East Ham ⇄ Oval 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 East Ham take the District Line
2. Change at Embankment to the Northern Line
3. Leave the train at Oval

Number of stops: 19 · Journey time: Approx 49 mins

Stations on the route: East Ham ➜ Upton Park ➜ Plaistow ➜ West Ham ➜ Bromley-by-Bow ➜ Bow Road ➜ Mile End ➜ Stepney Green ➜ Whitechapel ➜ Aldgate East ➜ Tower Hill ➜ Monument ➜ Cannon Street ➜ Mansion House ➜ Blackfriars ➜ Temple ➜ Embankment [change train] Embankment ➜ Waterloo ➜ Kennington ➜ Oval

Live status and delays

Closures on the District and Northern line

First and last train times

District line timetable

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

Stairs, lifts and escalators

East Ham is wheelchair accessible, and has step-free access from the street to the train

Oval is not wheelchair accessible

East Ham entrance – There’s a lift between the entrance and the platforms. If you want to avoid the lift then you can use two flights of stairs (14 steps down +17 steps down)

Changing trains at Embankment – You must use stairs when changing 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 1-3 and you’ll have to use the Northern, Central and District lines, changing trains at Bank and

1. From Oval take the Northern Line
2. Change at Bank to the Central Line
3. Change at Mile End to the District Line
4. Leave the train at East Ham

Number of stops: 14 · Journey time: Approx 50 mins

Stations on the route: Oval ➜ Kennington ➜ Elephant & Castle ➜ Borough ➜ London Bridge ➜ Bank [change train] Bank ➜ Liverpool Street ➜ Bethnal Green ➜ Mile End [change train] Mile End ➜ Bow Road ➜ Bromley-by-Bow ➜ West Ham ➜ Plaistow ➜ Upton Park ➜ East Ham

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

Stairs, lifts and escalators

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

East Ham 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 Bank – Changing between the Central and DLR platforms involves a lift plus escalator. Changing between the W&C line and any other platform involves a lift, an escalator plus a long travelator. You must use stairs when changing trains from the Northern line to any other platform

Changing trains at Mile End – Changing between the Central/​District/​H&C line is on the same platform if the trains are running in the same direction, but you must use stairs if they are running in the opposite direction

East Ham exit – There’s a lift between the platforms and the exit. If you want to avoid the lift then you can use two flights of stairs (17 steps up +14 steps up)