| Travel Between | Journey Time | Notes |
| Gatwick - Heathrow | 1 hour | Direct Service, 100 per day |
| Gatwick - Cambridge | 3 Hours 45 Minutes | Via Heathrow & Stansted |
| Gatwick - Central London | 1 Hour 30 Minutes | Direct service departing every 15 mins |
| Gatwick - Brighton | 45 Minutes | Hourly/Half Hourly throughout day |
| Gatwick - West Midlands | 4 Hours | |
| Gatwick - Stansted | 3 Hours | |
| Gatwick - Northampton | 3 Hours 45 Minutes |
Pick up and Drop Off
Pick up an drop off points at Gatwick airport depends on the terminal you are arriving to or departing from. Please see below for pick up and drop off points at both the North and South terminals.
North Terminal:
- Coach services arrive and depart from the lower level outside the international arrivals area.
- There is a National Express coach ticketing office inside the terminal at international arrivals.
- You can connect to the South Terminal easily with the free monorail transit train service which is clearly signposted from around the terminal.
South Terminal:
- Coach Services will arrive and depart from the lower forecourt at stops 16 & 17.
- There are ticket offices located in the arrivals travel centre and in the upper forecourt area.
- You can connect to the North Terminal on the free transit train service which is clearly signposted.
Discounted & Concessionary Coach Fares
Group Fares
Travelling on a National Express coach can be one of the cheapest and easiest ways for a group of you to get around the UK or abroad. Group discounts are available for 4 or more passengers travelling together to and from Gatwick airport, with prices starting from just £99 return on popular routes. So if you are travelling out or into Gatwick from Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Coventry, Newport, Swansea, Warwick or Wolverhampton as a group your journey will work out at just £24.75 each! Plus you save on parking charges at the airport, and lots of hassle, just hand your bags to your driver, board the coach and sit back and relax in complete comfort.
Find out more and buy tickets from National Express Group Fares.
Students and Young People
For full time students and young people aged 16-26 National Express offer some brilliant discounts and special offers though their Coachcard. The Coachcard will cost you just £10 for a year or £25 for 3 years, and means you can save up to 30% on coach travel across the UK. you will also benefit from some really unique special offers exclusive to Coachcard holders. So if you fall into this category and travel by coach regularly or are planning a few trips, you could save a lot of money!
Apply for a National Express Coachcard.
Over 60's
If you are over 60 years old, you will qualify for an automatic discount on coach travel with National Express. This discount, which can save you up to 50% off a regular fare, will be worked out automatically when you book your tickets, you don't need to pay for a concession card or something similar which saves hassle as well as money! Over the course of the year, during off peak travel times, you can get up to 50% off your fare for coach services in England, Wales and Scotland. If you book your ticket during a peak travel period (Fridays throughout the year, Saturdays in July and August and during Easter, Christmas or New Year holidays) you can still qualify for discounts of up to 30%.
Find out more and book tickets with National Express Over 60's Fares.
Family Discounts
Families can make great savings when travelling by coach to and from Gatwick airport, and across the UK. National Express have special concession cards for families called Coachcards and they cost just £8 or £16 for a whole year of discounted travel for children (aged 3-15) depending on the number of adults and children travelling. You can choose from their 1plus1 (£8 per year) or 2plus2 (£16 per year) Coachcards. 1plus1 allows one child to travel free when accompanied by a full paying adult, and 2plus2 allows 2 children to travel free when accompanied by 2 full paying adults. Under 3's always travel free on National Express coaches.
Find out more and get your Family Coachcard discount card.
Eurolines Coaches
As an alternative to flying, why not take a coach trip with National Express Eurolines for your next European adventure? It will take a bit longer to get to your destination but the savings you can make are well worth the extra travelling time. You can even choose to get an overnight coach, sleep on the way and wake up in your chosen European location!
With prices starting at just £19 one way for trips from London Victoria station to Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Cork and Dublin what are you waiting for!
Eurolines are Europe's largest regular coach network and are connected with many European coach and bus companies so they can offer the best prices across 500 destinations throughout Europe and Ireland!
National Express Eurolines offer "Funfares" which are the cheapest Eurolines fares to European cities, but you will need to book in advance to get hold of one. Funfares are also only available when booked online, as e-tickets so postal delivery and collection of the tickets are not possible.
Reduce Your Carbon Footprint by Coach
Travelling by coach has been proven to be one of the most environmentally friendly forms of public transport. National Express are very proud that they are helping people to cut down on their carbon footprint and want you to join in with cutting down the UK's carbon emmissions, so have created an emmissions calculator to enable you to see how big your carbon footprint is and how much you can cut that down by travelling by coach!