Trains to Gatwick Airport - Station Details and further Information on the Gatwick Airport Area
Gatwick Airport station is the train station at London Gatwick Airport that provides a direct rail connection to London 26¾ miles away. The station platforms are located directly below the airport’s South Terminal, and the ticket office is adjacent to that terminal’s concourse. The station is currently one of 18 in the United Kingdom to be owned and managed by Network Rail. Train services are provided by Gatwick Express, Southern, First Great Western and First Capital Connect. When viewed from air (or in satellite imagery), the present station building's British Rail logo that is etched on the top of the roof is visible.
Northbound - The Gatwick Express operates every 15 minutes between Gatwick and London Victoria plus frequent Southern service to London Victoria and a more limited service to London Bridge. Since December 2008 Gatwick Express services have been extended, during peak hours, to and from Brighton.
There is a First Capital Connect service every 15 minutes to Central London and beyond to Bedford, via London Bridge and St Pancras. First Great Western operate to Reading via Guildford on the North Downs Line.
Southbound - There are frequent First Capital Connect and Southern services to Brighton. Southern also run services to Horsham, Hove and Bognor Regis and further afield to Portsmouth, Southampton, Eastbourne, Hastings and Ore.
About Gatwick Airport
Gatwick Airport is London's second largest airport and second busiest in the United Kingdom after Heathrow. In 2008, it was the world's 28th busiest airport in terms of passengers and 9th busiest in terms of international passengers. It is the world's busiest single-runway international airport.
Gatwick is 5 km 3.1 miles north of central Crawley, West Sussex, 28.4 miles south of London. Gatwick is owned and operated by BAA, which owns and operates six other British airports, and is itself owned by an international consortium led by the Spanish Ferrovial Group.
Gatwick Airport has two terminals, North and South. Both have shops and restaurants landside and airside. Disabled passengers can travel through all areas. There are facilities for baby changing and feeding, and play areas and video games for children. Business travellers have lounges offering business facilities. There is a conference and business centre. The airport and area has hotels from executive to a capsule hotel. |