Blackfriars ⇄ Kensington Olympia Station

This journey is in zones 1&2 and you’ll have to use the District lines, changing trains at Earl’s Court

1. From Blackfriars take the District Line
2. Change at Earl’s Court to the District Line
3. Leave the train at Kensington (Olympia)

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

Stations on the route: Blackfriars ➜ Temple ➜ Embankment ➜ Westminster ➜ St. James’s Park ➜ Victoria ➜ Sloane Square ➜ South Kensington ➜ Gloucester Road ➜ Earl’s Court [change train] Earl’s Court ➜ Kensington (Olympia)

Live status and delays

Closures on the District line

First and last train times

District line timetable

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

Stairs, lifts and escalators

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

Kensington (Olympia) has step-free access from the street to the platform (but there may be a step up or gap to the train)

Blackfriars entrance – There’s a lift between the entrance and the platforms. If you want to avoid the lift then you can use three flights of stairs from the Victoria Embankment entrance to the booking hall (17 steps down +3 steps down +6 steps up), or three flights from the New Bridge Street entrance (18 steps down +6 steps down +6 steps up), or two flights from the Riverside Walk entrance (18 steps up +6 steps up), or two flights from the Blackfriars Bridge entrance (2x10 steps down from the eastside, or 21 steps down +6 steps up from the westside), or one flight from the Queen Victoria Street entrance (16 steps down). After that there’s another two flights of stairs down to the platforms (10 steps down +16 steps down to the eastbound platform, or 17 steps down +9 steps down to the westbound platform)

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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