Bethnal Green ⇄ East India Station

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

1. From Bethnal Green take the Central Line
2. Change at Bank to the Docklands Light Railway
3. Leave the train at East India

Number of stops: 8 · Journey time: Approx 30 mins

Stations on the route: Bethnal Green ➜ Liverpool Street ➜ Bank [change train] Bank ➜ Shadwell ➜ Limehouse ➜ Westferry ➜ Poplar ➜ Blackwell ➜ East India

Live status and delays

Closures on the Central and DLR line

First and last train times

Central line timetable

Alternative routes include Bethnal Green to Blackwall, Bethnal Green to All Saints and Bethnal Green to Royal Victoria

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Bethnal Green is not wheelchair accessible

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

Bethnal Green entrance – You must use an escalator and two flights of stairs between the Bethnal Green Road entrance and the platforms (20 steps down +8 steps down), or an escalator and two flights of stairs between the Roman Road entrance and the platforms (19 steps down +7 steps down), or an escalator and two flights of stairs between the Cambridge Heath Road west entrance and the platforms (18 steps down +8 steps down), or an escalator and three flights of stairs between the Cambridge Heath Road east entrance and the platforms (10 steps down +11 steps down +5 steps down)

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

East India exit – From the platforms to the Aspen Way exit there’s a lift (or three flights of 14 steps down), plus another lift (or an escalator, or two flights of 16 and 14 steps up). From the platforms to the South Side exit there are two lifts (or four flights of 16 and 14 steps down, and 16 and 15 steps up)

This journey is in zones 2&3 and you’ll have to use the DLR, Jubilee and Central lines, changing trains at Canning Town and

1. From East India take the Docklands Light Railway
2. Change at Canning Town to the Jubilee Line
3. Change at Stratford to the Central Line
4. Leave the train at Bethnal Green

Number of stops: 5 · Journey time: Approx 38 mins

Stations on the route: East India ➜ Canning Town [change train] Canning Town ➜ West Ham ➜ Stratford [change train] Stratford ➜ Mile End ➜ Bethnal Green

Live status and delays

Closures on the DLR, Jubilee and Central line

First and last train times

Docklands Light Railway timetable

Alternative routes include East India to Blackwall, East India to All Saints and East India to Royal Victoria

Stairs, lifts and escalators

East India is not wheelchair accessible

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

East India entrance – From the Aspen Way entrance to the platforms there’s a lift (or three flights of 14 steps up), plus another lift (or an escalator, or two flights of 14 and 16 steps down). From the South Side entrance to the platforms there are two lifts (or four flights of 15 and 16 steps up, and 14 and 16 steps down)

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

Changing trains 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

Bethnal Green exit – You must use an escalator and two flights of stairs between the platforms and the Bethnal Green Road exit (8 steps up +20 steps up), or an escalator and two flights of stairs between the platforms and the Roman Road exit (7 steps up +19 steps up), or an escalator and two flights of stairs between the platforms and the Cambridge Heath Road west exit (8 steps up +18 steps up), or an escalator and three flights of stairs between the platforms and the Cambridge Heath Road east exit (5 steps up +11 steps up +10 steps up)