Barbican ⇄ Blackwall Station

This journey is in zones 1&2 and you’ll have to use the Metropolitan, Central, DLR and DLR lines, changing trains at Liverpool Street, Bank and Poplar

1. From Barbican take the Metropolitan Line
2. Change at Liverpool Street to the Central Line
3. Change at Bank to the Docklands Light Railway
4. Change at Poplar to the Docklands Light Railway
5. Leave the train at Blackwall

Number of stops: 8 · Journey time: Approx 48 mins

Stations on the route: Barbican ➜ Moorgate ➜ Liverpool Street [change train] Liverpool Street ➜ Bank [change train] Bank ➜ Shadwell ➜ Limehouse ➜ Westferry ➜ Poplar [change train] Poplar ➜ Blackwall

Live status and delays

Closures on the Metropolitan, Central, DLR and DLR line

First and last train times

Metropolitan line timetable

Alternative routes include Barbican to Poplar, Barbican to All Saints and Barbican to East India

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Barbican is not wheelchair accessible

Blackwall is wheelchair accessible, and has step-free access from the street to the train

Barbican entrance – You must use two flights of stairs between the entrance and the booking hall (11 steps down +12 steps down), plus another two flights of stairs from the booking hall to the platforms (15 steps down +14 steps down to the eastbound platform, and 2x14 steps down to the westbound platform)

Changing trains at Liverpool Street – You can use a lift or escalator when changing between the Central line and National Rail platforms, or the Central line and the H&C eastbound platform. You can use a lift when changing between the H&C eastbound and National Rail platforms. But you must use stairs for all other platform changes

Changing trains at Bank – Changing between the Central and DLR platforms involves a lift plus escalator. Changing between the W&C line and any other platform involves a lift, an escalator plus a long travelator. You must use stairs when changing trains from the Northern line to any other platform

Blackwall exit – There’s a lift between the platforms and the exit. If you want to avoid the lift then you can use five flights of stairs (2x16 steps down +4 steps down +16 steps down +9 steps down)

This journey is in zones 1&2 and you’ll have to use the DLR and Circle lines, changing trains at Aldgate

1. From Blackwall take the Docklands Light Railway
2. Leave train at Tower Gateway and walk 3 mins to Tower Hill
3. Change at Tower Hill to the Circle Line
4. Leave the train at Barbican

Number of stops: 8 · Journey time: Approx 42 mins

Stations on the route: Blackwall ➜ Poplar ➜ Westferry ➜ Limehouse ➜ Shadwell ➜ Tower Gateway [leave train] Walk 3 mins to Tower Hill [change train] Aldgate ➜ Liverpool Street ➜ Moorgate ➜ Barbican

Live status and delays

Closures on the DLR and Circle line

First and last train times

Docklands Light Railway timetable

Alternative routes include Blackwall to Poplar, Blackwall to All Saints and Blackwall to East India

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Blackwall is not wheelchair accessible

Barbican is wheelchair accessible, and has step-free access from the street to the train

Blackwall entrance – There’s a lift between the entrance and the platforms. If you want to avoid the lift then you can use five flights of stairs (9 steps up +16 steps up +4 steps up +2x16 steps up)

Changing trains at – Changing between the Central and DLR platforms involves a lift plus escalator. Changing between the W&C line and any other platform involves a lift, an escalator plus a long travelator. You must use stairs when changing trains from the Northern line to any other platform

Barbican exit – You must use two flights of stairs from the platforms to the booking hall (14 steps up +15 steps up from the eastbound platform, and 2x14 steps up from the westbound platform), plus another two flights of stairs between the booking hall and the exit (12 steps up +11 steps up)