Heathrow Or Stanstead To Romford..cheapest/quickest Route ?

[dieseldick]

whats cheapest way to get either from stanstead or heathrow to romford ?

need to get to a medical appointment in romford for around 10am in morning.

thankyou

[CrapAtCryptics]

Stansted is half the distance that Heathrow is.
Train 2 changes is approx 1.5hrs Cheapest return approx £34.30 if you have no discount card.
Bus is much more fussier and expensive

[dzug2]

Heathrow is no slower in time and a lot cheaper - £5.10 each way using Oyster or contactless card, less off peak. Tube to Liverpool Street then train

You can save a bit of time using the Heathrow Express - but pay a lot more

[dieseldick]

thanks guys , so heathrow is the least expensive ? only approx £12 return ?

is that right, where will i buy a card ? at heathrow ?

thanks again

[naomi24]

Heathrow is much further from Romford than Stansted is. I think you can get a National Express bus direct to Romford from Stansted - and no M25 congestion to delay you.

[dzug2]

You can get an Oyster at Heathrow, yes.

You can also pay cash for the tube fare at a bit more than the Oyster fare - I can't at the moment find the TfL page that says how much

There's no direct National Express to Romford from Stansted - it's very infrequent and indirect. But you can get a frequent coach to Stratford and pick up the train there. About an hour on the coach and 20 minutes on the train

[naomi24]

^That would be much better than the journey from Heathrow.

[-SharonA-]

Stansted is better as you would have to pass Romford on the way to London by car.
Dzug2 has given you the better instructions for travel on public transport.

[dieseldick]

thanks guys much appreciated.

[dieseldick]

dzug2 should i get a train from stansted to stratford ? bit confused here as i have been looking on google maps and i have conflicting info.

cheers

[naomi24]

You could get the train from Stansted airport to Liverpool Street and then a train from there to Romford. That's probably the most straightforward way to do it.

[dzug2]

The suggestion was a coach from Stansted to Stratford and a train from there to Romford - still a lot more than the tube/rail from Heathrow for not a lot of saving in time

It might turn of what flight timings are available - but you did ask for the cheapest

[dieseldick]

thanks guys. appreciated !! ;-)