| Travel Between | Journey Time | Notes |
| Luton-Birmingham | 2 Hours 40 Minutes | Via Milton Keynes and Coventry |
| Luton-Nottingham | 2 Hours 40 Minutes | Via Leicester |
| Luton-London | 1 Hour 5 Minutes | |
| Luton-Stansted | 1 Hour 45 Minutes |
Pick up and Drop Off
National Express coaches will arrive and depart from just outside the terminal doors, making them highly convenient for you with your luggage, and saving loads on airport parking costs!
The pick up and drop off points are just a short stroll from the check in area at London Luton airport, which is clearly signposted. You can also find more details, when you book your tickets online using the booking form at the top of this page.
Discounted & Concessionary Coach Fares
Students and Young People
For full time students and young people aged 16-26 National Express offer some brilliant discounts and special offers though their Young Persons Coachcard. The Young Persons Coachcard it's just £10 a year (plus £1.50 p&p) and will save 1/3 off all standard fares throughout the UK for 12 months. No restrictions on peak and off peak travel times, including public holidays, bank holidays and weekends. Also, if you are planning a trip to an event or festival, the Young Persons Coachcard can now save you 10% off. So if you fall into this category and travel by coach regularly or are planning a few trips, you could save a lot of money!
Apply for a Young Persons Coachcard.
Over 60's
If you are over 60 years old, you will qualify for an automatic discount on coach travel with National Express. The Senior Coachcard saves you 1/3 on standard fares to hundreds of UK towns, cities and airports for just £10 (plus £1.50 p&p) a year. No restrictions on peak and off peak travel times, including public holidays, bank holidays and weekends. Buy a Senior Coachcard online and save money every time you visit your family and friends.
Find out more and apply for a Senior Coachcard.
Family Discounts
Families can make great savings when travelling by coach to and from Luton airport, and across the UK. National Express have special concession cards for families called Coachcards and they cost just £8 or £16 for a whole year of discounted travel for children (aged 3-15) depending on the number of adults and children travelling. You can choose from their 1plus1 (£8 per year) or 2plus2 (£16 per year) Coachcards. 1plus1 allows one child to travel free when accompanied by a full paying adult, and 2plus2 allows 2 children to travel free when accompanied by 2 full paying adults. Under 3's always travel free on National Express coaches.
Find out more and get your Family Coachcard discount card.
Eurolines Coaches
As an alternative to flying, why not take a coach trip with National Express Eurolines for your next European adventure? It will take a bit longer to get to your destination but the savings you can make are well worth the extra travelling time. You can even choose to get an overnight coach, sleep on the way and wake up in your chosen European location!
With prices starting at just £9 one way from £9 to Paris, Lille or Amsterdam, what are you waiting for!
Eurolines are Europe's largest regular coach network and are connected with many European coach and bus companies so they can offer the best prices across 500 destinations throughout Europe and Ireland!
National Express Eurolines offer "Funfares" which are the cheapest Eurolines fares to European cities, but you will need to book in advance to get hold of one. Funfares are also only available when booked online, as e-tickets so postal delivery and collection of the tickets are not possible.
Reduce Your Carbon Footprint by Coach
Travelling by coach has been proven to be one of the most environmentally friendly forms of public transport. National Express are very proud that they are helping people to cut down on their carbon footprint and want you to join in with cutting down the UK's carbon emmissions, so have created an emmissions calculator to enable you to see how big your carbon footprint is and how much you can cut that down by travelling by coach!


