RoRan

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What is the best way for 2 people (wife and I) with 2 bags to get to from London Stansted to Sheraton Park Tower.

The Stansted express (train) runs every 15 min to Liverpool (Central London) Is this the station we get down? And then take a cab?

Any ideas?

Flyer_Tuck

The Stansted Express and taxi option is certainly the stress free way to do it. Depending on the time of day a taxi can take up to an hour to get from Liverpool Street station to Knightsbridge, but then late at night you could do it in as little as 15 minutes.

If you're feeling adventurous you can try the tube (the subway) but this will involve changing trains and is definitely not recommended during the rush hour.

Kagehitokiri

is there a taxi stand at liverpool station? if so where?

cranrob

Exit between tracks 10 and 11. The taxi stand is indoors.
See This map.

From NYC

An alternative, if your bags aren’t too heavy for you, is to take the Express train to the Victoria Line stop much closer to the airport, I forgot it’s name but it’s something with Hale in the title I think; then take the Victoria Line to Green Park. From there, you could either lug the bags thru the rather long exchange to the Picadilly Line for 2 stops to Knightsbridge, where the hotel is just one block away, or head up on the street and take a taxi from there. You’ll avoid all the hassle of getting thru The City by taxi, and will probably be faster. I’ve done it both ways by tube, and prefer the Victoria Line option. The interchange for the Victoria Line from the Express is quite easy.

If you’re going to be travelling by tube and bus a lot while in town, you can also buy a multi-day pass at that station with an add-on for the extra mileage from the Hale stop.

The _Banking_Scot

Hi FromNYC,

Good recall!

The Victoria Line tube sation that connects to the Stansted Express is Tottenham Hale.

Regards

TBS

TRAVELSIG

This is absolutely the option to take.

From NYC

Forgot to mention one other option, which I haven’t tried as I haven’t flown into Stansted in a while, since CO stopped flying there: there’s an airport bus that goes to the Victoria Coach Station, which is a couple of blocks away from Victoria Railroad Station. You’d be above ground the whole time to see things on the way in, but the time it takes will be dependent on traffic. There are usually a few taxis nearby the Coach station that could take you to the hotel, or jump across the main street for the C1 bus (comes every 15 minutes or so) that goes up Sloane St to Knightsbridge, and will leave you on the other side of Harvey Nichols dept store from the Park Tower, or one block away.

From NYC

Thanks for supplying the actual name of the station.

rikahlberg

The best way? Have the hotel send a sedan to get you The Park Tower had a nice stretch Mercedes available the last time I was there. My mom loved it.