Which way to Heathrow?
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Which way to Heathrow?
Heading to Heathrow (terminal 2) on a Saturday morning for a flight back to the USA. Staying in Victoria (close to Victoria station) and have a Oyster card/7 day travelcard, if that matters. What's best way to Heathrow (family of 3 with minimal luggage) and how long should we plan to get there??
Would prefer sone sort of public transport (maybe Heathrow Express, Elizabeth line or Tube- via Paddington station) unless a car is comparable price wise . Thanks.
Would prefer sone sort of public transport (maybe Heathrow Express, Elizabeth line or Tube- via Paddington station) unless a car is comparable price wise . Thanks.
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Yes the tube will be less expensive -- but generally when a visitr has a 7-day travelcard it only cover zones 1 and 2 and not all the way to LHR. So they would have to pay extra to get out to zone 6.
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Anyone take the Elizabeth line to Heathrow? Appears to be a slightly faster trip than other Tube lines (and still much less than Heathrow Express.)
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The Elizabeth Line is great - I've ridden it a few times (though it still has teething problems from time to time). However Victoria is not near any Lizzy Line station. So you'd have to get to Bond Street, or Tottenham Court Rd, or Paddington etc -- that make no sense to me if one is already near Victoria Station and can just get on a District Line and an easy transfer at Hammersmith (just a few steps across the same platform) instead of schelpping across London. You could take the Circle Line around to Paddington and wait for the next Elizabeth Line train - but by the time you got there you would have already transferred through Hammersmith and be several stops towards LHR.
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Makes sense janisj. Thank you. Is there any way to find out approximately how long taking the District line-Hammersmith-Picadilly-Heathrow tube trip will take so we make sure we have sufficient time to get to airport early enough??
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