Beckton ⇄ Temple Station

This journey is in zones 1-3 and you’ll have to use the DLR and Circle lines, changing trains at Tower Hill

1. From Beckton 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 Temple

Number of stops: 20 · Journey time: Approx 56 mins

Stations on the route: Beckton ➜ Gallions Reach ➜ Cyprus ➜ Beckton Park ➜ Royal Albert ➜ 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] Tower Hill ➜ Monument ➜ Cannon Street ➜ Mansion House ➜ Blackfriars ➜ Temple

Live status and delays

Closures on the DLR and Circle line

First and last train times

Docklands Light Railway timetable

Alternative routes include Beckton to Embankment, Beckton to Covent Garden and Beckton to Blackfriars

Stairs, lifts and escalators

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

Temple is not wheelchair accessible

Beckton entrance – There’s a ramp between the entrance and platforms (or 10 steps up)

Temple exit – You must use three flights of stairs from the platforms to the booking hall (6 steps up +7 steps up +16 steps up from the eastbound platform, and 5 steps up +4 steps up +19 steps up from the westbound platform). After that there’s another flight of 10 stairs to the Temple Place exit, but the Victoria Embankment exit is on the level

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

1. From Temple take the District Line
2. Change at Westminster to the Jubilee Line
3. Change at Canning Town to the Docklands Light Railway
4. Leave the train at Beckton

Number of stops: 18 · Journey time: Approx 55 mins

Stations on the route: Temple ➜ Embankment ➜ Westminster [change train] Westminster ➜ Waterloo ➜ Southwark ➜ London Bridge ➜ Bermondsey ➜ Canada Water ➜ Canary Wharf ➜ North Greenwich ➜ Canning Town [change train] Canning Town ➜ Royal Victoria ➜ Custom House ➜ Prince Regent ➜ Royal Albert ➜ Beckton Park ➜ Cyprus ➜ Gallions Reach ➜ Beckton

Live status and delays

Closures on the District, Jubilee and DLR line

First and last train times

District line timetable

Alternative routes include Temple to Embankment, Temple to Covent Garden and Temple to Blackfriars

Stairs, lifts and escalators

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

Beckton is not wheelchair accessible

Temple entrance – The Victoria Embankment entrance and booking hall are on the level, but you must use one flight of 10 stairs from the Temple Place entrance. After that you must use another three flights of stairs to the platforms (16 steps down +7 steps down +6 steps down to the eastbound platform, and 19 steps down +4 steps down +5 steps down to the westbound platform)

Changing trains at Westminster – There are two lifts when changing between the Circle/​District and Jubilee eastbound line platforms (or two escalators and 2x14 stairs), or three lifts when changing between the Circle/​District and Jubilee westbound line platforms (or three escalators and 2x14 stairs)

Changing trains at Canning Town – You must use a lift when changing between the DLR/​Jubilee line platforms, apart from the Stratford, Beckton and Woolwich Arsenal branches of the DLR which have a lift plus escalator

Beckton exit – There’s a ramp between the platforms and the exit (or 10 steps down)