Gatwick terminal transfer

MOH

Got a bit of a tight transfer in a few days through Gatwick, arriving in the north terminal to make an Aer Lingus home in the south terminal. Hand baggage only.

Trying to work out the quickest way of getting between the two. From what I've read, I have to first clear immigration in the north terminal anyway.

If I take the monorail thingy across, do I still have to clear security in the south
terminal, or do I end up in some flight connections zone that's already past security? (and for bonus points, is the monorail back in service yet?)

If I have to clear security anyway, would I be better off just pegging it out of the north terminal and across to the south? If memory serves, they're not too far apart?

BuffyBot

Yes, you will have to reclear security. The train is back in service, and you're right - they're not that far apart using the inter-terminal train. Even with a flight connections type scenario, you will still need to go through a security scan.

gripcasey

when i travelled in march, i followed signs for onward connections ,didn't have to clear customs/immirgration i had hand luggage as well. Bus to other terminal and quick security check. was very efficent

gripcasey

gripcasey wrote: »

when i travelled in march, i followed signs for onward connections ,didn't have to clear customs/immirgration i had hand luggage as well. Bus to other terminal and quick security check. was very efficent

you had the bus that time because the monorail was closed for maintainence for a few months.
Its back open now as buffy said so theres not a bus anymore from north to south-just the monorail which is quicker anyway..10 mins or so should do it.

MOH

Thanks for the suggestions. Made it OK in the end, 25 minutes from stepping off the plane to standing in the south terminal, gate hadn't even been announced.

Followed the flight connection signs from the plane, which was fine until I got to a point where they sent me down a side corridor and down an escalator to a closed door, and a sign explaining that there was a connecting bus every 15 minutes until 14.30, and after that to pick up the provided telephone and ring for one. Which sounded a bit odd, and possibly time consuming.

For anyone else doing it:
Ignore the flight connections signs, head for arrivals, out through immigration, past baggage reclaim and into arrivals hall, up the escalator and the connecting monorail is just there. Five minutes max to get from there over to the other terminal, though you do then have to clear security again, which luckily only took me five minutes.

With a queue at either immigration or security, it could obviously take a lot longer.