London Luton Airport (LTN)
The airport is located 51km (32 miles)
northeast of London.
Address
Navigation House, Airport Way, Luton,
Bedfordshire LU2 9LY, UK
Telephone
(01582) 405
100
Website
Luton Airport is fairly small, but has
reasonable facilities with information desks, shops,
cafes, and car hire available.
Airport Facilities
Money and
communications: Bureaux de change, ATMs and web-enabled
telephones can be found throughout the terminal
building. Wireless Internet access is available in
bars, restaurants and public seating areas.
There is also an Internet café in the
terminal,
Eating and
drinking: The airport has a range of restaurants, cafés,
bars, a traditional English pub and a food
court .
Shopping: There are a good variety of shops at
the airport, including a 24-hour newsagent and bookstore
and
also 24-hour duty-free shopping.
Luggage: There are no left-luggage facilities at there
airport. There is a lost property office (tel: (01582)
395 219).
Other facilities: These include baby
care rooms, a children’s play centre and a
chapel.
Information and Help
Desks:
As well as passenger service assistants,
there are several electronic information booths at the
airport, . The booths contain touch-screen information on
onward transportation, local amenities, airport
navigation, parking and live flight
information.
Car
Hire:
Various car hire companies are
represented . Car hire desks are located next to the Arrivals
hall.
Car Parking:
There are express, medium-stay and
long-stay parking available at the airport, with
express parking situated within easy reach of the
terminal building. There are courtesy buses to the
mid- and long-term car parks. Passengers can pre-book
parking.
Driving Directions
From the M25, exit at junction 21
for access to the M1. From the M1, exit at junction
10 and follow signs to the airport. From the east and
A1, take the A505 dual carriageway at junction 9; the
airport lies just off the A505 and is clearly
signposted.
Public Transport
Rail: Luton Airport Parkway Station, 2km (1 mile)
from the airport, is connected to the terminal by a free
shuttle bus service. Both First Capital Connect
(tel: 0845 676 9904,
www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk)
and East Midlands Trains (tel: 0845 712 5678;
www.midlandmainline.com)
provide services to
London.
The rail service provides a fast link (approximately 30 to 40
minutes) to St Pancras from the Luton Airport Parkway
station.
Trains operate daily approximately every 15 to 30 minutes, with
a reduced service on weeknights.
For
information on times and fares, call the 24-hour National
Rail enquiries line (tel: 0845 748 4950;
www.nationalrail.co.uk). Virgin
Trains (tel: 0845 722 2333;
www.virgintrains.co.uk)
operates an express coach connection to its West Coast main
linerail services at Milton Keynes station.
Coach: Free Luton Airport Express shuttle
buses run to/from the Luton Airport Parkway Station.
Local bus services connect the airport with the
surrounding areas. For further information contact
Traveline (tel: 0871 200 2233:
www.traveline.org.uk).
The Greenline 757 is an express coach (tel: 0844 801
7261;
www.greenline.co.uk),
which runs daily between the airport and central London. It
operates coach services to
Victoria
coach station, departing every 30 to 60 minutes 24 hours a day
(journey time approx 60 to 90 minutes). easyBus also
operates a direct express service to/from
Central London
(
Victoria
), seven days a week. The Travel Line (tel: 0871 200 2233)
provides further information on travel to
London
.
Easybus
(
www.easybus.co.uk)
offers a 24-hour service to London Victoria. Numerous
National Express coaches run from the airport to
destinations all over the country. For further information,
contact National Express (tel: 0871 781 8181;
www.nationalexpress.com).
Taxi: Cabco (tel: (01582) 737 777,
www.cabcotaxisluton.co.uk),
Alpha Taxis (tel: (01582) 599 499;
www.alphataxisluton.com) and
Luton Taxi Association (tel: (01582) 735 555;
www.lutontaxis.com)
offer pre-bookable services to and from the airport, while
licensed taxis are available at a rank outside the terminal.
Taxis are available 24 hours and cost approximately £60 for a
journey to central
London
.
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