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Trains from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport

Jetting off on a well-deserved break or going abroad for business? Whatever your reason for travelling, we're with you. Make your journey smooth and stress-free on one of the trains from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport. You'll arrive relaxed and ready to catch your flight. 

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Our coaches travel from London (Victoria Coach Station) to Gatwick Airport up to 32 times a day, with prices from  £8 one-way* .

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Departing from London Victoria Coach Station

London Victoria Coach Station is just 300 metres from the tube network, which is served by the Victoria Line, the District Line and the Circle Line. A bus stop is directly outside the coach station, and is served by many routes from the city centre.

Arriving at Gatwick Airport

To pass the time until your coach or flight, Gatwick is home to dozens of fantastic facilities to keep you busy. Within a five-minute walk from the terminal, you'll find newsagents, restaurants and other stores including coffee shops and more.

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When is the first coach from London to Gatwick?

The first coach leaves from London Victoria Coach Station at 2.00am, arriving at Gatwick North Terminal at 3.05am.

When is the last coach from London to Gatwick?

The first coach leaves from  London Victoria  Coach Station at 23.59pm, arriving at Gatwick North Terminal at 1.45am.

How much is the coach from London to Gatwick?

A one-way journey from London to Gatwick is available from £8*.

How long does the coach take from London to Gatwick?

Our fastest coach journeys from London to Gatwick take 1 hr 5 mins.

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We have fare types available to give you more flexibility when you travel. Both our Standard and Fully Flexible fares are amendable, however, excess fees may apply. For more information, please visit our   tickets page .

Alternatively, when buying your ticket you can add Change and Go to your booking. Change and Go allows you to board any available coach 12 hours before or after your original departure time for just £5 per journey. Find out more at our   Change and Go page .

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If your return date is not yet known, open return tickets provide flexibility. When travelling within the UK, the return journey can be made within 3 months of the outward date of travel. To guarantee your seat on your return journey you need to confirm your ticket before you travel by visiting www.nationalexpress.com/en/help/tickets/open-returns or call us on 03717 81 81 81. Lines open 7 days a week, 8am - 8pm (calls to this number are charged at local rate). Valid on any day throughout the year.

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The majority of stops along the routes listed below are accessible to wheelchair users but are subject to change. Please call us to check the latest situation before booking and at least 36 hours in advance of when you would like to travel.

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If you are travelling in a wheelchair or require assistance we recommend that you contact us on the following local rate telephone number: 03717 81 81 81 (lines open 8am - 8pm 7 days a week) 36 hours in advance of when you would like to travel.

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Gatwick Airport to London Victoria

Journey information from gatwick airport to london victoria.

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On many routes, the last journey before services finish for the day departs after midnight. Where this is the case, it is this service (in the early hours of the following morning), and not the last one before midnight that is shown.

Similar routes

• London Bridge to Norwood Junction
• Gatwick Airport to East Croydon
• London Bridge to East Croydon
• East Croydon to New Cross Gate
• Redhill to East Croydon
• London Victoria to East Croydon
• London Bridge to Brighton
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Gatwick Airport to London Victoria by train

Need to catch the train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria? Whether you’ve had a week by the beach, three days exploring a new city or a month experiencing a new continent, we can help you get back to familiar surroundings. Check our live train times from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria to plan your trip back into the capital, and find more good-to-know information below − such as when the first and last trains set off. With the flexibility to travel as and when you need to, our Anytime train tickets from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria offer a stress-free way to make it home.

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The information above refers to direct journeys only. Other journeys may be available by changing train or by using a different London Terminal. At certain times buses may operate some of the journeys shown. Services of all operators on the route shown are included in the figures. Not all tickets may be used on all services.

On many routes, the last journey before services finish for the day departs after midnight. Where this is the case, it is this service (in the early hours of the following morning), and not the last one before midnight that is shown.

Similar route

• Gatwick Airport to London Victoria

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Virgin Atlantic eyes Gatwick return as it gives up on Heathrow third runway

S ir Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic is examining a return to Gatwick and flights from regional airports such as Bristol after giving up hope of a third runway at Heathrow before the end of the decade.

Chief executive Shai Weiss said the airline was evaluating more flights from the carrier’s secondary hub in Manchester and an expansion of the Virgin Holidays arm as part of its plans for growth between 2025 and 2030.

The blueprint, not yet made public but known internally as VX30, will aim to grow revenues by 20pc beyond the £3.5bn expected this year, Mr Weiss said.

He said: “I think we’ve got to rule out a third runway, which leaves either the acquisition of slots at Heathrow or flights from Gatwick and secondary cities in the UK.”

Growth at Virgin’s main Heathrow base remains the preferred option because of the high margins and better connectivity between flights there, but the new growth plan will assume scope for that will be limited.

Heathrow, which operates almost at full capacity, put plans for a third runway on hold during Covid when the project was already facing renewed political and legal hurdles, and has yet to formally revive them .

Willie Walsh, the former British Airways boss who now leads airline industry trade group Iata, said last week that a new runway may never be built at Europe’s busiest hub.

Still, Virgin will carry on seeking out available operating slots at Heathrow on an ad hoc basis, Mr Weiss said. It has managed to acquire five daily pairs in the past two years, including slots purchased from KLM and others seized from Russia’s Aeroflot and reallocated.

He said: “We’ve picked up slots and we’ve purchased slots, but it’s a limited pool and very expensive. And it’s unpredictable because you have to rely on the slots becoming available.”

A handful of Virgin’s slots are currently unused after it suspended services to Israel following the Hamas attacks, but they will be pressed into service when Tel Aviv flights resume in September.

Mr Weiss said he would continue pushing Heathrow to agree to plans that would see Virgin get its own dedicated terminal at Heathrow.

The facility would match British Airways’ operation at the airport’s Terminal 5 and would be shared with Delta and Virgin’s partners in the SkyTeam global alliance.

As it looks beyond Heathrow, Virgin could return to Gatwick.

The airline operated there until 2020, when it quit the airport during Covid. Stewart Wingate, Gatwick’s chief executive, told the Telegraph earlier this month he would welcome Virgin back “at the earliest opportunity”.

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Virgin continues to own operating slots at Gatwick under a so-called babysitting agreement with EasyJet, which allows the positions to be reclaimed.

Mr Weiss said that while a return was a long-term possibility, it would not be undertaken lightly and the airport was no closer to relaunching there.

The Virgin chief spoke on a flight to Las Vegas, where the company is marking its 40th anniversary with the launch of services from Manchester to the gambling and entertainment mecca.

Mr Weiss said Manchester can expect to get one or two new destinations a year under the airline’s expansion plan, while flights may also be put on at Bristol. Virgin’s only other UK base is in Edinburgh, but there is a chance that flights from Glasgow and Belfast, which have remained grounded since the pandemic, could also be restored.

To put on the extra flights, Virgin is looking at leasing extra aircraft to expand its fleet beyond the 45 planes the company will have once the last A350 jet from its existing order book arrives.

Mr Weiss stressed that all elements of the strategy must deliver profitable growth and do nothing to undermine the progress of its VelocityX plan, which has sought to stabilise the airline after it came close to collapse during Covid.

He said: “We’ve been through the valley of death and we’ve come out the other side.”

Virgin is on course to post record revenue this year and return to a positive operating profit this year, Mr Weiss said. The airline will not make a net profit as a result of the cost of servicing £1.5bn of debts run up during Covid.

The company could look to reduce this burden by raising fresh equity to pay down debt. However, this would dilute the holdings of Sir Richard and minority owner Delta Air Lines, which Mr Weiss said was an unattractive option.

Mr Weiss said: “Our shareholders kind of like where we are. Our job in management is to generate cash, to service the debt and strengthen the balance sheet.”

An expansion of the Virgin Atlantic Holidays arm, which generates 20pc of revenue, is likely to feature in VX30, since the business also helps fill Virgin planes.

Other efforts will focus on extracting more value from collaboration with Virgin Flying Club and the Virgin Red rewards club.

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