Heathrow T 4 To Blackfriars Rail Station For Brighton

[tamaris]

Meeting niece from OZ. The way I came had alot of changes after blackfriars. Quickest easies way please

[mushroom25]

i'd go Heathrow-Paddington, Paddington-Farringdon, Farringdon-Brighton.

[tamaris]

Is that on tube

[mushroom25]

no. Elizabeth line (although currently you need to change at Paddington) and Thameslink.

[jno]

Liz line to Farringdon (but you currently have to change from one line to the other at Paddington), then Thameslink to Brighton.

[jno]

the Liz line is supposed to go directly through Paddington in autumn but I don't think they've set a date yet.

[New Judge]

If you want to go solely by tube as far as possible take the Piccadilly Line to Barons Court and change there for a District Line to Blackfriars. It's 23 stops on the tube and will take you getting on for an hour, but it involves just one simple cross-platform change at Barons Court. You can make that change at Hammersmith or Earl's Court if you wish, but Barons Court will be much less crowded.

Mushroom's route is probably quicker but the changes at Paddington, and particularly at Farringdon are a bit "messy".

Unless there is a specific reason for travelling via Blackfriars you could cut your tube journey down (by five stops) by travelling to Brighton from Victoria.

[Buenchico]

I'm also confused as to why you should want to go via Blackfriars!

The Piccadilly Line takes you directly to Kings Cross/St Pancras. There are 4 trains an hour running directly from St Pancras to Brighton.

Alternatively, the 'official' route (as found by the National Rail journey planner and suggested by Mushroom25) is to take the Elizabeth Line to Paddington, change to another Elizabeth Line service to Farringdon and then get a train to Brighton from there.

The journey time's not much different if you take the Heathrow Express across to Terminals 2 and 3 (which you can use free of charge) and then a direct National Express bus to Brighton.

[tamaris]

Chris that was the way on my train ticket. Thanks to everyone that commented.