What is Gatwick Express?
{{update|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox rail company |name=Gatwick Express |image= Unit 387204 at Crewe on 19th February 2016 01.JPG |image_size=250px |franchise=Gatwick Trains<br />28 April 1996 – 22 June 2008<br />Part of the South Central franchise<br />22 June 2008 – 19 September 2009<br />20 September 2009 – 25 July 2015<br />Part of the [[Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern]] franchise<br />26 July 2015 – September 2021 |logo= |logo_size=125px |nameforarea=route |regions=[[London Victoria station|London Victoria]] – [[Gatwick Airport railway station|Gatwick Airport]] |secregions=[[Brighton railway station|Brighton]] |fleet={{ubl|27 [[British Rail Class 387|Class 387]]|1 [[British Rail Class 73|Class 73]]}} |stations=8 |stationsop=0 |routekm=43.3 |abbr=GX |parent_company= [[Govia Thameslink Railway]] |website=www.gatwickexpress.com }} '''Gatwick Express''' is the name of a fast [[train]] service that runs on the Brighton Main Line, a railway line between [[London Victoria station|Victoria station]] in [[London]] and the city of [[Brighton and Hove]] in [[South East England]], stopping at [[London Gatwick Airport|Gatwick Airport]] on the way. It is fast because it does not stop at any stations between London Victoria and Gatwick Airport. A Gatwick Express train leaves London Victoria station every 15 minutes and takes 30 minutes to get to Gatwick Airport station. After arriving at Gatwick Airport, at least every other train on weekdays and Saturdays continues non-stop to Brighton railway station. At peak hours, every train continues to Brighton, but makes two stops between Gatwick and Brighton. On Sundays, all trains end at Gatwick Airport; there are no trains to and from Brighton. Before June 2008, Gatwick Express was a [[train operating company]] (TOC) and was a [[franchise]] owned by [[Southern (train operating company)|Southern]], another TOC that has trains on other routes. On 22 June 2008, the Gatwick Express TOC was closed. Now the Gatwick Express is directly operated by Southern, but it is stil