I love actionkid and his channel so much. He teaches me everything I need to know and he doesn’t just TELL you like other channels; he actually SHOWS you !!!
I think you should have gone with the Circle line train to Hammersmith. For several reasons: - Hammersmith is further west than Gloucester Road and, hence, closer to your destination; - Hammersmith (Circle) is actually just across the road from Hammersmith (Piccadilly) and the walk between the two only takes one to two minutes, not seven, and you won't be charged for two journeys as it's an OSI; - both Hammersmith stations are fully step-free, so you wouldn't have had to take stairs like at Gloucester Road; That way, you would have already been on the Piccadilly line at Hammersmith at 05:51 or, if you're really quick between two Hammersmith stations, on the 05:39 train even, and, thus, at Terminal 2 at 06:11 or 06:23. On a different note, all journeys between the three Heathrow stations and Hatton Cross are free of charge. So, if you're looking to make the journey with the lowest fare possible, you can alight at Hatton Cross, touch out, touch back in and take the next train to Terminal 2. That way, the total journey cost would be £3.50, although going up to the ticket hall at Hatton Cross is sure to be a bit of additional hassle as it's not step-free.
My thought exactly. You seemed to change your mind near the beginning of the video for the sake of a couple of minutes extra waiting time. You could have saved yourself an enormous amount of time and hassle. But no matter it was still interesting and I love following your videos.
A little bit of history, in case you're interested. When the Piccadilly Line Heathrow extension first opened in 1977, they built two stations, Hatton Cross and Heathrow Central. Heathrow Central served terminals 1, 2, and 3, which were accessed from the station via underground walkways. Above the tube station, a new bus station was also built. Then terminal 4 was opened in the 80s, which is outside of the airport's central area, so needed its own tube station. Similarly with terminal 5, which is some distance from the central area as well as from terminal 4, so also needed its own station. I remember my dad and I doing a trip to check out the new extension just after Christmas 1977, less than two weeks after it had officially opened. The nearest tube station to where we lived was South Kensington, so we were able to take the Piccadilly line straight to the airport. I was obsessed with airlines, aircraft, and airports as a kid, so it was a fun and memorable day for me, especially as I'd been given a camera for Christmas that year, so could try it out at the airport. 😊
@@onecupof_tea It was! I remember several times going with friends to the airport to watch the planes, which from where we lived took three buses to get to (we couldn't afford to take the Tube!). We felt like we were heading off on a great adventure, armed with a packed lunch which we ate on top of the Queen's Building as the planes screamed and roared all around us. 🛩 😁
@42:10 The easy cross platform transfers at Hammersmith and Barons Court are very useful, especially with luggage, worth keeping in mind for different onward destinations.
That sort of thing is not generally known to Google Maps or NYC MTA online trip planners. They don't know the difference between a station with lots of stairs or elevators and long treks between subway lines and a cross platform transfer. You just have to know. I live in Brooklyn and going to JFK airport I go farther and longer on the subway to get to a cross platform transfer instead of a complicated ten minute one.
@@ActionKid Definitely would have been better to go west from Gloucester Road on the district line and change for the picadilly line somewhere easy like Hammersmith.. ah well, you'll know for next time!
I've found that a lot of people just stick to what they know. If they live on the south end of the Seven Sisters Road and work in the Covent Garden area, they'll only get the Piccadilly Line westbound from their nearest station (Arsenal, Manor House, Finsbury Park, whatever). I had a friend that lived in Croydon (south London, zone 6) for years that didn't know what I was explaining when I talked about visiting a friend in the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead (zone 2, north) and the hill from the Tube station to the hospital (it's steep, a skateboard could probably hit 40mph going down this hill). Kudos to ActionKid for roaming around, getting the best use of the daily caps, going to the West End (north of the river) AND Greenwich (south of the river). Living like a local is the best way to experience a place: use the Tube and buses in London, buy a Navigo Découverte for the week in Paris and use the funicular to get up to Sacre Coeur, hire a bike to see all of Rottnest Island in Australia, get the local ferry to Lantau Island from Hong Kong, eat at the places the locals eat in Las Vegas or Brussels or Quebec City or Wollongong. Life is all about experiences. Make sure that you have plenty to watch if your life ever flashes before your eyes.
I enjoyed your final tube ride in London, AK. I loved hearing all the announcements and the sounds of the tube. I do miss London. I enjoyed your whole trip actually. I’m impressed with how much you learned about London including the Brit expressions for things and you seemed to navigate around London pretty easily. It was great seeing all the Christmas decorations, too, and I enjoyed your trip to the Harrods Food Halls. I’m sure you do alot of planning before you set out to make it all seem so seamless. I’ve always done the Heathrow Express to London. I couldn’t schlep my bags up and down stairs all those stairs like you did. But the Elizabeth Line looks like a nice option, too, and something to keep in mind. I hope your flight back was uneventful. I couldn’t believe you did a livestream in NYC yesterday afternoon after having flown all day. Catch you soon on your next adventure!!
You're the BEST! I appreciate you showing the more affordable transportation option in London and for going through all the trouble just to create this video. 🏆 It is not fun lugging your suitcase, finding your way, and recording at the same time. Thank you for sharing this informative Underground ride to the airport, AK! 🤗
You can get to Heathrow at night by the N9 bus which is £1.85 from Central London to Heathrow Terminals 2, 3 and 5 and kinda mirror the Piccadilly line
I loved hearing the dawn chorus at one stations. Well done AK. You did all this while I was still asleep Sunday morning but was wondering where you might be when I woke at 7:30am
"Such a helpful and informative video! Navigating from Central London to Heathrow Airport for just $7 via the Piccadilly Line is a game-changer. Your detailed guide makes it easy for travelers, especially those on a budget, to plan their journey seamlessly. It's fantastic to see how accessible and cost-effective public transportation can be. Thanks for sharing this valuable tip, making travel more convenient for everyone!
The service will be better from 2025 when the new trains will be introduced. They will have air con and more space in the carriages. Also the new signalling system will allow trains up to 90 second intervals.
As the saying on the Body Shop shopping bag used to say: “if you think education is expensive, try experience. “. ;). There’s nothing like it, that’s for sure. Hopefully you can kickback on the plane. Thanks for showing the way.
I can’t think of edgware road without also thinking of Sherlock Holmes. Then of course there’s Baker Street. That leads me to Gerry Rafferty. It all interrelates. ;). This London video series was wonderful. Thanks so much.
It’s great that you show us affordable transportation in London 😎These videos are informative and useful for any passenger who needs to go to the airport 🙂I appreciate these videos! Thank you for sharing A K 🙂👍!!!
Yeah, the Piccadilly line has done a great job over the years of getting people to Heathrow but it is often crowded, clunky and slow. The Heathrow Express is expensive unless booked stupidly in advance so that the Elizabeth Line is the best option unless you have lots of time or on a budget. You can also do it by ordinary bus but you need to be very keen to do that
You've become quite the expert on getting around London and to the airport. Even as a Londoner. I found your videos extremely informative, and at times, fascinating. I wouldn't worry too much about the zones. The fare is usually worked out from where you tap in to where you tap out, regardless of which zones you cross, as long as you stick to using the London Underground network. If you were to tap out using the Elzabeth Line, it will automatically add the surcharge for using that route.
Helloo This was a informative, fabulous tube ride you shared from central London all way westward on-route to Heathrow Airport trust mi I wishes Toronto underground network had lots of branches and lines like NYC and London but we slowly venturing ap bit by bit....awesume vid!
Next time you fly over there I highly recommend going with an airline that goes through Gatwick airport instead of Heathrow. Gatwick is a much more straightforward airport and the train you take to get there and back from St.Pancras in central London is a nice and fast surface level train with few stops (ThamesLink train) with Luggage racks and a nice outdoor view into the city. I’ll never take Air Canada into Heathrow over there again, I’ll stick with WestJet that flies into Gatwick all the time now. Technically it’s further away from central London (but to the south) than Heathrow but the ThamesLink train gets you there in 30 min. And the train station at Gatwick is right there at departures and arrivals, not a 20 min walk away.
Thank you for posting this, also watched the one from Heathrow to paddington the Elizabeth line. Your experience and recording this will help me tremendously for my first trip to London this spring.
This is like a Travel sim...get to travel as if we were travelling with you. Love this to pieces and is really good advice if we ever decide to travel to London. Which we may do now one day.
I always try to find a later in the day flight back to the US! I guess ActionKid wanted to film through the opening doors but I woulda grabbed that seat. From Pimlico where I always stay to Heathrow the Piccadilly line is as fast as the Elizabeth. The Elizabeth also requires either a ten minute walk or complicated Tube transfers. Just like in NYC the best transit to the airport depends on where you are starting from.
The London underground tube is a very reliable and cheaper form of transport to and fro Heathrow...AK certainly jolted our memory revisited on the tube rides years ago while l lived there...thanks AK for showing us around the journey 🎉😅
Wow, a bit of a journey but just $7; still, a lot of walking, climbing stairs, and 2 trains. Glad everything went pretty smoothly, but a lot of chances for mishaps, delays, not to mention the limitations you mentioned as to where that 2nd train takes you at the airport. Definitely good plan to arrive at the airport with enough time to spare, but a car service sounds really nice, or take the Elizabeth Line unless one were to somehow know 3 months in advance for the H. Express.
Much appreciated, it certainly was a lot of work to save some money but good to know there are options! Also, there are stations in Central London that connect to the Piccadilly Line directly like Piccadilly Circus which don't involve any transfers.
@@ActionKid Agreed, Piccadilly line can be a decent practical option, better in 2025 with new trains, but Gloucester Road is definitely not advisable for changing lines.
New trains for Piccadilly line coming end of next year, called 2024 stock the trains will be wider, open plan, more seating and aircon. The current trains are among the oldest on the tube network
I love your channels, but you could just go to Hammersmith and take the big line all the way to Heathrow airport or you can take a circle line from Paddington and Elizabeth to go ahead for terminal to free
Makes perfect sense... You get in the lift/elevator at the ground floor. Then up to first floor, second floor, third floor and so on ... How do you guys count it in the USA ??
Just 3 weeks ago i was also there. Well not at Heathrow, but i went by €urostar and stayed in Hounslow, so i used the Piccadilly Line almost every day to the city centre, so it is nice to see the whole trip actually again. For some reason i would love to have that soft roll cushion with TFL pattern on it. That one where you can lean on next to the doors where you put your luggage.
Great video. I hope the flight was pleasant and went well. It's a 7 hour flight too. You went on a bit of the oldest underground railway section in the world from Edgware Road to Paddington in the video
Feedback: Piccadilly line, Economical, frequent service but AK chose a convoluted route, better is Edgware rd to Hammersmith station, cross rd to Piccadilly line station, Gloucester road is not shown as an official interchange on the map due to different levels and only part lift, new trains in 2025 should give a better experience.
Depends where you are in London. It's quicker, easier and cheaper to get on the piccadilly line. Lots of other piccadilly line stations only accessible by lift so no dragging your bags down steps
..I'm always super impressed at how well adept you're at handling different types of stress.. if this was me - I'd be in a booked taxi to the airport.. wouldn't want to be stressed out by any potential delays etc., This is super interesting to watch...💖 And Happy Thanksgiving 💛💫👋
@@emjayay yes, that's true AK is very good at figuring out all the travel detail. Taxi to the airport really depends on how far away you are. £100. ..sounds way over the cost ..if it's from central London to Heathrow. Also, depends on the taxi company - iconic London Black taxi is quite expensive but a local taxi company much cheaper.💖👋
@@vesper.q4100 I checked and a black taxi is £60-£100. BTW there are also buses all the time from Victoria bus station for £10 but I always take the Circle/District from there to the Piccadilly. Again, where you are starting from in London matters.
Also, a minicab wouldn’t be much cheaper, though the price would be known before the journey whereas a black cab the price is determined by the meter in the cab. One nice change (this is sarcasm) at Heathrow is that if you get a friend to drop you off at Heathrow you have to pay a £12.50 drop of fee, if you park in the short stay car park it’s £16.00 for the 1st 2 hours then £3.40 per hour.
The Elizabeth Line from Paddington station is the best option for early morning flights, as it starts earlier than the Heathrow Express. The first Elizabeth line train to terminal 5 arrives at 5:04.
You should have used the Heathrow Express. If you book in advance you get a discount. It’s a nonstop service to Paddington and the trains have dedicated luggage racks. No stairs or changes to navigate and it only takes around 15 minutes - well worth it.
Mate, I’m enjoying your videos here in London as you seem very nice and smart, but why didn’t you use the wide barriers signed at either side of the ticket barriers at Edgware Road station instead of struggling to push your suitcase through the normal narrow ones? 😂 I notice a lot in your videos that you struggle to find out where you are and how to get somewhere else while literally walking past 3 street maps or maps / sign in stations/Heathrow airport. I find myself yelling at the TV telling you that the signs to the trains when you arrived at the airport are right there in bright blue against the normal yellow signs or that the pedestrian street maps everywhere that tell you all the streets and places of interest within a 5 minute and 15 minute walk are right in front of you so you can easily find your way from Liverpool Street station to Spitalfields Market. It’s very stressful 😊 Anyway I hope you enjoyed our fair city and I hope you return. I’ve enjoyed your company so much I may look at your other videos too.
Yes I see. Well I hope you took my comments in the joking way they were intended. As I said I’ve been enjoying your adventures in London and that is all down to your engaging personality. Take care and until the next time 😉
@ActionKid sometimes you get blinded by the amount of signs to look at I guess , especially when u are juggling luggage, a camera and just got off a longhaul. I too was shouting at the screen when you were waiting at the lifts when you should have gone right instead when you left LHR . If you review your vid when u get a chance u will notice I'm sure. But thanks , it is helpful to see it all as the EL is so new I've not done it yet. Perhaps you can tell me , is there a tube line from JFK into Brooklyn at all, or what would be the best way to get into Brooklyn from JfK , cheers mate .
@@ams1162 Getting to the subway from JFK requires using the AirTrain which happily hits you with about a $9 rip off charge for a short ride. Two options: west to Howard Beach stop for the A subway, or north to Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport stop for the E or LIRR (Long Island RR with an additional fare). Two different AirTrain routes. Which one you take depends on where you are going to in Brooklyn (or anywhere else in NYC). Once you get to the subway it's the same cost - no zones.
I feel like he is lapping up these a bit. I have taken Picadilly to/from Heathrow many times to Earl's Court and never felt like it was a struggle like AK is making it up to be.
The London Underground is not the place to be schlepping luggage. I did it when I was younger, but I’m no longer an Action Kid. I’ll take the Heathrow Express from Paddington and gladly pay the difference.
The Elizabeth line is now a better, cheaper more direct option than HEX, it continues east - west beneath central London connections to several tube lines with new stations & ticket halls.
I just looked this up and it's definitely possible! It's free to ride from Hatton Cross to Heathrow Airport. A bit more of a journey but you save even more money.
@@ActionKid They changed the fare structure from central London to heathrow as until the beginning of the year they charged off peak and peak, rather than just peak fares they charge now. It's all to do with the billions the government lent transport for london for the huge shortfall during the pandemic. The government want the money back so TFL changed lots of fares. Bus fares where held at £1.50 before covid but then went up to £1.60 and £1.75. They've upped tube fares quite a bit as well. And of course many think the ulez extension is a way for TFL to make money.
edgware road is close to paddington ... elizabeth line is no brainer in that case I took picadilly since i was in westminster and had to take circle line to paddington .. never again
Very high quality, authentic sound and vision; just missing the smell! You did pick the most awkward time to travel by tube to LHR! Not the best time slot for airlines!
You should change at Hammersmith, there is lots of steps at Gloucester Road it a bad place to change . South Kensington is a better place to change. Piccadilly line is across the road from Hammersmith, and it’s a lot easier as it’s all on one level.
It deoends what is running that day. Occasionally the Elizabeth Line and the Heathrow Express are not running so the Piccadilly Line needs to be considered.
It's all part of the assignment of travelling. Wherever you travel in the world nothing goes straight forward. Until you are used to travelling abroad.
Actually the Government gives TfL a huge amount of money; since March 2020 the Government has given TfL £6,400,000,000 with most recently an additional £250 million to be paid in instalments between Dec 2023 and April 2024. So it’s not as simple as it’s sometimes portrayed and transport in London has been a huge political football for decades.
Acceptable fare given that London is a major world city. The Piccadilly line is more fragmented and cumbersome but OTOH if you’re a tried and true Londoner, you navigate this circuit with your eyes closed. Bottom line is that the choice depends on your re$$ource$. 👍🇨🇦
Those gaps on every stop seems so hazardous for seniors and children, you would think being the fourth richest city in the world, that they would fix that🤔😒🙄🤣
Every platform now has a raised area for flat boarding if it's necessary. I'm not sure about whether it also closes the gap more than at the rest of a platform. But those particularly outdoor stations with the platform higher than the carriage do seem hopeless..
those trains dwell to long at stations. if the trains did that in NYC ppl be cursing the MTA out. they shouldn't spend more than 30 seconds at each station.
Piccadilly line is not fast or whizzy, unlike NYC there is no express or separate local train, there is a departure timetable for each station, so driver/signals must keep to it.
I love actionkid and his channel so much. He teaches me everything I need to know and he doesn’t just TELL you like other channels; he actually SHOWS you !!!
You're welcome! I really appreciate it and I'm happy you're learning from my channel
I think you should have gone with the Circle line train to Hammersmith. For several reasons:
- Hammersmith is further west than Gloucester Road and, hence, closer to your destination;
- Hammersmith (Circle) is actually just across the road from Hammersmith (Piccadilly) and the walk between the two only takes one to two minutes, not seven, and you won't be charged for two journeys as it's an OSI;
- both Hammersmith stations are fully step-free, so you wouldn't have had to take stairs like at Gloucester Road;
That way, you would have already been on the Piccadilly line at Hammersmith at 05:51 or, if you're really quick between two Hammersmith stations, on the 05:39 train even, and, thus, at Terminal 2 at 06:11 or 06:23.
On a different note, all journeys between the three Heathrow stations and Hatton Cross are free of charge. So, if you're looking to make the journey with the lowest fare possible, you can alight at Hatton Cross, touch out, touch back in and take the next train to Terminal 2. That way, the total journey cost would be £3.50, although going up to the ticket hall at Hatton Cross is sure to be a bit of additional hassle as it's not step-free.
But that's only in off-peak times I think
@@aidenvloggingltdsame here
My thought exactly. You seemed to change your mind near the beginning of the video for the sake of a couple of minutes extra waiting time. You could have saved yourself an enormous amount of time and hassle. But no matter it was still interesting and I love following your videos.
A little bit of history, in case you're interested. When the Piccadilly Line Heathrow extension first opened in 1977, they built two stations, Hatton Cross and Heathrow Central. Heathrow Central served terminals 1, 2, and 3, which were accessed from the station via underground walkways. Above the tube station, a new bus station was also built. Then terminal 4 was opened in the 80s, which is outside of the airport's central area, so needed its own tube station. Similarly with terminal 5, which is some distance from the central area as well as from terminal 4, so also needed its own station.
I remember my dad and I doing a trip to check out the new extension just after Christmas 1977, less than two weeks after it had officially opened. The nearest tube station to where we lived was South Kensington, so we were able to take the Piccadilly line straight to the airport. I was obsessed with airlines, aircraft, and airports as a kid, so it was a fun and memorable day for me, especially as I'd been given a camera for Christmas that year, so could try it out at the airport. 😊
And, of course, there is NO Terminal One now - even though the tube maps & signs still show it.
I remember when going to Heathrow to look at planes flying out, with friends was considered an exciting day out.
@@onecupof_tea From the roof of the Queen's building.
@@onecupof_tea It was! I remember several times going with friends to the airport to watch the planes, which from where we lived took three buses to get to (we couldn't afford to take the Tube!). We felt like we were heading off on a great adventure, armed with a packed lunch which we ate on top of the Queen's Building as the planes screamed and roared all around us. 🛩 😁
@@andybaker2456 What a perfect memory.
@42:10 The easy cross platform transfers at Hammersmith and Barons Court are very useful, especially with luggage, worth keeping in mind for different onward destinations.
Yes, they're very good to know!
That sort of thing is not generally known to Google Maps or NYC MTA online trip planners. They don't know the difference between a station with lots of stairs or elevators and long treks between subway lines and a cross platform transfer. You just have to know. I live in Brooklyn and going to JFK airport I go farther and longer on the subway to get to a cross platform transfer instead of a complicated ten minute one.
@@ActionKid Definitely would have been better to go west from Gloucester Road on the district line and change for the picadilly line somewhere easy like Hammersmith.. ah well, you'll know for next time!
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This guy knows more about the Tube than most Londoners!
Agreed not to disagree...he knows more than that...
I've found that a lot of people just stick to what they know. If they live on the south end of the Seven Sisters Road and work in the Covent Garden area, they'll only get the Piccadilly Line westbound from their nearest station (Arsenal, Manor House, Finsbury Park, whatever). I had a friend that lived in Croydon (south London, zone 6) for years that didn't know what I was explaining when I talked about visiting a friend in the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead (zone 2, north) and the hill from the Tube station to the hospital (it's steep, a skateboard could probably hit 40mph going down this hill).
Kudos to ActionKid for roaming around, getting the best use of the daily caps, going to the West End (north of the river) AND Greenwich (south of the river). Living like a local is the best way to experience a place: use the Tube and buses in London, buy a Navigo Découverte for the week in Paris and use the funicular to get up to Sacre Coeur, hire a bike to see all of Rottnest Island in Australia, get the local ferry to Lantau Island from Hong Kong, eat at the places the locals eat in Las Vegas or Brussels or Quebec City or Wollongong.
Life is all about experiences. Make sure that you have plenty to watch if your life ever flashes before your eyes.
He’s a knowledgeable guy, with plenty of interesting takes on his journeys :)
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I enjoyed your final tube ride in London, AK. I loved hearing all the announcements and the sounds of the tube. I do miss London. I enjoyed your whole trip actually. I’m impressed with how much you learned about London including the Brit expressions for things and you seemed to navigate around London pretty easily. It was great seeing all the Christmas decorations, too, and I enjoyed your trip to the Harrods Food Halls. I’m sure you do alot of planning before you set out to make it all seem so seamless. I’ve always done the Heathrow Express to London. I couldn’t schlep my bags up and down stairs all those stairs like you did. But the Elizabeth Line looks like a nice option, too, and something to keep in mind. I hope your flight back was uneventful. I couldn’t believe you did a livestream in NYC yesterday afternoon after having flown all day. Catch you soon on your next adventure!!
Thank you so much for the kind words! The Elizabeth line I think is the best in terms of cost and convenience!
You're the BEST! I appreciate you showing the more affordable transportation option in London and for going through all the trouble just to create this video. 🏆 It is not fun lugging your suitcase, finding your way, and recording at the same time. Thank you for sharing this informative Underground ride to the airport, AK! 🤗
Much appreciated! It wasn't easy to make this video but it's good to know there are options for getting to the airport
@@ActionKidyes
As my dad always said: “you’re young, you can do this. “. ;). He said this even when I was almost fifty and he was in his eighties. ;)
You can get to Heathrow at night by the N9 bus which is £1.85 from Central London to Heathrow Terminals 2, 3 and 5 and kinda mirror the Piccadilly line
I loved hearing the dawn chorus at one stations. Well done AK. You did all this while I was still asleep Sunday morning but was wondering where you might be when I woke at 7:30am
Much appreciated
"Such a helpful and informative video! Navigating from Central London to Heathrow Airport for just $7 via the Piccadilly Line is a game-changer. Your detailed guide makes it easy for travelers, especially those on a budget, to plan their journey seamlessly. It's fantastic to see how accessible and cost-effective public transportation can be. Thanks for sharing this valuable tip, making travel more convenient for everyone!
The service will be better from 2025 when the new trains will be introduced. They will have air con and more space in the carriages. Also the new signalling system will allow trains up to 90 second intervals.
As the saying on the Body Shop shopping bag used to say: “if you think education is expensive, try experience. “. ;). There’s nothing like it, that’s for sure. Hopefully you can kickback on the plane. Thanks for showing the way.
I can’t think of edgware road without also thinking of Sherlock Holmes. Then of course there’s Baker Street. That leads me to Gerry Rafferty. It all interrelates. ;). This London video series was wonderful. Thanks so much.
It’s great that you show us affordable transportation in London 😎These videos are informative and useful for any passenger who needs to go to the airport 🙂I appreciate these videos! Thank you for sharing A K 🙂👍!!!
My pleasure, I'm sure these videos will be very helpful to future travelers
Yeah, the Piccadilly line has done a great job over the years of getting people to Heathrow but it is often crowded, clunky and slow. The Heathrow Express is expensive unless booked stupidly in advance so that the Elizabeth Line is the best option unless you have lots of time or on a budget. You can also do it by ordinary bus but you need to be very keen to do that
Thanks AK that was an excellent video it brought back lots of memories when I used to travel to London from South Africa
Much appreciated
Wow. £5.60 to ride. The last time I rode the London underground it was about 1s (meaning one shilling for the age challenged 😆).
i love watching these videos you do such a great job i feel like i have been on a journey thank you.
You're welcome!
Love your international videos!
Thank You. I really enjoyed seeing London with you 💯
You've become quite the expert on getting around London and to the airport. Even as a Londoner. I found your videos extremely informative, and at times, fascinating. I wouldn't worry too much about the zones. The fare is usually worked out from where you tap in to where you tap out, regardless of which zones you cross, as long as you stick to using the London Underground network. If you were to tap out using the Elzabeth Line, it will automatically add the surcharge for using that route.
Helloo This was a informative, fabulous tube ride you shared from central London all way westward on-route to Heathrow Airport trust mi I wishes Toronto underground network had lots of branches and lines like NYC and London but we slowly venturing ap bit by bit....awesume vid!
Thanks for these videos. I do plan on going to London by myself and this makes me feel much more confident.
Next time you fly over there I highly recommend going with an airline that goes through Gatwick airport instead of Heathrow. Gatwick is a much more straightforward airport and the train you take to get there and back from St.Pancras in central London is a nice and fast surface level train with few stops (ThamesLink train) with Luggage racks and a nice outdoor view into the city. I’ll never take Air Canada into Heathrow over there again, I’ll stick with WestJet that flies into Gatwick all the time now. Technically it’s further away from central London (but to the south) than Heathrow but the ThamesLink train gets you there in 30 min. And the train station at Gatwick is right there at departures and arrivals, not a 20 min walk away.
Good tips! I didn't have any options to fly into Gatwick airport though so Heathrow it was. Good to know Gatwick is much more convenient.
Gatwick rail station has just been refurbished too .
Yet to see it myself , I live close by.
Thank you for posting this, also watched the one from Heathrow to paddington the Elizabeth line. Your experience and recording this will help me tremendously for my first trip to London this spring.
Thanks for this informational video , the price comparison and the train lines information is very helpful
You're welcome, glad you found this helpful
Staying on the train for T4 T123 from Hatton cross is fun, it goes in a loop back again
A strangely hypnotic watch
There’s going to be new tube trains on the Piccadilly line from next year has air conditioning
@44:00 Piccadilly line Acton Town to Earls Court is one of the few sections that has a version of Express and local stopping trains.
Good to know!
This is like a Travel sim...get to travel as if we were travelling with you. Love this to pieces and is really good advice if we ever decide to travel to London. Which we may do now one day.
I always try to find a later in the day flight back to the US! I guess ActionKid wanted to film through the opening doors but I woulda grabbed that seat.
From Pimlico where I always stay to Heathrow the Piccadilly line is as fast as the Elizabeth. The Elizabeth also requires either a ten minute walk or complicated Tube transfers. Just like in NYC the best transit to the airport depends on where you are starting from.
The London underground tube is a very reliable and cheaper form of transport to and fro Heathrow...AK certainly jolted our memory revisited on the tube rides years ago while l lived there...thanks AK for showing us around the journey 🎉😅
You're welcome, it was a long ride but I got there
Wow, a bit of a journey but just $7; still, a lot of walking, climbing stairs, and 2 trains. Glad everything went pretty smoothly, but a lot of chances for mishaps, delays, not to mention the limitations you mentioned as to where that 2nd train takes you at the airport. Definitely good plan to arrive at the airport with enough time to spare, but a car service sounds really nice, or take the Elizabeth Line unless one were to somehow know 3 months in advance for the H. Express.
Much appreciated, it certainly was a lot of work to save some money but good to know there are options! Also, there are stations in Central London that connect to the Piccadilly Line directly like Piccadilly Circus which don't involve any transfers.
@@ActionKid Agreed, Piccadilly line can be a decent practical option, better in 2025 with new trains, but Gloucester Road is definitely not advisable for changing lines.
@@john_smith1471yep new trains in 2025 will be a massive improvement. Air con and new signalling allowing trains every 90 seconds.
Very useful video. Next time I go to London, I will definitely use the Elizabeth line to get into the city. Thanks, AK.
You're welcome, the Elizabeth Line goes right into Central London with no need to change at Paddington unlike the Heathrow Express
New trains are coming next year 🎉
New trains for Piccadilly line coming end of next year, called 2024 stock the trains will be wider, open plan, more seating and aircon. The current trains are among the oldest on the tube network
I love your channels, but you could just go to Hammersmith and take the big line all the way to Heathrow airport or you can take a circle line from Paddington and Elizabeth to go ahead for terminal to free
Makes perfect sense... You get in the lift/elevator at the ground floor. Then up to first floor, second floor, third floor and so on ... How do you guys count it in the USA ??
The Tube looks beautiful!!
Some trains run through the night on Friday/Saturday and Saturday/Sunday. This includes the piccadilly, jubilee and central line.
Good to know!
Just 3 weeks ago i was also there. Well not at Heathrow, but i went by €urostar and stayed in Hounslow, so i used the Piccadilly Line almost every day to the city centre, so it is nice to see the whole trip actually again. For some reason i would love to have that soft roll cushion with TFL pattern on it. That one where you can lean on next to the doors where you put your luggage.
Great video!
Well done video!
Excellent video! One time I was at Gloucester Road & the lifts were out of action, so had to go down a circular steel staircase carrying a suitcase.😂
Great video. I hope the flight was pleasant and went well. It's a 7 hour flight too.
You went on a bit of the oldest underground railway section in the world from Edgware Road to Paddington in the video
Feedback: Piccadilly line, Economical, frequent service but AK chose a convoluted route, better is Edgware rd to Hammersmith station, cross rd to Piccadilly line station, Gloucester road is not shown as an official interchange on the map due to different levels and only part lift, new trains in 2025 should give a better experience.
Yep!
Depends where you are in London. It's quicker, easier and cheaper to get on the piccadilly line. Lots of other piccadilly line stations only accessible by lift so no dragging your bags down steps
That's true, there are many stations with easier access to the Piccadilly Line unlike what I showed with a transfer and stairs.
..I'm always super impressed at how well adept you're at handling different types of stress.. if this was me - I'd be in a booked taxi to the airport.. wouldn't want to be stressed out by any potential delays etc.,
This is super interesting to watch...💖 And Happy Thanksgiving 💛💫👋
A taxi would cost about £100. Also ActionKid lives in New York City so he's used to figuring subways and buses out.
@@emjayay yes, that's true AK is very good at figuring out all the travel detail.
Taxi to the airport really depends on how far away you are. £100. ..sounds way over the cost ..if it's from central London to Heathrow. Also, depends on the taxi company - iconic London Black taxi is quite expensive but a local taxi company much cheaper.💖👋
@@vesper.q4100 I checked and a black taxi is £60-£100. BTW there are also buses all the time from Victoria bus station for £10 but I always take the Circle/District from there to the Piccadilly. Again, where you are starting from in London matters.
@@emjayay ..right..💖.. thank you
Also, a minicab wouldn’t be much cheaper, though the price would be known before the journey whereas a black cab the price is determined by the meter in the cab.
One nice change (this is sarcasm) at Heathrow is that if you get a friend to drop you off at Heathrow you have to pay a £12.50 drop of fee, if you park in the short stay car park it’s £16.00 for the 1st 2 hours then £3.40 per hour.
I love London Underground
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Helpful videon-- thanks for posting.
The Elizabeth Line from Paddington station is the best option for early morning flights, as it starts earlier than the Heathrow Express. The first Elizabeth line train to terminal 5 arrives at 5:04.
Edgeware Road the prettiest of stations.
I ❤❤❤ you ActionKid!!!
You should have used the Heathrow Express. If you book in advance you get a discount. It’s a nonstop service to Paddington and the trains have dedicated luggage racks. No stairs or changes to navigate and it only takes around 15 minutes - well worth it.
You show that not only do they drive on left, tube trains also run that way.
Yes tube is left side running also driver sits on the left, so makes it more difficult when overtaking another train.
wow the platform yellow line is really close to the edge. I'm used to it being much further back from the rail.
Such quality while managing so much luggage! Impressive!
Mate, I’m enjoying your videos here in London as you seem very nice and smart, but why didn’t you use the wide barriers signed at either side of the ticket barriers at Edgware Road station instead of struggling to push your suitcase through the normal narrow ones? 😂 I notice a lot in your videos that you struggle to find out where you are and how to get somewhere else while literally walking past 3 street maps or maps / sign in stations/Heathrow airport. I find myself yelling at the TV telling you that the signs to the trains when you arrived at the airport are right there in bright blue against the normal yellow signs or that the pedestrian street maps everywhere that tell you all the streets and places of interest within a 5 minute and 15 minute walk are right in front of you so you can easily find your way from Liverpool Street station to Spitalfields Market. It’s very stressful 😊 Anyway I hope you enjoyed our fair city and I hope you return. I’ve enjoyed your company so much I may look at your other videos too.
Only one of the wide fare gates was for entry only, and someone was standing in the way Sometimes I can get lost too!
Yes I see. Well I hope you took my comments in the joking way they were intended. As I said I’ve been enjoying your adventures in London and that is all down to your engaging personality. Take care and until the next time 😉
@ActionKid sometimes you get blinded by the amount of signs to look at I guess , especially when u are juggling luggage, a camera and just got off a longhaul. I too was shouting at the screen when you were waiting at the lifts when you should have gone right instead when you left LHR . If you review your vid when u get a chance u will notice I'm sure. But thanks , it is helpful to see it all as the EL is so new I've not done it yet. Perhaps you can tell me , is there a tube line from JFK into Brooklyn at all, or what would be the best way to get into Brooklyn from JfK , cheers mate .
@@ams1162 Getting to the subway from JFK requires using the AirTrain which happily hits you with about a $9 rip off charge for a short ride. Two options: west to Howard Beach stop for the A subway, or north to Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport stop for the E or LIRR (Long Island RR with an additional fare). Two different AirTrain routes. Which one you take depends on where you are going to in Brooklyn (or anywhere else in NYC). Once you get to the subway it's the same cost - no zones.
I feel like he is lapping up these a bit. I have taken Picadilly to/from Heathrow many times to Earl's Court and never felt like it was a struggle like AK is making it up to be.
All fares on tfl are capped. So once you get to the cap the rest of journeys are free
The London Underground is not the place to be schlepping luggage. I did it when I was younger, but I’m no longer an Action Kid. I’ll take the Heathrow Express from Paddington and gladly pay the difference.
The Elizabeth line is now a better, cheaper more direct option than HEX, it continues east - west beneath central London connections to several tube lines with new stations & ticket halls.
@@john_smith1471 No luggage space on Elizabeth lineTRAINS
hey, is this live??? (just kidding, AK...thanks for sharing!)🤩
TIP - if you get off at Hatton Cross from central London and tap out and back in then your cost is £3.50.
I just looked this up and it's definitely possible! It's free to ride from Hatton Cross to Heathrow Airport. A bit more of a journey but you save even more money.
@@ActionKid They changed the fare structure from central London to heathrow as until the beginning of the year they charged off peak and peak, rather than just peak fares they charge now. It's all to do with the billions the government lent transport for london for the huge shortfall during the pandemic. The government want the money back so TFL changed lots of fares. Bus fares where held at £1.50 before covid but then went up to £1.60 and £1.75. They've upped tube fares quite a bit as well. And of course many think the ulez extension is a way for TFL to make money.
Seven minute walk from platform to platform maybe (re: two Hammersmith stations) - they're literally across the street from each other.
You didn’t by any chance stay at easy hotel in Paddington did you?
What camera did you use excellent video Cheers Pete
If you take district line it’s faster because earls court is closer then Gloucester road from your destination and no walk like Hammersmith
Thank you for your videos! I am using them now. Is the terminal 3 on the same underground stop? And can you walk from terminal 2 to 3?
Can you explain why London Underground is expensive compared to the metro or Subway In Paris and New York?
Transport for London doesn't receive as much government funding as those other two metros.
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Metro Cammel 1973 England, nice found, altough tey got replaced with te New Tube for London (Siemens)
edgware road is close to paddington ... elizabeth line is no brainer in that case
I took picadilly since i was in westminster and had to take circle line to paddington .. never again
Was the flight to Kennedy Airport?
Tomorrow, i will arrive at the terminal 4 heathrow and will have to catch picadilly line to Gloicester Road station. Hopefully, i don't get lost 😂
Very high quality, authentic sound and vision; just missing the smell! You did pick the most awkward time to travel by tube to LHR! Not the best time slot for airlines!
I am from Australia. Can’t you taking the train from Edgeware Road to Earls Court. I am sure I did it.
Geoff Marshal has a new video on the new tube for London being tested in Germany. JH
You could also got a night bus to Heathrow they are very frequent. 😅
It could be cheeper if you tap out at Hatton Cross Station and re enter.
You should change at Hammersmith, there is lots of steps at Gloucester Road it a bad place to change . South Kensington is a better place to change. Piccadilly line is across the road from Hammersmith, and it’s a lot easier as it’s all on one level.
If my parents and I are in London, we can ride on the tube.
was the 7 dollar savings really worth all those stairs...
That was a nuts stream people
1:11:08 so here we should wait for T-4
It deoends what is running that day. Occasionally the Elizabeth Line and the Heathrow Express are not running so the Piccadilly Line needs to be considered.
It's all part of the assignment of travelling. Wherever you travel in the world nothing goes straight forward. Until you are used to travelling abroad.
Does anyone know what the red eight is on the drivers cab?M
That's a poppy for remembrance day, all trains have them during November each year.
The Elizabeth is the same price as the underground as it is part of tfl.
Great video! Though I must say the amount of ads (every 3 to 5 minutes) makes this video unwatchable
Circle Line S7 Tube Stock
New terminal 1 and 6 coming later🎉
Actually the Government gives TfL a huge amount of money; since March 2020 the Government has given TfL £6,400,000,000 with most recently an additional £250 million to be paid in instalments between Dec 2023 and April 2024. So it’s not as simple as it’s sometimes portrayed and transport in London has been a huge political football for decades.
I assume that £6.4 billion was a Covid bailout.
Acceptable fare given that London is a major world city. The Piccadilly line is more fragmented and cumbersome but OTOH if you’re a tried and true Londoner, you navigate this circuit with your eyes closed. Bottom line is that the choice depends on your re$$ource$. 👍🇨🇦
I'd get the Tube to Heathrow if it didn't take a month to get there.
Those gaps on every stop seems so hazardous for seniors and children, you would think being the fourth richest city in the world, that they would fix that🤔😒🙄🤣
Accessibility was not considered in the 1860s or even the 1960s.
That‘why they say ‘mind the gap’. Also people will always help the less mobile.
Every platform now has a raised area for flat boarding if it's necessary. I'm not sure about whether it also closes the gap more than at the rest of a platform. But those particularly outdoor stations with the platform higher than the carriage do seem hopeless..
Some of the central London platforms are on tight curves, so a big horizontal gap is unavoidable.@@emjayay
The London Underground is not 24 hour.
Piccadilly Line 1973 Tube Stock
Cant believe how empty it is at 5 am!!
Whatever it costs, it is NOT in dollars, OK?
Approx: GBP 5.60 = USD 7
Rat under the rail at 32:42
Under the rail? He's inside the train at 23:28.
@@terratec1001 stream timestamp was 23:28 so idk 32:42
Wow, that was very well spotted lol , I even missed it the first time time when I knew to look lol
Mayor Sadiq Khan's Londonistan.
@@jakejacobs388 Londonistan means land of the Londoners
those trains dwell to long at stations. if the trains did that in NYC ppl be cursing the MTA out. they shouldn't spend more than 30 seconds at each station.
Do you know, thousands work at TfL and they’ve never worked that out. Well done Sherlock, you’ve solved the mystery.
Piccadilly line is not fast or whizzy, unlike NYC there is no express or separate local train, there is a departure timetable for each station, so driver/signals must keep to it.