Braintree to Stansted Airport taxi
From £70.40 fixed for a pre-booked saloon to Stansted Airport.
A pre-booked car between Braintree and Stansted Airport is from £70.40 for a saloon, held at that amount from the moment you book. The road journey is 18.5 mi and takes about 0h 24m. This is the pair on our whole list where the scheduled alternative is worst: every departure National Rail Enquiries listed cost £52.00 for one adult and took 2 hours 8 minutes with a change.
Lowest live operator quote, checked 11 September 2026.
- Fixed price
- from £70.40
- Journey
- 0h 24m
- Distance
- 18.5 mi
Fixed price, confirmed in seconds
Passengers
Luggages
24/7 customer support, cancellation before 24 hours and flight tracking are included for free
What does it cost?
Pre-booked, fixed
from £70.40
Lowest live operator quote to Stansted Airport, saloon, 11 September 2026.
What the fixed price includes
- 60 minutes free waiting after your flight lands; the rank meter charges from the moment you sit down
- a fixed price confirmed when you book, with no meter and no surge
- express pick-up at the airport's designated pick-up point
- flight tracking, so a delayed arrival moves your pick-up time
- free cancellation up to 24 hours before pick-up
Which car, and what does each cost?
| Vehicle | Carries | To Stansted Airport, from |
|---|---|---|
| Saloon | 3 passengers, 3 cases, 2 bags | £70.40 |
| Estate | 4 passengers, 3 cases, 3 bags | £80 |
| Executive | 3 passengers, 2 cases, 2 bags | £91.20 |
| People Carrier | 5 passengers, 4 cases, 4 bags | £91.20 |
| Executive People Carrier | 5 passengers, 4 cases, 4 bags | £123.20 |
| Minibus | 8 passengers, 8 cases, 6 bags | £115.20 |
| Pax16 | 16 passengers, 14 cases, 10 bags | £228.80 |
One price for the car, not per person. Lowest live operator quote, checked 11 September 2026.
How this compares
| Option | Cost | Journey time | Door to door? | Pre-bookable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airport Taxi Hub, pre-booked | From £70.40, fixed, including 60 minutes free waiting after your flight lands | 0h 24m | Yes | Yes |
| Scheduled rail, cheapest and only fare | £52.00 an adult on every departure sampled: £52 alone, £104 for two, £208 for four | 2 hours 8 minutes with one change, hourly | No | Yes |
| Fastest rail routing | Also £52.00 an adult, since no cheaper fare appeared at any hour of the sampled day | 1 hour 57 minutes, with two changes instead of one | No | Yes |
What it costs for 1, 2 or 4 people
| Option | Ticket | 1 person | 2 people | 4 people |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airport Taxi Hub, pre-booked | saloon, up to 4 passengers, one price per car | £70.40 | £70.40 | £70.40 |
| Scheduled rail, cheapest and only fare | adult single, each | £52 | £104 | £208 |
| Fastest rail routing | adult single, each | £52 | £104 | £208 |
A pre-booked car is priced per vehicle, so its total is the same for one passenger or four. Per-person fares are shown only where the operator publishes the fare and the ticket it buys.
| Option | Ticket | 2 people |
|---|---|---|
| Airport Taxi Hub, pre-booked | saloon, up to 4 passengers, one price per car | £70.40 |
| Scheduled rail, cheapest and only fare | adult single, each | £104 |
| Fastest rail routing | adult single, each | £104 |
Totals for 1, 2, 4 are published in the table above and do not need JavaScript. This control is here for the party sizes in between.
When not to book us: There is no honest version of this page where another option looks good. Braintree sits 16 miles from the airport, a free-flow drive of about 23 minutes, and yet the rail journey costs £52.00 for a single adult, takes 2 hours 8 minutes with a change, and runs once an hour. Two people are committed to £104 and four to £208, and we checked ten departures across the day without finding a cheaper fare at any of them. That is roughly five times the journey time for a price no group can defend. The only case we can see for the scheduled option is a traveller who is going to Braintree station itself, is not in a hurry, and has a rail pass or a discount we cannot see from here. Otherwise, on this corridor, a car is not the indulgent choice. It is the sensible one, and the comparison is so lopsided that we would say the same if we sold neither.
Where you meet your driver
- Book to the exact Braintree address with its postcode. Bocking, Great Notley and the villages towards Halstead are all quoted separately, and none of them is a short walk from anywhere a scheduled service stops.
- Your supplier details email carries the driver's mobile number. It arrives as its own message, so save the number rather than relying on finding the email again.
- Flight tracking is included at no cost, so an inbound that arrives late moves your collection to the real landing time. The waiting allowance that begins at touchdown is described under What it costs above.
- You do not need the desk in the terminal. Stansted's own on-airport provider keeps a reservation desk in the international arrivals concourse and a courtesy telephone in domestic baggage reclaim, which is what you use when you have not booked. With a booking in hand you get express pick-up at the designated point, and a name board in arrivals is meet and greet, a paid extra chosen at checkout.
Contact your driver as soon as you land, their number is in your supplier details email.
Arrivals-hall meet and greet with a name board is available as a paid extra at checkout.
Stansted Airport to Braintree
The return direction is quoted separately, because the two legs can be won by different operators. It is currently from £65.60 for a saloon.
Questions people ask about this route
Why is the train from Stansted to Braintree so expensive?
We cannot tell you why, only what. Every one of the ten departures we sampled across the day priced at £52.00 for one adult, with no cheaper fare appearing at any hour. For a 16-mile journey that is the highest per-mile figure on any route we publish.
What would two of us pay by rail?
£104, and four people £208. Put those next to the single quote at the top of this page, which covers the whole car, and the decision does not need much thought.
How long does the rail journey take against the drive?
2 hours 8 minutes with one change, or 1 hour 57 minutes if you accept two changes, against a free-flow drive of about 23 minutes. The scheduled option takes roughly five times as long for the same 16 miles.
How often does it run?
Hourly. On an airport journey that matters more than the headline duration, because a missed connection after a delayed landing is a full hour standing still.
Is the price for the car or per passenger?
For the car. Everybody in it travels on the one amount, which on this particular route is the difference between one figure and four separate £52 tickets.
Do you cover Witham, Halstead and the Essex villages nearby?
Yes, each priced to its own postcode rather than to a Braintree flat rate. Type the address into the form and the quote is calculated for that journey specifically.
Can you collect in the small hours for an early departure?
Yes, and the amount does not change because of the hour. Stansted's first wave of departures is the busiest part of our Essex day and it is priced exactly like a midday run.
What happens if my flight is delayed?
Your driver follows the inbound and resets the pick-up to when you actually land, at no additional charge. Free waiting runs from touchdown and the allowance included in your booking is stated under What it costs above.
Will somebody meet me in the arrivals hall?
Only if you add meet and greet when you book, which is a paid extra. Without it the standard service is express pick-up: your driver waits at the designated point and you ring the mobile number in your supplier details email once you are through.
Can I cancel or move the booking?
Cancel more than 24 hours before the pick-up time and you are refunded in full; inside that window the full amount is charged. Amendments are made through the booking link in your confirmation email, to the same cut-off.
Other routes from this airport, priced
Lowest live operator quote for each pair, checked 11 September 2026.
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- Newcastle Airport taxis
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Prices for each airport are quoted live on its own page.
Last updated , from the most recent verified fact on this page rather than the build date. Sources are listed with each fact.