Heathrow to Queens Park (London) Station: distance, time and the real cost of getting there.
- Road distance
- 16.5 miles
- Fixed private-hire fare
- £79.61
26.5 km by road, not straight-line.
All-in, up to 3 passengers. No meter, no surge.
Drive time by time of day
Four figures most transfer sites never publish — because they quote one number and hope. Traffic is real; here is what it does to this route.
| Overnight (22:00–06:00) | 42 min |
|---|---|
| Off-peak (10:00–16:00) | 52 min |
| Morning peak (07:00–10:00) | 77 min |
| Evening peak (16:00–19:00) | 81 min |
- Heathrow terminal drop-off charge (£7.00)
Distances and drive times from road-network routing. Fares modelled from licensed-operator cost benchmarks and shown VAT-inclusive. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) — road geometry via OSRM. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2024 (OGL v3); airport points © OurAirports (public domain); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0) · GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0) · Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: NaPTAN, Department for Transport.. Powered by TfL Open Data. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights.
Everything about the Heathrow to Queens Park (London) Station journey.
Your journey from Heathrow to Queens Park (London) Station
A private hire transfer from Heathrow Airport to Queens Park (London) Station covers 16.5 miles (26.5 km) by road and takes 42–81 minutes door to door, depending on the time of day and traffic. The drop covers the NW6 postcode district. Your fixed all-in fare is £79.61 for up to 3 passengers — agreed before you travel, with no meter, no surge and no change if the roads are busy.
At 16.5 miles by road this is a substantial cross-London drive,, and the fixed fare covers the whole of it whether the journey runs to 42 minutes or the full 81.
How long the Queens Park (London) Station drive takes at different times
Traffic, not distance, decides how long the Heathrow to Queens Park (London) Station drive takes. Overnight, between 22:00 and 06:00, the roads are clear and the run takes about 42 minutes. Through the off-peak middle of the day it settles around 52 minutes. The morning peak from 07:00 to 10:00 is the busiest inbound window at roughly 77 minutes, and the evening peak from 16:00 to 19:00 runs about 81 minutes as central London empties out.
The gap between the best and worst case on this route is 39 minutes — an evening-peak run into Queens Park (London) Station takes about 93% longer than the same drive overnight. Most of that variation lands on the M4, which carries the longest single stretch of this route at 13.3 km. Planning works the same way in reverse. Leaving Queens Park (London) Station for a flight out of Heathrow Airport during the morning peak means allowing the full 77 minutes plus check-in time, while an off-peak departure needs closer to 52 minutes and a quiet overnight start nearer 42.
What a Queens Park (London) Station transfer costs
Every Heathrow to Queens Park (London) Station fare is fixed and all-in, quoted VAT-inclusive before you book. Economy seats up to 3 passengers with room for 2 bags at a fixed £79.61, Business seats up to 3 passengers with room for 2 bags at a fixed £97.13, First seats up to 3 passengers with room for 2 bags at a fixed £155.24 and Van seats up to 7 passengers with room for 7 bags at a fixed £110.66.
On the cheapest class that works out at about £4.83 per mile across the 16.5-mile route.
Travelling as a group changes the sum. The Van seats up to 7 passengers with 7 bags for a fixed £110.66 — about £15.81 a head when it is full, and usually less than 7 separate train or coach tickets once luggage and changes are counted.
What's included in your fixed fare
Every Heathrow to Queens Park (London) Station journey is pre-booked and driven by a TfL-licensed chauffeur who meets you inside arrivals with a name board, tracks your flight so an early or delayed landing moves the pick-up automatically, and helps with your luggage. The fare covers the drive itself, the meet-and-greet, the free wait if your flight lands early or late, and the drop at your exact address — there is nothing further to settle with the driver on the day, a traffic-heavy crawl costs exactly the same as a clear overnight run, and the same fixed fare applies wherever in Queens Park (London) Station you are headed. Fares are quoted VAT-inclusive and all-in, so there is never a separate airport, waiting or booking fee to settle on the day. Prices rise with the size and class of vehicle, never with demand or the time you travel: there is no meter running in traffic and no surge multiplier however busy the roads or the calendar, and everyone in the party arrives together at the same door on one fixed fare. Fixed pass-through costs such as Heathrow terminal drop-off charge (£7.00) are already folded into the quoted fare, not bolted on afterwards. On the Heathrow to Queens Park (London) Station route you can choose from 4 vehicle classes, from the Economy at £79.61 to the First at £155.24, so the fixed fare scales to the party and the occasion rather than to a meter. Because the booking is accepted by a licensed operator before you travel, it is a pre-booked private hire transfer end to end — never a hailed or ranked service.
Where we cover around Queens Park (London) Station
We cover Queens Park (London) Station and the surrounding NW6 postcode, picking up and dropping at the exact door you need. Queens Park (London) Station sits outside central London's Congestion Charge zone, so the daily charge does not apply to this route.
Queens Park (London) Station on the map
The Heathrow to Queens Park (London) Station drive runs mainly on M4 (13.3 km), A40 (1.6 km) and A406 (1.1 km), with the M4 carrying about 50% of the 26.5 km route — which is why the same journey can be quicker or slower than a similar distance across a different corridor. Heathrow is the closest of the 6 London airports to Queens Park (London) Station by road, 16.5 miles (26.5 km), ahead of London City at 39.2 km. Queens Park (London) Station sits within a short drive of Kensal Rise (0.4 km), Kilburn (0.5 km), Brondesbury Park Station (0.8 km) and Kilburn High Road Station (1.0 km), so the same fixed fare covers pick-ups either side of the area boundary.
- Route
- Heathrow → Queens Park (London) Station
- Distance
- 16.5 mi · 26.5 km
- Typical drive time
- 42–81 min
- Postcodes covered
- NW6
- Congestion Charge
- Not applicable to this route
- Main roads
- M4 13.3 km · A40 1.6 km · A406 1.1 km
- Airport proximity
- Heathrow is #1 of 6 by road
- Nearby areas
- Kensal Rise 0.4 km · Kilburn 0.5 km · Brondesbury Park Station 0.8 km · Kilburn High Road Station 1.0 km
- Fixed fare from
- £79.61
From the Heathrow forecourt to a Queens Park (London) Station doorstep.
Your driver meets you inside arrivals, tracks your flight so the pick-up moves with it, and takes the fastest clear route into Queens Park (London) Station. One fixed fare, agreed before you travel.
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