Acton Town ⇄ Oval Station

This journey is in zones 1-3 and you’ll have to use the District and Northern lines, changing trains at Embankment

1. From Acton Town take the District Line
2. Change at Embankment to the Northern Line
3. Leave the train at Oval

Number of stops: 18 · Journey time: Approx 44 mins

Stations on the route: Acton Town ➜ Chiswick Park ➜ Turnham Green ➜ Stamford Brook ➜ Ravenscourt Park ➜ Hammersmith ➜ Barons Court ➜ West Kensington ➜ Earl’s Court ➜ Gloucester Road ➜ South Kensington ➜ Sloane Square ➜ Victoria ➜ St. James’s Park ➜ Westminster ➜ Embankment [change train] Embankment ➜ Waterloo ➜ Kennington ➜ Oval

Live status and delays

Closures on the District and Northern line

First and last train times

District line timetable

Alternative routes include Acton Town to Vauxhall, Acton Town to Kennington and Acton Town to Stockwell

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Acton Town has step-free access from the street to the platform (but there may be a step up or gap to the train)

Oval is not wheelchair accessible

Acton Town entrance – There’s a lift between the entrance and the platforms, or two flights of stairs (2x14 steps down)

Changing trains at Embankment – You must use stairs when changing platforms

Oval exit – There’s an escalator from the northbound platform to the exit, but you must use an escalator plus one flight of stairs from the southbound platform (21 steps up). If you want to avoid the escalator then you can use another five flights of stairs (4 steps down +28 steps up +2x26 steps up +20 steps up)

This journey is in zones 1-3 and you’ll have to use the Northern, Victoria and District lines, changing trains at Stockwell and

1. From Oval take the Northern Line
2. Change at Stockwell to the Victoria Line
3. Change at Victoria to the District Line
4. Leave the train at Acton Town

Number of stops: 16 · Journey time: Approx 52 mins

Stations on the route: Oval ➜ Stockwell [change train] Stockwell ➜ Vauxhall ➜ Pimlico ➜ Victoria [change train] Victoria ➜ Sloane Square ➜ South Kensington ➜ Gloucester Road ➜ Earl’s Court ➜ West Kensington ➜ Barons Court ➜ Hammersmith ➜ Ravenscourt Park ➜ Stamford Brook ➜ Turnham Green ➜ Chiswick Park ➜ Acton Town

Alternative routes include Oval to Vauxhall, Oval to Kennington and Oval to Stockwell

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Oval has step-free access from the street to the platform (but there may be a step up or gap to the train)

Acton Town is not wheelchair accessible

Oval entrance – There’s an escalator between the entrance and the northbound platform, but you must use an escalator plus one flight of stairs to the southbound platform (21 steps down). If you want to avoid the escalator then you can use another five flights of stairs (20 steps down +2x26 steps down +28 steps down +4 steps up)

Changing trains at Stockwell – Changing between the Northern northbound and Victoria northbound, or the Northern southbound and Victoria southbound, is on the level, but you must use stairs for all other platform changes

Changing trains at Victoria – You can use a lift when changing between the Circle/​District/​Victoria/​National Rail platforms

Acton Town exit – There’s a lift between the platforms and the exit, or two flights of stairs (2x14 steps up)