Cannon Street ⇄ New Cross Gate Station

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

1. From Cannon Street take the District Line
2. Change at Whitechapel to the London Overground
3. Leave the train at New Cross Gate

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

Stations on the route: Cannon Street ➜ Monument ➜ Tower Hill ➜ Aldgate East ➜ Whitechapel [change train] Whitechapel ➜ Shadwell ➜ Wapping ➜ Rotherhithe ➜ Canada Water ➜ Surrey Quays ➜ New Cross Gate

Live status and delays

Closures on the District and London Overground line

First and last train times

District line timetable

Alternative routes include Cannon Street to New Cross

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Cannon Street is not wheelchair accessible

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

Cannon Street entrance – The entrance on Dowgate Hill to the booking hall is on the level, but there’s a flight of stairs from the Cannon Street entrance (11 steps down). After that you can use a lift from the booking hall to the westbound platform (or two flights of 10 steps down), but you’ll have to use stairs to the eastbound platform (2x12 steps down)

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

New Cross Gate exit – You must use three flights of stairs between the platforms and the exit (16 steps up +11 steps up +2 steps down)

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

1. From New Cross Gate take the London Overground
2. Change at Whitechapel to the District Line
3. Leave the train at Cannon Street

Number of stops: 10 · Journey time: Approx 33 mins

Stations on the route: New Cross Gate ➜ Surrey Quays ➜ Canada Water ➜ Rotherhithe ➜ Wapping ➜ Shadwell ➜ Whitechapel [change train] Whitechapel ➜ Aldgate East ➜ Tower Hill ➜ Monument ➜ Cannon Street

Alternative routes include New Cross Gate to New Cross

Stairs, lifts and escalators

New Cross Gate is not wheelchair accessible

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

New Cross Gate entrance – You must use three flights of stairs between the entrance and the platforms (2 steps up +11 steps down +16 steps down)

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

Cannon Street exit – There’s a lift from the westbound platform to the booking hall (or two flights of 10 steps up), but you’ll have to use stairs from the eastbound platform (2x12 steps up). Ater that you must use a flight of stairs to the Cannon Street exit (11 steps up), but the Dowgate Hill exit is on the level