Stansted Express Timetable & Train Times

To check real-time train time information, head over to our Live Departures page.

Trains depart London and Stansted Airport every 15 minutes during the day, 7 days a week.

The first train leaving Liverpool Street to Stansted Airport is at 03:40 AM on Monday, Friday and Saturday, 04:10 AM on Sunday, and 04:40 AM on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

The first train leaving Stansted Airport to Liverpool Street is at 05:30 AM on Monday and Friday, 05:28 AM on Saturday and Sunday, and 05:55 AM on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

The last train leaving Liverpool Street to Stansted Airport is 23:21 PM.** The last train leaving Stansted Airport to London Liverpool Street is 00:30 PM.**

**Between 3 July and 25 September, we will be running trains through the night on Fridays into Saturday mornings. These services are designed to help if you’re arriving on a late flight or travelling for an early departure. Please visit our page about late night trains for more information.

These times are subject to change. Make sure to use our train time tool further up this page to check if there are any changes before you travel. To search for the first or last train of the day, select a time in our train times tool further up this page and hit ‘View Train Times’. Use the earlier or later toggles to scroll through to find the train you are looking for on your selected route.

To check if your train is on time, head over to our Live Departures page. It will have a status update to say whether the train will be on time.

To check which platform your train leaves from, head over to our Live Departures page. The platform number should be displayed directly underneath the train’s departure station.

If your train is cancelled, you will be able to take the next service to your destination. All Stansted Express tickets are flexible – you can catch any train on the outbound travel date booked.

If your train is cancelled and you're no longer going to travel, you’re entitled to a refund.

From London Liverpool Street station, the journey time is about 48 minutes. Making it the quickest way to travel from central London to Stansted Airport.

From Stratford station, the journey is approximately 1 hour to Stansted Airport.

From Tottenham Hale station, the journey is around 36 minutes to Stansted Airport

No, Stansted Express does not run 24 hours a day.

The first Stansted Express train leaves from Liverpool Street to Stansted Airport at 03:40 AM on Monday, Friday and Saturday, 04:10 AM on Sunday, and 04:40 AM on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Between 3 July and 25 September, we will be running trains through the night on Fridays into Saturday mornings. These services are designed to help if you’re arriving on a late flight or travelling for an early departure. Please visit our page about late night trains for more information.

These times are subject to change. Make sure to use our train time tool further up this page to check if there are any changes before you travel. To search for the first or last train of the day, select a time in our train times tool further up this page and hit ‘View Train Times’. Use the earlier or later toggles to scroll through to find the train you are looking for on your selected route.

The Stansted Express takes about 36 minutes to get to Tottenham Hale station, and around 48 to get to London Liverpool Street station (central London).

The first train leaving Liverpool Street to Stansted Airport is 03:40 AM on Monday, Friday and Saturday. On Sunday, the first train is at 04:10 AM, and on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday the first train departs at 04:40 AM.

The first train leaving Stansted Airport to London Liverpool Street is 05:30 AM on Monday and Friday, 05:28 AM on Saturday and Sunday, and 05:55 AM on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

These times are subject to change. Make sure to use our train time tool further up this page to check if there are any changes before you travel. To search for the first or last train of the day, select a time in our train times tool further up this page and hit ‘View Train Times’. Use the earlier or later toggles to scroll through to find the train you are looking for on your selected route.

The last train leaving Liverpool Street to Stansted Airport is 23:21 PM. The last train leaving Stansted Airport to London Liverpool Street is 00:30 AM.**

**Between 3 July and 25 September, we will be running trains through the night on Fridays into Saturday mornings. These services are designed to help if you’re arriving on a late flight or travelling for an early departure. Please visit our page about late night trains for more information.

These times are subject to change. Make sure to use our train time tool further up this page to check if there are any changes before you travel. To search for the first or last train of the day, select a time in our train times tool further up this page and hit ‘View Train Times’. Use the earlier or later toggles to scroll through to find the train you are looking for on your selected route.