On a recent jaunt to London, we were minding our pounds and pence so we decided to take the Heathrow Express from the airport to Paddington Station in lieu of an expensive cab ride.
The verdict? Well, Heathrow Express is not exactly cheap. The fare was about £15.50 one-way if you buy from the ticket machines at the airport. (Booking online saves a pound.)
Then we hopped a cab at Paddington to our hotel near Hyde Park. That was another £15. On our way back to the airport to leave London, we cabbed it the whole way and it was £48. Since we split that with a friend we didn't mind too much.
But we will say the train ride to Paddington was easy from start to finish. The train serves all terminals at Heathrow although 1, 2 and 3 have more frequent service times than 4 and the newly-opened 5.
The total ride was about 15 minutes and has a T-Mobile HotSpot on board, not that we needed it. We were too busy watching the news on the TV. Take that AirTrain at EWR!
Related Stories:
· Heathrow Express [Official Site]
· London Travel coverage [Jaunted]
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