Highgate ⇄ Leicester Square Station

This journey is in zones 1-3 and you’ll have to use the Northern lines, changing trains at Camden Town

1. From Highgate take the Northern Line
2. Change at Camden Town to the Northern Line
3. Leave the train at Leicester Square

Number of stops: 10 · Journey time: Approx 29 mins

Stations on the route: Highgate ➜ Archway ➜ Tufnell Park ➜ Kentish Town ➜ Camden Town [change train] Camden Town ➜ Mornington Crescent ➜ Euston ➜ Warren Street ➜ Goodge Street ➜ Tottenham Court Road ➜ Leicester Square

Live status and delays

Closures on the Northern line

First and last train times

Northern line timetable

Alternative routes include Highgate to Charing Cross, Highgate to Covent Garden and Highgate to Piccadilly Circus

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Highgate is not wheelchair accessible

Leicester Square is not wheelchair accessible

Highgate entrance – You must use one flight of stairs between the Priory Gardens/​Wood Lane entrance and the booking hall (16 steps down), or seven flights of stairs from the Archway Road entrance (16 steps down +2x17 steps down +13 steps down +14 steps down +13 steps down +12 steps down), or four flights of stairs from the car park entrance (13 steps down +14 steps down +13 steps down +12 steps down). After that there’s an escalator down to the platforms (or 3 steps down +6x17 steps down +13 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

Leicester Square exit – You must an escalator plus a flight of 20 stairs from the platforms to the booking hall. After that you must use two flights of stairs to the Cranbourn Street exit (13 steps up +18 steps up), or two flights of stairs to the Charing Cross Road eastside exit (13 steps up +10 steps up), or three flights of stairs to the Charing Cross Road westside exit (11 steps up +13 steps up +7 steps up)

This journey is in zones 1-3 and it’s a direct train on the Northern line

1. From Leicester Square take the Northern Line
2. Leave the train at Highgate

Number of stops: 10 · Journey time: Approx 31 mins

Stations on the route: Leicester Square ➜ Tottenham Court Road ➜ Goodge Street ➜ Warren Street ➜ Euston ➜ Mornington Crescent ➜ Camden Town ➜ Kentish Town ➜ Tufnell Park ➜ Archway ➜ Highgate

Live status and delays

Closures on the Northern line

First and last train times

Northern line timetable

Alternative routes include Leicester Square to Charing Cross, Leicester Square to Covent Garden and Leicester Square to Piccadilly Circus

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Leicester Square is not wheelchair accessible

Highgate is not wheelchair accessible

Leicester Square entrance – You must use two flights of stairs from the Cranbourn Street entrance and the booking hall (18 steps down +13 steps down), or two flights of stairs from the Charing Cross Road eastside entrance (20 steps down +13 steps down), or three flights of stairs from the Charing Cross Road westside entrance (7 steps down +13 steps down +11 steps down). After that you must an escalator plus a flight of 20 stairs down to the platforms

Highgate exit – There’s an escalator from the platforms to the booking hall (or 13 steps up +6x17 steps up +3 steps up). After that you must use one flight of stairs to the Priory Gardens/​Wood Lane exit (16 steps up), or one escalator and three flights of stairs to the Archway Road exit (2x17 steps up +16 steps up), or four flights of stairs to the car park exit (12 steps up +13 steps up +14 steps up +13 steps up)