Holborn ⇄ Oval Station

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

1. From Holborn take the Piccadilly Line
2. Change at Leicester Square to the Northern Line
3. Leave the train at Oval

Number of stops: 7 · Journey time: Approx 25 mins

Stations on the route: Holborn ➜ Covent Garden ➜ Leicester Square [change train] Leicester Square ➜ Charing Cross ➜ Embankment ➜ Waterloo ➜ Kennington ➜ Oval

Live status and delays

Closures on the Piccadilly and Northern line

First and last train times

Piccadilly line timetable

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

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Holborn is not wheelchair accessible

Oval is not wheelchair accessible

Holborn entrance – You must use an escalator plus one flight of stairs from the entrance to the platforms (19 steps down to the Central eastbound platform, or 20 steps down to the Central westbound/​Piccadilly southbound platforms, or 22 steps down to the Piccadilly northbound platform)

Changing trains at Leicester Square – You must use stairs when changing between the Northern/​Piccadilly line 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 Piccadilly lines, changing trains at Leicester Square

1. From Oval take the Northern Line
2. Change at Leicester Square to the Piccadilly Line
3. Leave the train at Holborn

Number of stops: 7 · Journey time: Approx 24 mins

Stations on the route: Oval ➜ Kennington ➜ Waterloo ➜ Embankment ➜ Charing Cross ➜ Leicester Square [change train] Leicester Square ➜ Covent Garden ➜ Holborn

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

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Oval is not wheelchair accessible

Holborn 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 Leicester Square – You must use stairs when changing between the Northern/​Piccadilly line platforms

Holborn exit – You must use an escalator plus one flight of stairs from the platforms to the exit (19 steps up from the Central eastbound platform, or 20 steps up from the Central westbound/​Piccadilly southbound platforms, or 22 steps up from the Piccadilly northbound platform)