Stansted to North Fambridge Station: distance, time and the real cost of getting there.
- Road distance
- 34.6 miles
- Fixed private-hire fare
- £110.08
55.8 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) | 63 min |
|---|---|
| Off-peak (10:00–16:00) | 78 min |
| Morning peak (07:00–10:00) | 116 min |
| Evening peak (16:00–19:00) | 122 min |
- Stansted Express Set Down charge (£10.00)
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 Stansted to North Fambridge Station journey.
Your journey from Stansted to North Fambridge Station
A private hire transfer from Stansted Airport to North Fambridge Station covers 34.6 miles (55.8 km) by road and takes 63–122 minutes door to door, depending on the time of day and traffic. Your fixed all-in fare is £110.08 for up to 3 passengers — agreed before you travel, with no meter, no surge and no change if the roads are busy.
At 34.6 miles by road this is a longer motorway-and-city route,, and the fixed fare covers the whole of it whether the journey runs to 63 minutes or the full 122.
How long the North Fambridge Station drive takes at different times
Traffic, not distance, decides how long the Stansted to North Fambridge Station drive takes. Overnight, between 22:00 and 06:00, the roads are clear and the run takes about 63 minutes. Through the off-peak middle of the day it settles around 78 minutes. The morning peak from 07:00 to 10:00 is the busiest inbound window at roughly 116 minutes, and the evening peak from 16:00 to 19:00 runs about 122 minutes as central London empties out.
The gap between the best and worst case on this route is 59 minutes — an evening-peak run into North Fambridge Station takes about 94% longer than the same drive overnight. Most of that variation lands on the B1008, which carries the longest single stretch of this route at 10.5 km. Planning works the same way in reverse. Leaving North Fambridge Station for a flight out of Stansted Airport during the morning peak means allowing the full 116 minutes plus check-in time, while an off-peak departure needs closer to 78 minutes and a quiet overnight start nearer 63.
What a North Fambridge Station transfer costs
Every Stansted to North Fambridge 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 £110.08, Business seats up to 3 passengers with room for 2 bags at a fixed £134.29, First seats up to 3 passengers with room for 2 bags at a fixed £214.65 and Van seats up to 7 passengers with room for 7 bags at a fixed £153.01.
On the cheapest class that works out at about £3.18 per mile across the 34.6-mile route.
Travelling as a group changes the sum. The Van seats up to 7 passengers with 7 bags for a fixed £153.01 — about £21.86 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 Stansted to North Fambridge 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 North Fambridge 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 Stansted Express Set Down charge (£10.00) are already folded into the quoted fare, not bolted on afterwards. On the Stansted to North Fambridge Station route you can choose from 4 vehicle classes, from the Economy at £110.08 to the First at £214.65, 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 North Fambridge Station
We cover North Fambridge Station door to door, picking up and dropping at the exact address you need. North Fambridge Station sits outside central London's Congestion Charge zone, so the daily charge does not apply to this route.
North Fambridge Station on the map
The Stansted to North Fambridge Station drive runs mainly on B1008 (10.5 km), A120 (8.8 km) and Hackmans Lane (4.7 km), with the B1008 carrying about 19% of the 55.8 km route — which is why the same journey can be quicker or slower than a similar distance across a different corridor. Stansted is the second-closest of the 6 London airports to North Fambridge Station by road, 34.6 miles (55.8 km) against 27.4 km from the nearest, Southend. Closest is not always fastest: a fixed Stansted fare is quoted on the real road route and the time band you actually travel in, not on the map distance, so North Fambridge Station passengers flying from Stansted pay the same agreed price whichever airport is nearer. North Fambridge Station sits within a short drive of Althorne Station (4.9 km), South Woodham Ferrers Station (5.2 km) and Hockley Station (5.2 km), so the same fixed fare covers pick-ups either side of the area boundary.
- Route
- Stansted → North Fambridge Station
- Distance
- 34.6 mi · 55.8 km
- Typical drive time
- 63–122 min
- Congestion Charge
- Not applicable to this route
- Main roads
- B1008 10.5 km · A120 8.8 km · Hackmans Lane 4.7 km
- Airport proximity
- Stansted is #2 of 6 by road
- Nearby areas
- Althorne Station 4.9 km · South Woodham Ferrers Station 5.2 km · Hockley Station 5.2 km
- Fixed fare from
- £110.08
From the Stansted forecourt to a North Fambridge 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 North Fambridge Station. One fixed fare, agreed before you travel.
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