Bow Road ⇄ Leicester Square 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 Leicester Square

Number of stops: 13 · Journey time: Approx 33 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 ➜ Charing Cross ➜ Leicester Square

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 Charing Cross, Bow Road to Covent Garden and Bow Road to Piccadilly Circus

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Bow Road is not wheelchair accessible

Leicester Square 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

Leicester Square exit – You must an escalator plus a flight of 20 stairs from the platforms to the booking hall. After that you must use two flights of stairs to the Cranbourn Street exit (13 steps up +18 steps up), or two flights of stairs to the Charing Cross Road eastside exit (13 steps up +10 steps up), or three flights of stairs to the Charing Cross Road westside exit (11 steps up +13 steps up +7 steps up)

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

1. From Leicester Square take the Piccadilly Line
2. Change at Holborn to the Central Line
3. Change at Mile End to the District Line
4. Leave the train at Bow Road

Number of stops: 9 · Journey time: Approx 40 mins

Stations on the route: Leicester Square ➜ Covent Garden ➜ Holborn [change train] Holborn ➜ Chancery Lane ➜ St. Paul’s ➜ Bank ➜ Liverpool Street ➜ Bethnal Green ➜ Mile End [change train] Mile End ➜ Bow Road

Live status and delays

Closures on the Piccadilly, Central and District line

First and last train times

Piccadilly line timetable

Alternative routes include Leicester Square to Charing Cross, Leicester Square to Covent Garden and Leicester Square to Piccadilly Circus

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Leicester Square is not wheelchair accessible

Bow Road is not wheelchair accessible

Leicester Square entrance – You must use two flights of stairs from the Cranbourn Street entrance and the booking hall (18 steps down +13 steps down), or two flights of stairs from the Charing Cross Road eastside entrance (20 steps down +13 steps down), or three flights of stairs from the Charing Cross Road westside entrance (7 steps down +13 steps down +11 steps down). After that you must an escalator plus a flight of 20 stairs down to the platforms

Changing trains at Holborn – You must use stairs when changing between the Central/​Piccadilly line platforms

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)