Embankment ⇄ Kensington Olympia Station

This journey is in zones 1&2 and you’ll have to use the District lines, changing trains at Earl’s Court

1. From Embankment take the District Line
2. Change at Earl’s Court to the District Line
3. Leave the train at Kensington (Olympia)

Number of stops: 8 · Journey time: Approx 27 mins

Stations on the route: Embankment ➜ Westminster ➜ St. James’s Park ➜ Victoria ➜ Sloane Square ➜ South Kensington ➜ Gloucester Road ➜ Earl’s Court [change train] Earl’s Court ➜ Kensington (Olympia)

Live status and delays

Closures on the District line

First and last train times

District line timetable

Alternative routes include Embankment to Shepherds Bush, Embankment to West Kensington and Embankment to Holland Park

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Embankment is not wheelchair accessible

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

Embankment entrance – The Villiers Street entrance and the booking hall are on the level, but you must use one flight of 4 stairs from the Victoria Embankment entrance. After that there are two flights of stairs to the Circle/​District line platforms (2x15 steps down to the eastbound platform, or 16 steps down +14 steps down to the westbound platform), or two escalators plus three flights of stairs to the Bakerloo line platforms (6 steps down +19 steps down to the southbound platform, or 6 steps down +20 steps down to the northbound platform), or two escalators plus one flight of stairs to the Northern line platforms (6 steps down)

Changing trains at Earl’s Court – You can use a lift when changing platforms

Kensington (Olympia) exit – There is level access between the platforms and the exit

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