Transfer to/from - London Luton airport (LTN)

Transportation

COVID-19 - Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, services and schedules of the different transportation options may be subject to change as well as the limit of available capacity could be reduced. In turn, due to the changing situation, some services may even be temporarily canceled.

Bus - Stops are located in front of the terminal and tickets can be purchased at the travel centre situated next to the Arrivals area. The A1 service from National Express (Tel +44 871 781 8181) runs 24 hours a day to downtown London, with stops at Golders Green, Finchley Road, St. John's Wood, Baker Street, Portman Square, Marble Arch and Victoria train and bus stations. The trip takes 1 hour and 35 minutes and the fare is £12.00. Bus A2 also goes to Paddington Station. Other routes include: 707 to Northampton, Milton Keynes, Hemel Hempstead, Heathrow (60 min.; £25.00) and Gatwick (2 hours and 30 min.; £25.90) airports; 737 to High Wycombe, Oxford and Stansted Airport (1 hour and 25 min.; £16.10); 777 to Coventry, Birmingham, Milton Keynes, Hitchin, Stevenage and Stansted; 787 to Hitchin, Cambridge and Heathrow.

Bus 757 from Green Line (Tel +44 344 800 4411) travels to Victoria Station for £11.50, with stops at Brent Cross, Finchley Road, Baker Street and Marble Arch.

Route 99 from Stagecoach (Tel +44 345 810 1000) heads for Luton and Milton Keynes Station in 1 hour and 10 min., with a cost of £6.80.
The A service from Busway (Tel +44 844 351 1120) goes to Dunstable, Houghton Regis, Luton and Vauxhall in 25 min. (£4.30).

There are also local buses (Tel +44 871 200 2233) to Luton city centre, Milton Keynes, Stevenage, Hitchin, Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable.

Train - A shuttle runs between the airport and Luton Airport Parkway Station every 10 minutes between 5:00 am and 0:00 am (£2.40). Thameslink (Tel +44 345 026 4700) operates services every 20 min. to the stations at Blackfriars (45 min.; £15.90), City Thameslink, Farringdon, St. Pancras International, Brighton and Gatwick Airport (1 hour and 30 min.; £30.40).

East Midlands Trains (Tel +44 345 712 5678) provides transportation to Luton (5 min.; £2.80), Bedford and Sheffield Derby, in addition to Midlands and northern locations.

Car rental search

Taxi - Vehicles from Addison Lee (Tel +44 207 387 8888) next to the multi-storey car park. Travel time to the city centre is around 40 minutes.

More information

While there are issues that seem more than obvious, it is always advisable to take into account when moving from or to the airport, and especially if you go on some public transport.  1- To the airport - It is convenient to go out with a little more anticipation than you would commonly suggest. If you choose a taxi or a private car service, always keep in mind peak transit times, demonstrations, strikes or events that may take more or less the trip to the airport from where you are. It is always good to be informed about what happens in the place where you find yourself.
If you have a shared transfer service, please have a contact Tel in case of any delay on the part of the company. In these cases, a scheduled collection schedule is already in tenter.
If you are using public transport (bus, train), have the schedules (weekends and holidays usually have fewer frequencies), if you have to transfer and also how to board (if you need a card or boarding pass or paying at the moment to the driver or rider). These are details that seem obvious, but it is advisable to know not to have surprises and suffer a delay that could bring complications.
If you rent a car to get to the airport check well, where you must leave the vehicles. In some airports, there is an exclusive parking lot for rental cars.  2 -From the airport- here is a little less stressful as you don't have the pressure to miss the flight. In the worst case you will arrive later to the place where you are going to stay or to the meeting point where you try to arrive. Once you get out of the plane, pick up your suitcase and finish with the required arrival procedures. Then you have to look for the public transport signs or consult the airport staff. It is very useful to inform the timetables of the buses in case you arrive late at night. Not all of them work 24 hours a day. The same goes for taxis. If you have hired a private car service, keep ready the mobile app to contact the driver. Some transport services hired, have a person waiting for you, identified with a sign.
If you rent a car to go from the airport to your final destination, for more peace of mind it is recommended to reserve it earlier. Rental counters are usually available at arrivals hall.