Travelling from Kings Cross train station to Heathrow Airport, help needed.

Whitewater · 1 Dec 2008 at 19:03

I should be able to figure this out for myself but I need to get it right or face being stranded in the big bad city :eek:

Basically, I'm getting a train from Newcastle to Kings Cross and need to get to the Premier Inn on Bath Road near Heathrow Airport for a flight the following morning.

What's the best way to do it? I'll need to make a return journey a few days later, I'm assuming I just do the reverse.

Rich_L · 1 Dec 2008 at 19:05

Get on Piccadilly line at Kings Cross, get off at Heathrow

I'll let you work out the reverse journey

*edit*

More seriously - you might want to get off at Hounslow West (couple of stops before LHR) and get a cab from there, should be less traffic than coming out of Heathrow Airport

dymetrie · 1 Dec 2008 at 19:07

Rich_L said:
Get on Piccadilly line at Kings Cross, get off at Heathrow

I'll let you work out the reverse journey

You and your damn logic Rich!

Scrutinize · 1 Dec 2008 at 19:08

Whitewater said:
I should be able to figure this out for myself but I need to get it right or face being stranded in the big bad city Basically, I'm getting a train from Newcastle to Kings Cross and need to get to the Premier Inn on Bath Road near Heathrow Airport for a flight the following morning.

What's the best way to do it? I'll need to make a return journey a few days later, I'm assuming I just do the reverse.

http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/user/XSLT_TRIP_REQUEST2?language=en

scorza · 1 Dec 2008 at 19:10

Best way? Tube to Paddington-> Heathrow Express to LHR. However it would be significantly more expensive than the other way.

iraiguana · 1 Dec 2008 at 19:10

heathrow express from paddington would be another option depending on train timing.

Whitewater · 1 Dec 2008 at 19:37

Rich_L said:
Get on Piccadilly line at Kings Cross, get off at Heathrow

I'll let you work out the reverse journey

*edit*

More seriously - you might want to get off at Hounslow West (couple of stops before LHR) and get a cab from there, should be less traffic than coming out of Heathrow Airport

Perfect, thank you!

The underground map and the information I found were a little confusing, I couldn't tell if the Piccadilly line ran from Kings Cross or St Pancras - or if the 2 stations were one and the same. I need to get everything planned before we leave (in Feb) so it all runs reasonably smoothly and - more importantly - we don't get lost

daz · 1 Dec 2008 at 19:47

scorza said:
Best way? Tube to Paddington-> Heathrow Express to LHR. However it would be significantly more expensive than the other way.

And also circle line to paddington -> kings cross takes 20 mins anyway, so once you factor in changing trains and the increased cost i'm not sure it's worth it.

dymetrie · 1 Dec 2008 at 20:22

Whitewater said:
I couldn't tell if the Piccadilly line ran from Kings Cross or St Pancras - or if the 2 stations were one and the same

They're two seperate mainline stations but a single underground station (just to confuse you even more

).

And yeah, Daz is right about the changing/waiting times needing to be factored in