Barbican ⇄ Kensington Olympia Station

This journey is in zones 1&2 and you’ll have to use the Metropolitan, Piccadilly and District lines, changing trains at King’s Cross St. Pancras and Earl’s Court

1. From Barbican take the Metropolitan Line
2. Change at King’s Cross St. Pancras to the Piccadilly Line
3. Change at Earl’s Court to the District Line
4. Leave the train at Kensington (Olympia)

Number of stops: 14 · Journey time: Approx 47 mins

Stations on the route: Barbican ➜ Farringdon ➜ King’s Cross St. Pancras [change train] King’s Cross St. Pancras ➜ Russell Square ➜ Holborn ➜ Covent Garden ➜ Leicester Square ➜ Piccadilly Circus ➜ Green Park ➜ Hyde Park Corner ➜ Knightsbridge ➜ South Kensington ➜ Gloucester Road ➜ Earl’s Court [change train] Earl’s Court ➜ Kensington (Olympia)

Live status and delays

Closures on the Metropolitan, Piccadilly and District line

First and last train times

Metropolitan line timetable

Alternative routes include Barbican to Shepherds Bush, Barbican to West Kensington and Barbican to Holland Park

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Barbican is not wheelchair accessible

Kensington (Olympia) has step-free access from the street to the platform (but there may be a step up or gap 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 King’s Cross St. Pancras – There’s a lift when changing between the platforms

Changing trains at Earl’s Court – You can use a lift when changing platforms

Kensington (Olympia) exit – There is level access between the platforms and the exit

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