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✦Stansted Airport · STN
Stansted Airport Taxi Transfer
Fixed-price runs between London Stansted and any UK address. One terminal, one fare, and a driver who watches your flight rather than the clock.
Passengers
2
Bags
2
- Terminals
- Single terminal
- Distance
- 40 miles to central London
- Journey time
- 55 to 80 minutes
- Saloon from
- £90
- Drop-off charge
- £10 for 15 minutes, included in your fare
- Rail alternative
- Stansted Express, 48 minutes to Liverpool Street
Overview
What is a Stansted taxi transfer?
A Stansted taxi transfer is a booked private hire journey linking London Stansted (STN) with an address you nominate, priced before departure. Taxiqo quotes these from £90 in a saloon holding four people and two large cases.
Stansted stands 40 miles north-east of the city in Essex, off junction 8 of the M11. Allow 55 to 80 minutes into central London, and a little longer if the North Circular is heavy. Unlike Heathrow and Gatwick, the airport works from one passenger terminal, so there's no terminal to confuse and no shuttle to catch. Arrivals empty into a single hall with one authorised pickup area alongside.
Vehicles carry private hire plates and drivers hold the matching licence. Stansted's £10 drop-off charge covers a 15 minute stay and is folded into the quote, along with M11 running costs, the congestion charge on routes crossing it, ULEZ and VAT. Overstay 15 minutes at the terminal and the charge jumps to a flat £28, which is a reason to have someone waiting rather than circling.
Read on for Stansted fares by destination, from Cambridge to Luton Airport, how the single-terminal layout works in practice, vehicle sizing by group and baggage, the full list of what the fare absorbs, a straight comparison against the Stansted Express, and how to reserve. The FAQ covers night flights, coach alternatives, Cambridge runs, luggage capacity and cancellation.
Why Taxiqo
Why a booked car beats the rank at Stansted
Distance is the argument here. Forty miles on a meter is a fare nobody can predict, and Stansted's traffic through the M11 and M25 junction swings widely by the hour. A pre-agreed number takes that risk off you and puts it on the operator.
Late arrivals are the other reason. Stansted handles a lot of early-morning and late-night low-cost traffic, and the rank thins out badly outside normal hours. A car booked in advance is there regardless.
- Licensed operator with vetted, DBS-checked drivers
- Single agreed fare, sent in writing
- Flight tracked by number against live arrivals
- 60 minutes of waiting included after landing
- Cards, cash and account billing all accepted
- Phones staffed through the night
Fixed prices
Stansted transfer prices
Prices begin at £90 for a saloon to Chelmsford, and a saloon into the capital is £120. The quote covers the vehicle, not the seat, so a couple and a family of four pay identically. No unsociable-hours surcharge applies.
| Destination | Vehicle | Journey time | Fixed fare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central London | Saloon | 55 to 80 min | £120 |
| Cambridge | Saloon | 40 to 55 min | £95 |
| Chelmsford | Saloon | 35 to 50 min | £90 |
| Canary Wharf | Saloon | 60 to 90 min | £120 |
| Luton Airport | Saloon | 60 to 85 min | £135 |
| Colchester | Saloon | 50 to 70 min | £120 |
Figures shown carry the terminal fee, road charges, parking and tax.Price your own route
Coverage
How pickup works at a single-terminal airport
Terminal arrangements at Stansted are refreshingly simple next to Heathrow and Gatwick, the largest of the London airports we serve. One building handles every flight, so the only decision is where in that building you meet your driver.
Arrivals come out into the main hall on the ground floor, with the express coach station and the short-stay car park a short walk beyond. Meet and greet puts the driver inside the hall itself. A standard pickup sends you to the designated area outside, and the driver messages the bay once you're through customs.
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Main arrivals hall
Ground floor, where meet and greet drivers wait with a name board. The busiest point in the building.
02
Designated pickup area
A short walk from arrivals, used for standard pickups. Your driver sends the bay number by text.
03
Short-stay car park
Parking used on meet and greet bookings. The fee is already inside your fare.
04
Stansted Airport station
Directly beneath the terminal, serving Stansted Express and Greater Anglia trains.
What's included
Everything the price absorbs
Absorbed into the quoted figure is each cost the run creates, which is what keeps the booking number and the final number identical.
- Terminal forecourt fee of £10, covering a 15 minute stay
- Car park charges when meet and greet is selected
- Tolls on any routing that uses the Dartford Crossing
- Congestion charge and ULEZ where the journey enters them
- VAT at the standard rate
- Sixty minutes of free waiting timed from touchdown
For how the charge works and what it costs, read Stansted drop-off charge explained.
Arrivals
Where does the driver meet you?
Arrivals are served by one of two pickup types. Meet and greet places the driver inside the terminal; a standard pickup meets you at the designated pickup point outside.
Meet and greet
- Where
- Inside the arrivals hall
- Driver
- Waits at the arrivals gate holding a name board
- Luggage
- Driver helps with luggage to the car
- Parking
- Car park fee included in the fare
- Best for
- First-time arrivals, families, late-night landings
Standard pickup
- Where
- At the terminal's designated pickup point
- Driver
- Calls or texts you on landing with the bay number
- Luggage
- You bring luggage to the car
- Parking
- No car park fee
- Best for
- Frequent flyers with hand luggage only
Vehicle choice
Which vehicle do you need?
Choose by passenger count first, then by luggage. Count pushchairs, ski bags and golf clubs as large cases. Under-filling a vehicle is the most common cause of a transfer going wrong at the kerb.
| Vehicle | Passengers | Large cases | Example | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saloon | Up to 4 | 2 large cases | Toyota Prius or similar | £90 |
| Estate | Up to 4 | 4 large cases | VW Passat Estate or similar | £110 |
| Mercedes E-Class | Up to 3 | 2 large cases | Mercedes E-Class or similar | £120 |
| Mercedes S-Class | Up to 3 | 2 large cases | Mercedes S-Class or similar | £150 |
| Mercedes V-Class | Up to 6 | 6 large cases | Mercedes V-Class or similar | £150 |
| 8 Seater | Up to 8 | 8 large cases | Mercedes Vito or similar | £130 |
| 16 Seater Minibus | Up to 16 | 16 cases | Mercedes Sprinter or similar | £557.60 |
| Range Rover | Up to 4 | 3 large cases | Range Rover or similar | £200 |
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Alternatives
Road, Stansted Express or coach?
Stansted Express reaches Liverpool Street in 48 minutes and leaves every quarter of an hour. That's genuinely quick, and for a solo traveller heading into the City it's hard to argue against.
Coaches undercut both on price and take roughly 90 minutes to Victoria, which suits an unhurried budget trip. But neither serves a doorstep, and Liverpool Street at 06:00 with two cases and a child is its own kind of problem. Road transport holds its ground on early departures, group travel and anywhere off the Greater Anglia line, and the group size sets the vehicle.
How to book
Reserving your Stansted car
Reserving is quick. Type in both ends of the journey, choose when, pick the class of car and confirm. Nothing commits until the fare has been shown.
- 1Type in your pickup and destination
- 2Choose the date, time and passenger count
- 3Pick a vehicle class and read the fare
- 4Add your flight number if you're landing
- 5Confirm and keep the written confirmation
Stansted transfer questions
Stansted Airport transfers, answered
Direct answers on fares, terminals, delayed landings, luggage and cancellations for Stansted Airport.
Still have questions?
Our London team is available 24/7 to help you choose the right vehicle, explain fixed prices and take your booking.
CONTACT USExpect £120 in a saloon from Stansted into central London. It seats four with two large cases and covers about 40 miles in 55 to 80 minutes down the M11. Agreed at booking, with the terminal fee, road tolls and tax already in.
No. Stansted operates from one passenger terminal, so there's no shuttle and no terminal mix-up. Every arrival exits into the same ground-floor hall, which makes meeting a driver simpler here than at Heathrow or Gatwick.
Yes, at any hour of any day. Stansted's departure peak falls between 05:00 and 07:00, and those slots book up fastest. Reserve the day before for a pre-dawn pickup and the car is guaranteed.
Stansted Express is quicker to Liverpool Street, at 48 minutes against 55 to 80 by road. Judge it door to door though. Once the tube or cab at the far end is counted, along with luggage, the two land close together for most addresses.
Common runs include London, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Colchester and Bishop's Stortford, plus airport-to-airport transfers. Long-distance work to the Midlands and the north is quoted on request. Any UK postcode can be priced.
Two large cases plus two pieces of hand luggage. Anything beyond that wants an estate, which takes four large cases, or a Mercedes V-Class, which takes six. Golf bags, skis and pushchairs each count as a large case when you're choosing.
Stansted charges £10 for a stay of up to 15 minutes at the terminal forecourt, rising to a flat £28 beyond that. Cameras read plates on entry and exit, so there's no barrier. Your fare already accounts for it.
Yes, and both legs get quoted together. Return bookings hold the same fixed pricing as one-way ones. Give the outbound flight number and the return one and each pickup is tracked separately.
Coach travel is cheaper for one person, at a fraction of a car fare for the 90 minute run to Victoria. A car wins on time and on convenience once two or more people are travelling, since the fare covers the vehicle rather than each seat.
Yes, provided it's more than 24 hours before pickup. Between 24 and 2 hours before pickup half the fare is refunded, and inside 2 hours nothing is, because the driver is already assigned. Amendments to timing or address are free on the same 24-hour terms.
Other airports
Transfers to the other London airports
Taxiqo covers all six London airports, plus Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and Leeds Bradford, on the same fixed-fare basis. Compare the starting price and journey time for each.
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