Finchley Road ⇄ Oval Station

This journey is in zones 1&2 and you’ll have to use the Metropolitan and Northern lines, changing trains at King’s Cross St. Pancras

1. From Finchley Road take the Metropolitan Line
2. Change at King’s Cross St. Pancras to the Northern Line
3. Leave the train at Oval

Number of stops: 13 · Journey time: Approx 42 mins

Stations on the route: Finchley Road ➜ Baker Street ➜ Great Portland Street ➜ Euston Square ➜ King’s Cross St. Pancras [change train] King’s Cross St. Pancras ➜ Angel ➜ Old Street ➜ Moorgate ➜ Bank ➜ London Bridge ➜ Borough ➜ Elephant & Castle ➜ Kennington ➜ Oval

Live status and delays

Closures on the Metropolitan and Northern line

First and last train times

Metropolitan line timetable

Alternative routes include Finchley Road to Vauxhall, Finchley Road to Kennington and Finchley Road to Stockwell

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Finchley Road is not wheelchair accessible

Oval is not wheelchair accessible

Finchley Road entrance – You must use stairs between the entrance and the platforms (15 steps down +13 steps down)

Changing trains at King’s Cross St. Pancras – There’s 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 and Metropolitan lines, changing trains at King’s Cross St. Pancras

1. From Oval take the Northern Line
2. Change at King’s Cross St. Pancras to the Metropolitan Line
3. Leave the train at Finchley Road

Number of stops: 13 · Journey time: Approx 46 mins

Stations on the route: Oval ➜ Kennington ➜ Elephant & Castle ➜ Borough ➜ London Bridge ➜ Bank ➜ Moorgate ➜ Old Street ➜ Angel ➜ King’s Cross St. Pancras [change train] King’s Cross St. Pancras ➜ Euston Square ➜ Great Portland Street ➜ Baker Street ➜ Finchley Road

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

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Oval is not wheelchair accessible

Finchley Road 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 King’s Cross St. Pancras – There’s a lift when changing between the platforms

Finchley Road exit – You must use stairs between the platforms and the exit (13 steps up +15 steps up)