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Use the airport disruption notice as well as the rail operator on the day.

Contactless and Oyster are accepted on Gatwick Express, Southern and Thameslink for London journeys; use the same payment identity in and out.

Keep luggage manageable enough to lift, turn and move through a busy interchange without blocking doors or aisles.

Do not rely on an average daytime journey. Check the final usable train and the onward London connection after the scheduled landing time.

Do not attach a timed fan attraction to flight arrival day unless losing it would be acceptable.

Source and limits

Routes, fares and timetables can change. This page is a decision aid, not a live departure board.

Keep it flexible, local to the hotel and easy to abandon if the flight is late.