Easy travel to London Luton Airport? Take Thameslink.
Whether you’re heading on holiday or visiting friends abroad, get your trip off to a great start with fast and frequent trains to Luton Airport.
Whether you’re heading on holiday or visiting friends abroad, get your trip off to a great start with fast and frequent trains to Luton Airport.
Go from Central London to Luton Airport in as little as 41 minutes
Direct routes from over 50 stations and frequent services up to 8 times per hour
Avoid traffic, parking and airport transfers. Start your holiday the right way, sit back and relax
You can travel with us to Luton Airport by train from Brighton, London and Hertfordshire. Our direct trains set off from these stations:
You can buy tickets in all the normal ways; at the station using the ticket machines or ticket office, using a contactless card (from stations where this is available) or Key Smartcard. We recommend buying your tickets online in advance, however. This way you can:
Please note, you will need to buy a “through-ticket” to Luton Airport, to get all the way to the terminal. This will include your train ticket to Luton Airport Parkway and transfer to the terminal on the Luton DART (Direct Air-Rail Transit).
Launched on March 27th 2023, the Luton DART is a pioneering infrastructure project by Luton Rising and Luton Council, providing a faster, more convenient transfer from Luton Airport Parkway to Luton Airport in just under 4 minutes. The DART runs 24-7 with up to 14 journeys an hour at peak times. It is fully accessible with step-free access and seamless assistance if required from train to terminal.
The DART is owned and operated by Luton Rising. Ticket prices for the DART are set by Luton Rising, but you can purchase a ticket through Thameslink, by choosing a through-ticket to Luton Airport.
For any DART non-ticket related customer enquiries please go to www.lutondart.com.
As with all rail fares, prices will vary depending on where you are travelling from, the number of people travelling and the day or time of day you want to travel. All through-tickets to the airport include a DART ticket priced at £4.90 each way.
Leaving yourself plenty of time to get to the airport is a good way of avoiding disaster in Departures. We recommend checking with your airline when you need to be there – you can do that and more below:
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