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Barbican ⇄ Prince Regent Station | Tube Journey, Train Times & Fares

The journey from Barbican to Prince Regent is in fare zones 1-3 and you’ll have to use the Metropolitan, Central, Jubilee and DLR tube lines, changing trains at Liverpool Street, Stratford and Canning Town

  1. From Barbican take the Metropolitan Line
  2. Change at Liverpool Street to the Central Line
  3. Change at Stratford to the Jubilee Line
  4. Change at Canning Town to the Docklands Light Railway
  5. Leave the train at Prince Regent

Number of tube stops: 10 · Journey time: Approx 54 mins

Stations on the route: Barbican ➜ Moorgate ➜ Liverpool Street [change train] Liverpool Street ➜ Bethnal Green ➜ Mile End ➜ Stratford [change train] Stratford ➜ West Ham ➜ Canning Town [change train] Canning Town ➜ Royal Victoria ➜ Custom House ➜ Prince Regent

London Underground tube delays

Strikes and closures on the Metropolitan, Central, Jubilee and DLR

First and last train times on the Metropolitan line

Tube times for the Metropolitan line

Alternative routes include Barbican to Custom House and Barbican to Royal Albert

Stairs, lifts and escalators to the station platforms

Barbican station is not wheelchair accessible

Prince Regent station is wheelchair accessible, and has step-free access from the street to the train

Barbican station 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 tube line 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 tube line at Stratford – You must use an escalator when changing between the DLR and Jubilee lines, but you can use a lift for all other platform changes

Prince Regent station exit – There’s a lift (or 16 steps up +12 steps up) from the platforms to the booking hall. After that there’s another lift (or 3x16 steps down +7 steps down) to the Connaught Road exit, or a ramp plus a lift (or 12 steps down +2x13 steps down +12 steps down) to the Park & Ride exit

The journey from Prince Regent to Barbican is in fare zones 1-3 and you’ll have to use the DLR and Circle tube lines, changing trains at Aldgate

  1. From Prince Regent 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 tube stops: 13 · Journey time: Approx 49 mins

Stations on the route: Prince Regent ➜ Custom House ➜ Royal Victoria ➜ Canning Town ➜ East India ➜ Blackwall ➜ Poplar ➜ Westferry ➜ Limehouse ➜ Shadwell ➜ Tower Gateway [leave train] Walk 3 mins to Tower Hill [change train] Aldgate ➜ Liverpool Street ➜ Moorgate ➜ Barbican

London Underground tube delays

Strikes and closures on the DLR and Circle

First and last train times on the DLR

Tube times for the Docklands Light Railway

Alternative routes include Prince Regent to Custom House and Prince Regent to Royal Albert

Stairs, lifts and escalators to the station platforms

Prince Regent train station is not wheelchair accessible

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

Prince Regent station entrance – There’s a lift (or 7 steps up +3x16 steps up) from the Connaught Road entrance to the booking hall, or a ramp plus a lift (or 12 steps up +2x13 steps up +12 steps up) from the Park & Ride entrance. After that there’s another lift down to the platforms (or 12 steps down +16 steps down)

Changing tube line at – You must use an escalator when changing between the DLR and Jubilee lines, but you can use a lift for all other platform changes

Barbican station 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)

Tube fare between Barbican and Prince Regent

This tube journey is in Oyster zones 1-3. The cheapest fare is £3 off-peak (£3.70 peak) when you pay by Oyster or contactless. There’s no return fare, you just pay the same as two single tickets

Cost of tube fare from Barbican ⇄ Prince Regent Station | Tube Journey, Train Times & Fares
Fare zone Cash Oyster & Contactless cards
Single fare Single fare Daily cap
Peak Off-peak Peak Off-peak
Zone 1-3 fare £6.70 £3.70 £3 £10 £10
Travelcard prices from Barbican ⇄ Prince Regent Station | Tube Journey, Train Times & Fares
Fare Zone Travelcards (Train, Bus & Tram)
One day travel­card Week travel­card Month travel­card
Anytime Off-peak
Zone 1-4 travelcard £15.90 n/a £61.40 £235.80
Zone 1-6 travelcard £22.60 £15.90 £78 £299
Zone 1-9 travelcard £28.50 £17 £111.30 £427.40
See our complete list of Adult tickets 2024, Senior tickets 2024, Child tickets 2024, Oyster fares 2024, Contactless fares 2024 and Travelcard fares 2024
Note: Tube journey prices are correct as of

Peak and off-peak journey times

For Oyster and contactless off-peak is outside the hours of 6.30 AM-9.30 AM and 4 PM-7 PM (Mon-Fri). For travelcards it’s any time after 9.30 AM (Mon-Fri). Weekends are always classed as off-peak. Note: Between the 8th March and 31st May 2024 TFL are running a trial called ‘Off-Peak Friday Fares’, where Fridays will be classed as off-peak all day.

The fare is based on what time your journey begins. It doesn’t matter what time your journey ends.

Other ways to make this journey

Travel on foot – We don’t recommend walking – the stations are 5¾ miles apart

Travel by bus – Single fare: £1.75 (you may need more than one bus); Daily cap: £5.25; Weekly cap: £24.70; 1-day travelcard: £6; Weekly travelcard: £24.70 – Adult bus prices · Pensioner bus prices · Children’s bus prices

Travel by taxi – A 5¾ mile taxi fare between Prince Regent underground station and Barbican should cost you about £28 to £40 and will take anything from 26-39 mins depending on the traffic

Travel by carCar parks near Barbican station