I am trying to figure out the cost of land transportation from Stansted and Gatwick to Cambridge. The reason is simple: I am flying in either from Bergerac or Toulouse. The cost of the flight from the former is twice as expensive as from the latter, but lands in Stansted. Will ground transportation even out the cost?

On the National Express site, bus travel takes about 4 hours from Gatwick to Cambridge and costs about 30 pounds.

Bus travel takes less than an hour from Stansted to Cambridge, and costs about 10 pounds.

Trains may be better - direct service from Cambridge to Stansted and Gatwick has direct trains to Kings Cross (about a mile from Liverpool Street Station from where the Stansted Express leaves - due to transfer direct bus may be better. But to find train fares for Cambridge-Stansted and Gatwick-Stansted: www.nationalrail.co.uk will give you all the rail prices. Much cheaper from Cambridge to Stansted, which is very close. Time savings may also be a consideration.

According to the natioanl rail site, it will cost me £50.40 per person to go by train from Gatwick to Cambridge. How much would the bus cost?

I just posted above - 30 pounds.

My apologies, the cost given is for two. But I am still interested in the bus fare.

Well from Gatwick to Stansted if it's 50 pounds that means the London Plus railpass would be cheaper - gives you two days on unlimited travel on any train line in wide area radiating out of London, including Gatwick and Cambridge - $70 for two days of unlimited travel in 8 day period - cheaper than 50 pounds - so if going the Gatwick route look into that (I use BETs 800-441-2387 for any British train info - UK rail experts i've used for years). Not sold in Britain and if you're British can't use however. Could use pass in Cambridge to day trip to London - also comes in longer versions for not much more.

Well i though 50 pounds sounded like a lot for one person, so scratch my thoughts on the pass saving you money!

Southern Train from Gatwick to Victoria : £6 & takes 30 minutes
National ExpressCoach from Victoria to Cambridge : £9.70 & it takes 2 hours.

Can anyone beat that?

No the www.nationalrail.co.uk site can't even beat your 6 pounds - it lists Southern trains cheapest as 9 pounds. Where do you get 6 pounds?

Ruddy keyboard - actually you can get a coach from Gatwick to Victoria & save some money but it takes a LOT longer