Yup, the impossible has officially been done, mark this day! As most Londoners know, travelling to any of London’s airports in the middle of the night can be quite costly because the Underground terminates at 01:00 and so do the trains. You will need to rely completely on night busses or by booking a taxi to get there. Now, the night busses can be a bit scary at night so if you decide to take our advice, please take caution.

The Night Busses in London start at around 01:00 each morning and most of them will run twice within the hour. I would check the information on the bus stop before taking that as gospel as it might change in the future. When using Night Busses, I would avoid sitting way at the back all alone; sit closer to the driver or another group of people. Best advice, act like a moody teenager, people tend to leave them alone, hehe!

Anyway, we travelled to Heathrow Airport from Norwood which is close to Croydon by taking a Night Bus straight to West Croydon Bus Station and switching there to catch one of a few express busses to Heathrow Airport. It cost me nothing more than my normal bus pass I had loaded onto my Oyster Card. Compare that now to taking a taxi to Heathrow which would have cost me around £70 because it was 03:00 in the morning and I stay way on the other side of London. I thought that we would be the only crazy people travelling that time of the morning, boy was I pleasantly surprised to find a lot more people out there.

To be honest, I do not feel any safer by taking a taxi that time of the morning but I suppose some people do. So, here is a thought… explore all the options before you do something, there can be a cheaper, faster and better way to experience London!

Got any questions?