Just for your information, all the hotels now have a 24/7 shuttle running to them every night. This has been in place since 26th July.
The car park shuttles run 24/7 to all car parks. The Blue car park also has a shuttle to it now.
For the passengers that choose to overnight at Stansted and wait till the morning for connections into London. National Express run a 24/7 operation to multiple destinations in London and some to other destinations.
Of course some people do rely on local buses which don’t run as good a service as they do during the day, which is an annoyance to some, and the airport is speaking to local bus companies to improve the services.
Failing this there is the based taxi company which can be expensive but if you go to the ‘Infomation Desk’ there are a list of local companies which can offer a more competitive price.
For many people they do have options to get to London and home but some not all are lazy and refuse to use the alternative services that they wouldn’t use during the day.