Embankment ⇄ Kentish Town Station

This journey is in zones 1&2 and it’s a direct train on the Northern line

1. From Embankment take the Northern Line
2. Leave the train at Kentish Town

Number of stops: 9 · Journey time: Approx 25 mins

Stations on the route: Embankment ➜ Charing Cross ➜ Leicester Square ➜ Tottenham Court Road ➜ Goodge Street ➜ Warren Street ➜ Euston ➜ Mornington Crescent ➜ Camden Town ➜ Kentish Town

Live status and delays

Strikes and station closures

First and last train times

Northern line timetable

Alternative routes include Embankment to Camden Town, Embankment to Tufnell Park and Embankment to Chalk Farm

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Embankment is not wheelchair accessible

Kentish Town is not wheelchair accessible

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)

Kentish Town exit – There’s an escalator between the Northern northbound platform and the exit, plus another two flights of stairs from the Northern southbound platform (2x11 steps up). There are four flights of stairs between the National Rail platforms and the exit (3x12 steps up +9 steps down)

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

1. From Kentish Town take the Northern Line
2. Change at Camden Town to the Northern Line
3. Leave the train at Embankment

Number of stops: 9 · Journey time: Approx 26 mins

Stations on the route: Kentish Town ➜ Camden Town [change train] Camden Town ➜ Mornington Crescent ➜ Euston ➜ Warren Street ➜ Goodge Street ➜ Tottenham Court Road ➜ Leicester Square ➜ Charing Cross ➜ Embankment

Live status and delays

Closures on the Northern line

First and last train times

Northern line timetable

Alternative routes include Kentish Town to Camden Town, Kentish Town to Tufnell Park and Kentish Town to Chalk Farm

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Kentish Town is not wheelchair accessible

Embankment is not wheelchair accessible

Kentish Town entrance – There’s an escalator between the entrance and the Northern northbound platform, plus another two flights of stairs to the Northern southbound platform (2x11 steps down). There are four flights of stairs between the entrance and the National Rail platforms (9 steps up +3x12 steps down)

Changing trains at Camden Town – Changing between northbound services is on the level, but you need to use two flights of 11 steps to change between southbound services

Embankment exit – There are two flights of stairs from the Circle/​District line platforms to the booking hall (2x15 steps up from the eastbound platform, or 16 steps up +14 steps up from the westbound platform), or two escalators plus three flights of stairs from the Bakerloo line platforms (6 steps up +19 steps up from the southbound platform, or 6 steps up +20 steps up from the northbound platform), or two escalators plus one flight of stairs from the Northern line platforms (6 steps up). After that there’s another flight of 4 stairs to the Victoria Embankment exit, but the Villiers Street exit is on the level