Bow Road ⇄ Canada Water Station

This journey is in zone 2 and you’ll have to use the District and London Overground lines, changing trains at Whitechapel

1. From Bow Road take the District Line
2. Change at Whitechapel to the London Overground
3. Leave the train at Canada Water

Number of stops: 7 · Journey time: Approx 24 mins

Stations on the route: Bow Road ➜ Mile End ➜ Stepney Green ➜ Whitechapel [change train] Whitechapel ➜ Shadwell ➜ Wapping ➜ Rotherhithe ➜ Canada Water

Live status and delays

Closures on the District and London Overground line

First and last train times

District line timetable

Alternative routes include Bow Road to Surrey Quays and Bow Road to Bermondsey

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Bow Road is not wheelchair accessible

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

Bow Road entrance – You must use two flights of stairs between the entrance and the platforms (11 steps down +19 steps down to the eastbound platform, and 2x16 steps down to the westbound platform)

Changing trains at Whitechapel – You can use escalators from the Elizbeth line, and lifts from all the other platforms

Canada Water exit – You can use a lift between the platforms and the booking hall. If you want to avoid the lift then you can use an escalator from the London Overground platforms, or two escalators from the Jubilee line platforms. After that you can use another lift from the booking hall to the bus station exit (or three flights of stairs: 11 steps up +2x12 steps up), but you must use three flights of stairs to the Surrey Quays Road exit (3x12 steps up)

This journey is in zone 2 and you’ll have to use the London Overground and District lines, changing trains at Whitechapel

1. From Canada Water take the London Overground
2. Change at Whitechapel to the District Line
3. Leave the train at Bow Road

Number of stops: 7 · Journey time: Approx 23 mins

Stations on the route: Canada Water ➜ Rotherhithe ➜ Wapping ➜ Shadwell ➜ Whitechapel [change train] Whitechapel ➜ Stepney Green ➜ Mile End ➜ Bow Road

Alternative routes include Canada Water to Surrey Quays and Canada Water to Bermondsey

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Canada Water is not wheelchair accessible

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

Canada Water entrance – There’s a lift between the bus station entrance and the booking hall (or three flights of stairs: 2x12 steps down +11 steps down), but you must use three flights of stairs from the Surrey Quays Road entrance (3x12 steps down). After that you can use another lift from the booking hall to the platforms. If you want to avoid this second lift then you can use one escalator down to the London Overground platforms, or two escalators down to the Jubilee line platforms

Changing trains at Whitechapel – You can use escalators from the Elizbeth line, and lifts from all the other platforms

Bow Road exit – You must use two flights of stairs between the platforms and the exit (19 steps up +11 steps up from the eastbound platform, and 2x16 steps up from the westbound platform)