Travel time from LHR to Passport Office

[dxbtiger]

May need to do a flying passport renewal run, can anyone give me a best guess total travel (also maybe best and worst case scenario!) time from Heathrow to the Passport Office which is next to London Victoria station I think.

Assume I can use trains all the way.

Trying to see if I can do it from Dubai - London - Dubai in 24 hours.

Cheers

[SlackBladder]

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/


Try here

[forest07]

The travel won't be the problem. The queue at the passport office can be horrendous!
Can be several hours.

[boxst]

The passport office is quite good as I've visited too many times in the last couple of years (passports stolen ) and they have more or less hit the appointment time.

Remember you do have to make an appointment, and can't just turn up.

[dxbtiger]

I know re the appointment, that's not an issue, passport is ready 4 hours after the appointment so that's a known factor

Just trying to decide whether I can land at 06.40 and back out at 17.05

[boxst]

dxbtiger said:

I know re the appointment, that's not an issue, passport is ready 4 hours after the appointment so that's a known factor

Just trying to decide whether I can land at 06.40 and back out at 17.05

I doubt it very much. The travel time won't be a problem, but the four hours is a guideline and I've always had to pick mine up at 4pm+.

[dxbtiger]

SlackBladder said:

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/


Try here

That's useful thanks, about 45-50 mins according to TFL

[dxbtiger]

boxst said:

I doubt it very much. The travel time won't be a problem, but the four hours is a guideline and I've always had to pick mine up at 4pm+.

Also useful, thanks.

In that case plan B is to fly out at 21.50.

[essayer]

Piccadilly/district = 48 mins, £8ish return

Heathrow Express / Circle = 31 mins
plus arguably more hassle changing at Paddington, and £40ish return

Coach is 50 mins each way and about £10 return

Black cab £50+

[TwigtheWonderkid]

essayer said:

Piccadilly/district = 48 mins, £8ish return

This is the way to go. make sure you change at Hammersmith or Barons Court, so you just pick up the District line on the other side of the same platform instead of having to bother with escalators and all that jazz at Earls Court, Gloucester Rd etc.

[gtidriver]

Try and get your passport pics done first, i had to get a new passport as mine was damaged and some fking dick had scratched the glass badly in the photo booth at passport office, what knob does something stupid like that. Good luck op.

[gtidriver]

Try and get your passport pics done first, i had to get a new passport as mine was damaged and some fking dick had scratched the glass badly in the photo booth at passport office, what knob does something stupid like that. Good luck op.

[littlegreenfairy]

Victoria station has several photo booths and they work at 06.30 in the morning. My appointment was 07.50 and had a new passport 2 hours later (and it was a 4 hour job).

The bonus of taking photos at that time after travelling since 04.30 is that you really do look like your photo after a long flight.

[dxbtiger]

Thanks all, top tips

[dxbtiger]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

This is the way to go. make sure you change at Hammersmith or Barons Court, so you just pick up the District line on the other side of the same platform instead of having to bother with escalators and all that jazz at Earls Court, Gloucester Rd etc.

Just printed this off, appointment now booked for 10.45 Friday morning, arriving at 6.35am and flying back out at 9.50pm the same day.

Any recommendations for any good boozers in and around Victoria? Need somewhere to park myself whilst they make the passport!

[Project C]

Good luck!

[Sgt Bilko]

Seems a long way to go for a new passport. You can extend a recent expired passport or one due to expire via the British embassy in Dubai. Likewise you can apply for renewal overseas. https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports

[craigdub]

When they were renewed in Germany, the service was good. Now its couriered back and forward to the UK, time is the problem.
Better as an expat to do a passport run.