Bayswater ⇄ Leicester Square Station

This journey is in zone 1 and you’ll have to use the Circle and Piccadilly lines, changing trains at Edgware Road and King’s Cross St. Pancras

1. From Bayswater take the Circle Line
2. Change at King’s Cross St. Pancras to the Piccadilly Line
3. Leave the train at Leicester Square

Number of stops: 10 · Journey time: Approx 30 mins

Stations on the route: Bayswater ➜ Paddington ➜ Edgware Road [change train] Edgware Road ➜ Baker Street ➜ Great Portland Street ➜ Euston Square ➜ King’s Cross St. Pancras [change train] King’s Cross St. Pancras ➜ Russell Square ➜ Holborn ➜ Covent Garden ➜ Leicester Square

Live status and delays

Closures on the Circle and Piccadilly line

First and last train times

Circle line timetable

Alternative routes include Bayswater to Charing Cross, Bayswater to Covent Garden and Bayswater to Piccadilly Circus

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Bayswater is not wheelchair accessible

Leicester Square is not wheelchair accessible

Bayswater entrance – You must use two flights of stairs between the entrance and the platforms (5 steps down +25 steps down). There is no lift

Changing trains at King’s Cross St. Pancras – There’s a lift when changing between the platforms

Leicester Square exit – You must an escalator plus a flight of 20 stairs from the platforms to the booking hall. After that you must use two flights of stairs to the Cranbourn Street exit (13 steps up +18 steps up), or two flights of stairs to the Charing Cross Road eastside exit (13 steps up +10 steps up), or three flights of stairs to the Charing Cross Road westside exit (11 steps up +13 steps up +7 steps up)

This journey is in zone 1 and you’ll have to use the Piccadilly and Circle lines, changing trains at South Kensington

1. From Leicester Square take the Piccadilly Line
2. Change at South Kensington to the Circle Line
3. Leave the train at Bayswater

Number of stops: 9 · Journey time: Approx 28 mins

Stations on the route: Leicester Square ➜ Piccadilly Circus ➜ Green Park ➜ Hyde Park Corner ➜ Knightsbridge ➜ South Kensington [change train] South Kensington ➜ Gloucester Road ➜ High Street Kensington ➜ Notting Hill Gate ➜ Bayswater

Live status and delays

Closures on the Piccadilly and Circle line

First and last train times

Piccadilly line timetable

Alternative routes include Leicester Square to Charing Cross, Leicester Square to Covent Garden and Leicester Square to Piccadilly Circus

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Leicester Square is not wheelchair accessible

Bayswater is not wheelchair accessible

Leicester Square entrance – You must use two flights of stairs from the Cranbourn Street entrance and the booking hall (18 steps down +13 steps down), or two flights of stairs from the Charing Cross Road eastside entrance (20 steps down +13 steps down), or three flights of stairs from the Charing Cross Road westside entrance (7 steps down +13 steps down +11 steps down). After that you must an escalator plus a flight of 20 stairs down to the platforms

Changing trains at South Kensington – Changing between the Circle and District lines is on the same platform, but you must use stairs when changing between the Circle/​District lines and Piccadilly line

Changing trains at – There’s a lift when changing between the platforms

Bayswater exit – You must use two flights of stairs between the platforms and the exit (25 steps up +5 steps up). There is no lift