From Heathrow to Euston in January?

mikeysee

Hey,

Im returning from a long 9-month trip on January th 14th and so decided to book my trains now to get a cheap rate. Unfortunately however there appears to be works on the line between Heathrow and London in January so you have to take the Heathrow express which costs £80 for a 20 min journey which is just insane.

Does anyone have any other solutions to my problem getting from Heathrow Terminal 5 at 3pm to Euston on January the 14th 2014?

Cheers,
Mike

cosmojohnson

There don't appear to be any engineering works planned for that date (which is a Tuesday), so you have many options.

Quickest is on the Express - a single Heathrow Express ticket is £20 (more if you buy it on the train; you won't save anything further by buying in advance), then take Hammersmith & City line to Euston Square which is a short walk from Euston itself.

Heathrow Connect services take about double the time, only go every 30 mins but would cost £9.50 to Paddington.

Cheapest would be to use Oyster on the tube straight from Terminal 5 changing at Green Park.

You could also consider taking the bus to Feltham, train from there to Vauxhall and then the Victoria line to Euston.

wealdroam

£80 by train... you're kidding.

www.taxifarefinder.com estimates £83.62 for that journey by taxi.

martindow

wealdroam wrote: »

£80 by train... you're kidding.

www.taxifarefinder.com estimates £83.62 for that journey by taxi.

Where has £80 come from?

wealdroam

martindow wrote: »

Where has £80 come from?

From the original post:

mikeysee wrote: »

...to take the Heathrow express which costs £80 for a 20 min journey which is just insane.

peachyprice

I don't know where you're getting your info from OP, but these are the offical sites

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/livetravelnews/planned-works/calendar/default.aspx
https://www.heathrowexpress.com/Booking/TicketSelection

There are no engineering works on the Piccadilly line on the 14th Jan, only 11th & 12th.

Heathrow express is £20 single.

As you're not in the UK perhaps you've clicked on a dodgy site aiming to rip off tourists?

cookie365

Is Euston your final destination? If you're getting a train up to the north west or Scotland, it might be easiest and maybe even cheapest to get a coach to Watford Junction.

http://www.greenline.co.uk/

mikeysee

EDIT: Ughh not allowed to link in here!

Hi All,

Thanks for the replies.

I checked National Rail Enquiries AND ticketline.co.uk for my date and time and get the total journey cost at £94.50 at the cheapest:

I did another search from Euston to Stafford and I get one at £16.50:

So I assumed that that the Heathrow to Euston journey is costing me £80 roughly.

But looking again now separately it appears that the Heathrow -> Euston costs £24 ().

It appears that some trains cost £14 and some cost £71, I guess that these websites are kindly selecting the £71 journey for me!

Cheers for that link to taxifinder.com BTW didnt know that existed!

Buzby

Take the AirBUS instead - goes all the way into town at a reduced rate.

wealdroam

Buzby wrote: »

Take the AirBUS instead - goes all the way into town at a reduced rate.

What airbus?

Have you got a link please?

dzug1

Do NOT buy online a rail ticket of any description starting at Heathrow - there is nowhere there to pick it up.


Instead buy an advance ticket from Euston , You can pick it up from the machine there or there may be an e-ticket option.


Then on the day buy a tube or Heathrow Express ticket into London


Main problem is how long to allow for the journey in case of plane delays and the like. An 'advance' ticket is only valid on the booked train and has no value if you miss it.


Buzby probably means this:


http://heathrowairbus.com/home.html


It costs more and takes longer than the Heathrow Express and won't take you to Euston Station - only to a nearby hotel. Via maybe half a dozen other hotels en route if you are unlucky