East Acton ⇄ Oval Station

This journey is in zones 1&2 and you’ll have to use the Central and Northern lines, changing trains at Tottenham Court Road

1. From East Acton take the Central Line
2. Change at Tottenham Court Road to the Northern Line
3. Leave the train at Oval

Number of stops: 16 · Journey time: Approx 41 mins

Stations on the route: East Acton ➜ White City ➜ Shepherd’s Bush ➜ Holland Park ➜ Notting Hill Gate ➜ Queensway ➜ Lancaster Gate ➜ Marble Arch ➜ Bond Street ➜ Oxford Circus ➜ Tottenham Court Road [change train] Tottenham Court Road ➜ Leicester Square ➜ Charing Cross ➜ Embankment ➜ Waterloo ➜ Kennington ➜ Oval

Live status and delays

Closures on the Central and Northern line

First and last train times

Central line timetable

Alternative routes include East Acton to Vauxhall, East Acton to Kennington and East Acton to Stockwell

Stairs, lifts and escalators

East Acton is not wheelchair accessible

Oval is not wheelchair accessible

East Acton entrance – You must use two flights of stairs between the entrance and the eastbound platform (18 steps up +19 steps up), or three flights of stairs to the westbound platform (11 steps up +14 steps up +16 steps up)

Changing trains at Tottenham Court Road – You can use a lift when changing between the platforms

Oval exit – There’s an escalator from the northbound platform to the exit, but you must use an escalator plus one flight of stairs from the southbound platform (21 steps up). If you want to avoid the escalator then you can use another five flights of stairs (4 steps down +28 steps up +2x26 steps up +20 steps up)

This journey is in zones 1&2 and you’ll have to use the Northern, Victoria and Central lines, changing trains at Stockwell and

1. From Oval take the Northern Line
2. Change at Stockwell to the Victoria Line
3. Change at Oxford Circus to the Central Line
4. Leave the train at East Acton

Number of stops: 15 · Journey time: Approx 50 mins

Stations on the route: Oval ➜ Stockwell [change train] Stockwell ➜ Vauxhall ➜ Pimlico ➜ Victoria ➜ Green Park ➜ Oxford Circus [change train] Oxford Circus ➜ Bond Street ➜ Marble Arch ➜ Lancaster Gate ➜ Queensway ➜ Notting Hill Gate ➜ Holland Park ➜ Shepherd’s Bush ➜ White City ➜ East Acton

Alternative routes include Oval to Vauxhall, Oval to Kennington and Oval to Stockwell

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Oval is not wheelchair accessible

East Acton is not wheelchair accessible

Oval entrance – There’s an escalator between the entrance and the northbound platform, but you must use an escalator plus one flight of stairs to the southbound platform (21 steps down). If you want to avoid the escalator then you can use another five flights of stairs (20 steps down +2x26 steps down +28 steps down +4 steps up)

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 Oxford Circus – Changing between the Bakerloo northbound and Victoria northbound platforms, or the Bakerloo southbound and Victoria southbound platforms, is on the level, but you must use one flights of 20 stairs for all other platform changes

East Acton exit – You must use two flights of stairs between the eastbound platform and the exit (19 steps down +18 steps down), or three flights of stairs from the westbound platform (16 steps down +14 steps down +11 steps down)