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Covent Garden ⇄ Gunnersbury Station

This journey is in zones 1-3 and you’ll have to use the Piccadilly and District lines, changing trains at Barons Court

  1. From Covent Garden take the Piccadilly Line
  2. Change at Barons Court to the District Line
  3. Leave the train at Gunnersbury

Number of stops: 14 · Journey time: Approx 37 mins

Stations on the route: Covent Garden ➜ Leicester Square ➜ Piccadilly Circus ➜ Green Park ➜ Hyde Park Corner ➜ Knightsbridge ➜ South Kensington ➜ Gloucester Road ➜ Earl’s Court ➜ Barons Court [change train] Barons Court ➜ Hammersmith ➜ Ravenscourt Park ➜ Stamford Brook ➜ Turnham Green ➜ Gunnersbury

Live status and delays

Closures on the Piccadilly and District line

First and last train times

Piccadilly line timetable

Alternative routes include Covent Garden to Chiswick Park, Covent Garden to Turnham Green and Covent Garden to Kew Gardens

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Covent Garden is not wheelchair accessible

Gunnersbury is not wheelchair accessible

Covent Garden entrance – You must use a lift plus one flight of stairs between the entrance and the platforms (19 steps down). If you want to avoid the lift then you can use another fourteen flights of stairs (8 steps down +7 steps down +4 steps down +16 steps down +17 steps down +5 steps down +8x17 steps down)

Changing trains at Barons Court – Changing between the District and Piccadilly line is on the same platform

Gunnersbury exit – You must use two flights of stairs between the platforms and the exit (14 steps up +15 steps up). There’s no lift

This journey is in zones 1-3 and you’ll have to use the District and Piccadilly lines, changing trains at Barons Court

  1. From Gunnersbury take the District Line
  2. Change at Barons Court to the Piccadilly Line
  3. Leave the train at Covent Garden

Number of stops: 14 · Journey time: Approx 35 mins

Stations on the route: Gunnersbury ➜ Turnham Green ➜ Stamford Brook ➜ Ravenscourt Park ➜ Hammersmith ➜ Barons Court [change train] Barons Court ➜ Earl’s Court ➜ Gloucester Road ➜ South Kensington ➜ Knightsbridge ➜ Hyde Park Corner ➜ Green Park ➜ Piccadilly Circus ➜ Leicester Square ➜ Covent Garden

Live status and delays

Closures on the District and Piccadilly line

First and last train times

District line timetable

Alternative routes include Gunnersbury to Chiswick Park, Gunnersbury to Turnham Green and Gunnersbury to Kew Gardens

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Gunnersbury is not wheelchair accessible

Covent Garden is not wheelchair accessible

Gunnersbury entrance – You must use two flights of stairs between the entrance and the platforms (15 steps down +14 steps down). There’s no lift

Changing trains at Barons Court – Changing between the District and Piccadilly line is on the same platform

Covent Garden exit – You must use a lift plus one flight of stairs between the platforms and the exit (19 steps up). If you want to avoid the lift then you can use another fourteen flights of stairs (8x17 steps up +5 steps up +17 steps up +16 steps up +4 steps up +7 steps up +8 steps up)

Cash, Oyster & Travelcard fares

The journey is in zones 1-3. The cheapest fare is £3 off-peak (£3.70 peak) when you pay by Oyster or contactless. There are no return tickets, you just pay the same as two singles

Cost of tube fare from Covent Garden ⇄ Gunnersbury Station
Fare zone Cash Oyster & Contactless cards
Single fare Single fare Daily cap
Peak Off-peak Peak Off-peak
Zone 1-3 fare £6.70 £3.70 £3 £10 £10
Travelcard prices from Covent Garden ⇄ Gunnersbury Station
Fare Zone Travelcards (Train, Bus & Tram)
One day travel­card Week travel­card Month travel­card
Anytime Off-peak
Zone 1-4 travelcard £15.90 n/a £61.40 £235.80
Zone 1-6 travelcard £22.60 £15.90 £78 £299
Zone 1-9 travelcard £28.50 £17 £111.30 £427.40
Note: Ticket prices are correct as of

Peak and off-peak times

For Oyster and contactless off-peak is outside the hours of 6.30 AM-9.30 AM and 4 PM-7 PM (Mon-Fri). For travelcards it’s any time after 9.30 AM (Mon-Fri). Weekends are always classed as off-peak.

The fare is based on what time your journey begins. It doesn’t matter when it ends.