Great Portland St ⇄ Shoreditch High St Station

This journey is in zones 1&2 and you’ll have to use the Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City and London Overground lines, changing trains at Liverpool Street and Whitechapel

1. From Great Portland Street take the Metropolitan Line
2. Change at Liverpool Street to the Hammersmith & City Line
3. Change at Whitechapel to the London Overground
4. Leave the train at Shoreditch High Street

Number of stops: 9 · Journey time: Approx 40 mins

Stations on the route: Great Portland Street ➜ Euston Square ➜ King’s Cross St. Pancras ➜ Farringdon ➜ Barbican ➜ Moorgate ➜ Liverpool Street [change train] Liverpool Street ➜ Aldgate East ➜ Whitechapel [change train] Whitechapel ➜ Shoreditch High Street

Live status and delays

Closures on the Metropolitan, H&C and London Overground line

First and last train times

Metropolitan line timetable

Alternative routes include Great Portland Street to Liverpool Street, Great Portland Street to Old Street and Great Portland Street to Aldgate

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Great Portland Street is not wheelchair accessible

Shoreditch High Street is wheelchair accessible, and has step-free access from the street to the train

Great Portland Street entrance – You must use three flights of stairs between the entrance and the westbound platform (19 steps down +16 steps down +6 steps down), and four flights to the eastbound platform (19 steps down +12 steps down +6 steps down +5 steps down)

Changing trains at Liverpool Street – You can use a lift or escalator when changing between the Central line and National Rail platforms, or the Central line and the H&C eastbound platform. You can use a lift when changing between the H&C eastbound and National Rail platforms. But you must use stairs for all other platform changes

Changing trains at Whitechapel – You can use escalators from the Elizbeth line, and lifts from all the other platforms

This journey is in zones 1&2 and you’ll have to use the London Overground and Hammersmith & City lines, changing trains at Whitechapel

1. From Shoreditch High Street take the London Overground
2. Change at Whitechapel to the Hammersmith & City Line
3. Leave the train at Great Portland Street

Number of stops: 9 · Journey time: Approx 30 mins

Stations on the route: Shoreditch High Street ➜ Whitechapel [change train] Whitechapel ➜ Aldgate East ➜ Liverpool Street ➜ Moorgate ➜ Barbican ➜ Farringdon ➜ King’s Cross St. Pancras ➜ Euston Square ➜ Great Portland Street

Alternative routes include Shoreditch High Street to Liverpool Street, Shoreditch High Street to Old Street and Shoreditch High Street to Aldgate

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Shoreditch High Street is not wheelchair accessible

Great Portland Street is wheelchair accessible, and has step-free access from the street to the train

Changing trains at Whitechapel – You can use escalators from the Elizbeth line, and lifts from all the other platforms

Changing trains at – You can use escalators from the Elizbeth line, and lifts from all the other platforms

Great Portland Street exit – You must use three flights of stairs between the westbound platform and the exit (6 steps up +16 steps up +19 steps up), and four flights from the eastbound platform (5 steps up +6 steps up +12 steps up +19 steps up)