National Express Coach between Woking and Heathrow

A National Express coach, in Woking, in case you can't imagine what that looks like.

I’ve been so lazy and let’s be blunt, this is not going to be long, or interesting, because it’s about a ride on a coach; so unless you’ve never been on a coach journey before, or really need to know how to get from Woking to Heathrow, I’d leave now.

Honestly… go!

Ok, so, you’re still reading, so coaches are new to you, huh? Well, they are big metal things that go on the road, they have about 50 seats, and windows down each side which help to distinguish them from lorries. You know what lorries are, yeah?

Fine, I’ll stop being a dick. If you’re going to Heathrow, you think (like me) taxis are a bit expensive and you’d rather not pay actual cash-money to have your car earn a few dents and scratches in an enormous car park, so far away from the terminal you might as well be at home, then public transport is the obvious choice.

You really have 2 main options, the coach, or the train. For me, the train means either going up to Waterloo, making my way across to Paddington and catching the extortionately expensive Heathrow Express in a journey that would take upwards of an hour and a half. I could get on the Piccadilly Line and make my way down that way, which would also take about an hour and a half,  or there’s the RailAir Coach from Woking. Obviously, this limits your options and really you have to be able to get to the coach stop easily. There is another RailAir coach from Reading I think, I live in Guildford, so Woking is only 10 minutes away on the train.

You can either buy your ticket for the journey online here, for about £11.00 including booking fees, although that requires a printer; or you can purchase from the driver. I would recommend at least checking the coach times online though, they run approximately every half an hour.

Neither of my trips were at particularly busy times (Woking to Heathrow on Friday evening, after about 8pm, return journey on Thursday evening), meaning that I don’t know how long the journey can be. For me though, the journey up to Terminal 5, the first stop, took 20 minutes, the journey home took less than 15. I couldn’t believe how quick and easy it was and I have to admit, although I normally hate busses, I wouldn’t go up to Heathrow any other way.

Understandably, there may be other issues, like a multitude of bags, or a multitude of children, which makes the coach less viable, but to be honest if you’re one of those people, you probably have your taxi or car parking booked already?

However, if you are still contemplating how best to get up to Heathrow and you live within spitting (or train journey) distance of Woking, it’s not fancy and it’s not particularly exciting, but I can’t think of a better way to get there. 5/5

For the record, the rating doesn’t really mean anything in this instance, but since it’s all I have to reflect how good something is it will have to do!

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