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Earl’s Court ⇄ South Wimbledon Station

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

  1. From Earl’s Court take the District Line
  2. Change at Embankment to the Northern Line
  3. Leave the train at South Wimbledon

Number of stops: 19 · Journey time: Approx 50 mins

Stations on the route: Earl’s Court ➜ Gloucester Road ➜ South Kensington ➜ Sloane Square ➜ Victoria ➜ St. James’s Park ➜ Westminster ➜ Embankment [change train] Embankment ➜ Waterloo ➜ Kennington ➜ Oval ➜ Stockwell ➜ Clapham North ➜ Clapham Common ➜ Clapham South ➜ Balham ➜ Tooting Bec ➜ Tooting Broadway ➜ Colliers Wood ➜ South Wimbledon

Live status and delays

Closures on the District and Northern line

First and last train times

District line timetable

Alternative routes include Earl’s Court to Wimbledon and Earl’s Court to Colliers Wood

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Earl’s Court is wheelchair accessible, and has step-free access from the street to the train

South Wimbledon is not wheelchair accessible

Earl’s Court entrance – The Warwick Road entrance and booking hall are on the level, but you must use one flight of 8 stairs from the Earl’s Court Road entrance. After that there’s a lift down to the platforms. If you want to avoid the lift then you can use two flights of stairs to the District line platforms (14 steps down +13 steps down to the eastbound platform, or 2x14 steps down to the westbound platform), or an escalator and four flights of stairs to the Piccadilly line platforms (14 steps down +13 steps down +19 steps down +4 steps down)

Changing trains at Embankment – You must use stairs when changing platforms

South Wimbledon exit – There’s an escalator between the platforms and the exit, but no lift. If you want to avoid the escalator then you can use five flights of stairs (5x15 steps up)

This journey is in zones 1-3 and you’ll have to use the Northern, Victoria and District lines, changing trains at Stockwell and

  1. From South Wimbledon take the Northern Line
  2. Change at Stockwell to the Victoria Line
  3. Change at Victoria to the District Line
  4. Leave the train at Earl’s Court

Number of stops: 15 · Journey time: Approx 52 mins

Stations on the route: South Wimbledon ➜ Colliers Wood ➜ Tooting Broadway ➜ Tooting Bec ➜ Balham ➜ Clapham South ➜ Clapham Common ➜ Clapham North ➜ Stockwell [change train] Stockwell ➜ Vauxhall ➜ Pimlico ➜ Victoria [change train] Victoria ➜ Sloane Square ➜ South Kensington ➜ Gloucester Road ➜ Earl’s Court

Live status and delays

Closures on the Northern, Victoria and District line

First and last train times

Northern line timetable

Alternative routes include South Wimbledon to Wimbledon and South Wimbledon to Colliers Wood

Stairs, lifts and escalators

South Wimbledon is wheelchair accessible, and has step-free access from the street to the train

Earl’s Court is not wheelchair accessible

South Wimbledon entrance – There’s an escalator between the entrance and the platforms, but no lift. If you want to avoid the escalator then you can use five flights of stairs (5x15 steps down)

Changing trains at Stockwell – Changing between the Northern northbound and Victoria northbound, or the Northern southbound and Victoria southbound, is on the level, but you must use stairs for all other platform changes

Changing trains at Victoria – You can use a lift when changing between the Circle/​District/​Victoria/​National Rail platforms

Earl’s Court exit – There’s a lift between the platforms and the booking hall. If you want to avoid the lift then you can use two flights of stairs from the District line platforms (13 steps up +14 steps up from the eastbound platform, or 2x14 steps up from the westbound platform), or an escalator and four flights of stairs from the Piccadilly line platforms (4 steps up +19 steps up +13 steps up +14 steps up). After that there’s one flight of 8 stairs to the Earl’s Court Road exit, but the Warwick Road exit is on the level

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 Earl’s Court ⇄ South Wimbledon 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 Earl’s Court ⇄ South Wimbledon 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.

Alternative ways to travel

Walking – It’s 5⅓ miles, which is too far to walk

By bus – A single ticket is £1.75 (you may need more than one bus). The daily cap is £5.25 and a 1-day travelcard is £6 – Bus fares

By taxi – 5⅓ miles in a cab will take 24-38 minutes and cost about £28 and £40