Editing Gatwick Airport (section)

==Ground transport==
===Road===
[[File:Gatwick North Terminal 121.JPG|thumb|alt=Grassy median, with billboard and road sign|North Terminal [[A23 road|A23]] roundabout]]
The airport is accessible from a motorway [[spur road]] at junction 9A of the [[M23 motorway|M23]], which links to the main M23 motorway {{convert|1|mi|km}} east at junction 9. The M23 connects with London's [[orbital motorway]], the [[M25 motorway|M25]], {{convert|9|mi|km}} north; this provides access to much of [[Greater London]], the [[South East England|South East]] and beyond, and the M23 is the main route for traffic to (and from) the airport. Gatwick is also accessible from the [[A23 road|A23]], which serves [[Horley]] and [[Redhill, Surrey|Redhill]] to the north and [[Crawley]] and [[Brighton]] to the south. The [[A217]] provides access northwards to the town of [[Reigate]]. The airport has long- and short-stay car parks at the airport and off-site, although these are often full in summer. Local restrictions limit parking at Gatwick.

Gatwick has set goals of 40% public transport use by the time annual passenger traffic reaches 40 million (in 2015) and 45% by the time it reaches 45 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gatwickairport.com/PublicationFiles/business_and_community/all_public_publications/2012/lgw_asas_2012_web.pdf |title=Access Gatwick |year=2012 |publisher=Gatwick Airport |access-date=12 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222014549/http://www.gatwickairport.com/PublicationFiles/business_and_community/all_public_publications/2012/lgw_asas_2012_web.pdf |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}</ref>

===Rail===
[[File:Gatwick Airport stn December 2023 04.jpg|thumb|[[Gatwick Airport railway station]]]]
{{main|Gatwick Airport railway station}}

[[Gatwick Airport railway station]] is located adjacent to the South Terminal and has served the airport since 1958.<ref name = "rail tech">{{cite web| url=https://www.railway-technology.com/projects/gatwickairportstatio/| title=Gatwick Airport Railway Station| website=Railway Technology| access-date=1 July 2018| archive-date=2 July 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702035450/https://www.railway-technology.com/projects/gatwickairportstatio/| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.gatwickairport.com/business-community/about-gatwick/company-information/our-history/| title=Our History| website=Gatwick Airport| access-date=1 July 2018| archive-date=2 July 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702011335/https://www.gatwickairport.com/business-community/about-gatwick/company-information/our-history/| url-status=live}}</ref> It is located on the [[Brighton Main Line]], and is mainly served by [[Southern (Govia Thameslink Railway)|Southern]], [[Thameslink]], and [[Gatwick Express]]. It also receives a half-hourly service operated by [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]] via the [[North Downs Line]].

To the south, Southern, Thameslink, and Gatwick Express all provide direct connections to [[Brighton railway station|Brighton]]. Southern also provides connections to [[Eastbourne railway station|Eastbourne]], [[Littlehampton railway station|Littlehampton]], [[Bognor Regis railway station|Bognor Regis]], and [[Portsmouth Harbour railway station|Portsmouth Harbour]].

To the north, Thameslink provides connections to [[London Bridge railway station|London Bridge]], Gatwick Express provides non-stopping connections to [[London Victoria]], and Southern provides connections to both stations. Thameslink trains continue further north through the Thameslink Core to [[St Pancras International]], [[Bedford railway station|Bedford]], [[Peterborough railway station|Peterborough]], and [[Cambridge railway station|Cambridge]]. Great Western Railway also provides a half-hourly service to [[Reading railway station|Reading]] via [[Guildford railway station|Guildford]].

The station provides single-change connections to [[Heathrow Airport]] and [[Luton Airport]] via northbound Thameslink services. Heathrow Airport can be reached by changing to the [[Elizabeth line]] at [[Farringdon railway station|Farringdon]], whilst Luton Airport can be reached by the [[Luton DART]] station at [[Luton Airport Parkway]].

London [[Oyster Cards]] and [[Contactless payment|contactless cards]] are accepted on all rail routes from Gatwick Airport into London.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.southernrailway.com/tickets-and-fares/ticket-types/gatwick-payg/| title=Travelling with contactless and Oyster between Gatwick Airport and London| website=Southern Railway| access-date=4 January 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104234919/http://www.southernrailway.com/tickets-and-fares/ticket-types/gatwick-payg/| archive-date=4 January 2017| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2015-11-13/oyster-cards-to-be-used-at-gatwick-and-surrey-stations/| title=Gatwick and Surrey stations to accept Oyster cards and contactless payments| work=[[ITV News]]|location=Whiteley|publisher=[[ITN]]| access-date=14 November 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116023538/http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2015-11-13/oyster-cards-to-be-used-at-gatwick-and-surrey-stations/| archive-date=16 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Bus===
[[National Express Coaches]] operates coaches to [[Heathrow Airport]], [[London Stansted Airport]] and cities and towns throughout the region and country. [[Oxford Bus Company]] operates direct services to [[Oxford]], and [[EasyBus]] operates mini-coaches from both terminals to [[Earls Court]] and [[West Brompton]].{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

Local buses connect the North and South Terminals with Crawley, Horley, Redhill, [[Horsham]] and [[Caterham]]. Services are offered by [[Metrobus (South East England)|Metrobus]], including Metrobus's [[Fastway (bus rapid transit)|Fastway]] services operated on a [[Guided bus|partly guided]] [[bus rapid transit]] system which was the first of its kind to be built outside a major city.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

===Bike===
[[National Cycle Route 21|Route 21]] of the [[National Cycle Network]] passes under the South Terminal, allowing virtually traffic-free cycling and walking northwards to Horley and southwards to [[Three Bridges, West Sussex|Three Bridges]] and Crawley. A goods-style lift runs between the terminal and ground level (labelled "Lift to Cycle Route") near Zone L.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

===Terminal transfer===
[[File:Gatwick Airport terminal shuttle.jpg|thumb|The Gatwick Airport terminal shuttle departing from the South Terminal]]
{{main|Gatwick Airport Shuttle Transit}}

The airport's North and South Terminals are connected by a {{convert|0.75|mi|km}}, elevated, two-way [[automated people mover]] track. The transit shuttle normally consists of two automatic, three-car, driverless trains. Although colloquially known as a "[[monorail]]", the shuttle instead runs on a dual, concrete track with rubber tyres.<ref name="hudson">{{cite book| last=Hudson| first=Kenneth| title=Industrial history from the air| publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]| date=22 November 1984| pages=111–115| chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3DY9AAAAIAAJ&dq=gatwick&pg=PA135| chapter=Airports and Airfields| isbn=978-0-521-25333-8| access-date=16 November 2021| archive-date=10 November 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110005340/https://books.google.com/books?id=3DY9AAAAIAAJ&dq=gatwick&pg=PA135#v=onepage&q=gatwick&f=false| url-status=live}}</ref> The transit is [[land side]], and besides linking the two terminals also links the North terminal to the airport railway station.

The shuttle opened in 1987, along with the North Terminal, and initially used [[Adtranz C-100]] people-mover cars which remained in operation until September 2009, by which time they had travelled a total of 2.5 million miles (4 million km). Gatwick began upgrading its shuttle service in April 2008, with a bus replacement service in place from September 2009. A new operating system and shuttle cars (six [[Bombardier CX-100]] vehicles)<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-13542338.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102174410/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-13542338.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 November 2012 |title=Bombardier Signs 32&nbsp;Million Euro Contract for Automated People Mover System at London Gatwick Airport, United Kingdom; New APM Will Replace Existing Inter-Terminal Transit System Previously Supplied by Bombardier |publisher=Bombardier |date=19 December 2007 |access-date=15 August 2010}}</ref> were installed, and the guideway and transit stations were refurbished at a total cost of £45 million. The system re-opened on 1 July 2010, two months ahead of schedule;<ref>{{cite news| title=Gatwick transit closed| publisher=UK Airport News| date=29 September 2009| url=http://www.uk-airport-news.info/gatwick-airport-news-290909a.html| access-date=30 September 2009| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015071228/http://www.uk-airport-news.info/gatwick-airport-news-290909a.html| archive-date=15 October 2009| df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-shuttle/ |title=London Gatwick – we have lift on! |publisher=Gatwick Airport |access-date=15 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100803224818/http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-shuttle/ |archive-date=3 August 2010 }}</ref> it featured live journey information and sensory technology to count the number of passengers at stations.

An earlier transit system, that opened in 1983 to link the main terminal (now the South Terminal) to the (then new) circular satellite pier, was the UK's first automated people-moving system. This system has since been replaced by a walkway-and-[[moving walkway]] link, although the remains of the elevated guideway are still visible.<ref name="hudson"/>