Bow Road ⇄ Kennington Station

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

1. From Bow Road take the District Line
2. Change at Embankment to the Northern Line
3. Leave the train at Kennington

Number of stops: 13 · Journey time: Approx 37 mins

Stations on the route: Bow Road ➜ Mile End ➜ Stepney Green ➜ Whitechapel ➜ Aldgate East ➜ Tower Hill ➜ Monument ➜ Cannon Street ➜ Mansion House ➜ Blackfriars ➜ Temple ➜ Embankment [change train] Embankment ➜ Waterloo ➜ Kennington

Live status and delays

Closures on the District and Northern line

First and last train times

District line timetable

Alternative routes include Bow Road to Elephant & Castle, Bow Road to Oval and Bow Road to Vauxhall

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Bow Road is not wheelchair accessible

Kennington is not wheelchair accessible

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 Embankment – You must use stairs when changing platforms

Kennington exit – You have to use one flight of stairs and a lift between the platforms and the exit (19 steps up). If you want to avoid the lift then you have to use another five flights of stairs (3 steps up +17 steps up +2x19 steps up +21 steps up)

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

1. From Kennington take the Northern Line
2. Change at Bank to the Central Line
3. Change at Mile End to the District Line
4. Leave the train at Bow Road

Number of stops: 8 · Journey time: Approx 37 mins

Stations on the route: Kennington ➜ Elephant & Castle ➜ Borough ➜ London Bridge ➜ Bank [change train] Bank ➜ Liverpool Street ➜ Bethnal Green ➜ Mile End [change train] Mile End ➜ Bow Road

Live status and delays

Closures on the Northern, Central and District line

First and last train times

Northern line timetable

Alternative routes include Kennington to Elephant & Castle, Kennington to Oval and Kennington to Vauxhall

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Kennington is not wheelchair accessible

Bow Road is not wheelchair accessible

Kennington entrance – You have to use a lift and one flight of stairs between the entrance and the platforms (19 steps down). If you want to avoid the lift then you have to use another five flights of stairs (21 steps down +2x19 steps down +17 steps down +3 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

Changing trains at Mile End – Changing between the Central/​District/​H&C line is on the same platform if the trains are running in the same direction, but you must use stairs if they are running in the opposite direction

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)