How to get back from Gatwick to Midlands after overnight flight? Tips please?

nancypearl

Overnight flight, flying east from USA to UK. Does anyone have any tips on how toget back to the Midlands from Gatwick?

richardw

What time does the flight land? Which midlands train station?

LesD

Either:

National Express coach 210 direct from Gatwick to Birrmingham/Wolverhampton

Or

Gatwick Express train to Victoria; underground to Euston; Virgin Trains to Birmingham/Wolverhampton.

Or

First Great Western train to Reading; Cross Country train to Birmingham/Wolverhampton

dzug1

Or Southern train to Watford Junction then Virgin or London Midland to Brum.

There are also a very few Cross Country trains through from Gatwick to Birmingham

richardw

Pick a train that terminates in the Wmids and set the alarm on your mobile 5 mins before it arrives so you wake up.

spaceman5

my tip don`t drive, we booked a hotel for the night before we flew, but did not think about the return leg, never doing that again, we only had to drive to somerset, so about 3 hours, how we got back i will neva know, had to stop at virtually every layby, and a 3 hour journey turned into a 6 hour journey, weird thing is though when i got of the plane i was all lively, soon as i got in the car i was like a zombie, Dave.