Canada Water ⇄ Tower Gateway Station

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

1. From Canada Water take the London Overground
2. Change at Shadwell to the Docklands Light Railway
3. Leave the train at Tower Gateway

Number of stops: 4 · Journey time: Approx 17 mins

Stations on the route: Canada Water ➜ Rotherhithe ➜ Wapping ➜ Shadwell [change train] Shadwell ➜ Tower Gateway

Alternative routes include Canada Water to Tower Hill, Canada Water to Aldgate and Canada Water to Whitechapel

Stairs, lifts and escalators

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

Tower Gateway 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 Shadwell – You must use stairs when changing between the DLR and London Overground platforms

Tower Gateway exit – There’s a lift between the platforms and the exit. You can also use an escalator, or three flights of stairs (16 steps down +3 steps down +11 steps down)

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

1. From Tower Gateway take the Docklands Light Railway
2. Change at Shadwell to the London Overground
3. Leave the train at Canada Water

Number of stops: 4 · Journey time: Approx 20 mins

Stations on the route: Tower Gateway ➜ Shadwell [change train] Shadwell ➜ Wapping ➜ Rotherhithe ➜ Canada Water

Live status and delays

Closures on the DLR and London Overground line

First and last train times

Docklands Light Railway timetable

Alternative routes include Tower Gateway to Tower Hill, Tower Gateway to Aldgate and Tower Gateway to Whitechapel

Stairs, lifts and escalators

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

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

Tower Gateway entrance – There’s a lift between the entrance and the platforms. You can also use an escalator, or three flights of stairs (11 steps up +3 steps up +16 steps up)

Changing trains at Shadwell – You must use stairs when changing between the DLR and London Overground 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)