Lambeth North ⇄ Liverpool Street Station

This journey is in zone 1 and you’ll have to use the Bakerloo and Circle lines, changing trains at Embankment

1. From Lambeth North take the Bakerloo Line
2. Change at Embankment to the Circle Line
3. Leave the train at Liverpool Street

Number of stops: 10 · Journey time: Approx 28 mins

Stations on the route: Lambeth North ➜ Waterloo ➜ Embankment [change train] Embankment ➜ Temple ➜ Blackfriars ➜ Mansion House ➜ Cannon Street ➜ Monument ➜ Tower Hill ➜ Aldgate ➜ Liverpool Street

Live status and delays

Closures on the Bakerloo and Circle line

First and last train times

Bakerloo line timetable

Alternative routes include Lambeth North to Moorgate, Lambeth North to Aldgate and Lambeth North to Shoreditch

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Lambeth North is not wheelchair accessible

The Elizabeth line at Liverpool Street is wheelchair accessible, and has step-free access from the street to the train. The London Overground only has step-free access from the street to the platform, and there may be a step up or gap to the train. The Central, Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines are not wheelchair accessible

Lambeth North entrance – There’s a lift plus one flight of stairs between the entrance and the platforms (20 steps down). If you want to avoid the lift then you can use another seven flights of stairs (13 steps down +3 steps down +3x17 steps down +16 steps down +20 steps down)

Changing trains at Embankment – You must use stairs when changing platforms

Liverpool Street exit – You need to use an escalator from the Central line platforms to the booking hall, or one flight of stairs from the Circle/​H&C/​Metropolitan eastbound platform (3 steps up), or six flights of stairs from the Circle/​H&C/​Metropolitan westbound platform (2x8 steps down +10 steps down +10 steps up +2x7 steps up). Once you’re inside the booking hall you need to use a lift (or 10 steps) to get to the Blomfield Street/Eldon Street exit, or a lift (or an escalator and 10 steps) to the Liverpool Street northside exit, or two flights of stairs to the Liverpool Street southside exit (14 steps up +4 steps up), or a lift plus three flights of stairs to the Bishopsgate eastside exit (7 steps up +2x16 steps down), or two lifts plus an escalator to the Bishopsgate westside exit. But getting to the Old Broad Street exit is on the level.

This journey is in zone 1 and you’ll have to use the Central, Northern and Bakerloo lines, changing trains at Bank and

1. From Liverpool Street take the Central Line
2. Change at Bank to the Northern Line
3. Change at Elephant & Castle to the Bakerloo Line
4. Leave the train at Lambeth North

Number of stops: 5 · Journey time: Approx 29 mins

Stations on the route: Liverpool Street ➜ Bank [change train] Bank ➜ London Bridge ➜ Borough ➜ Elephant & Castle [change train] Elephant & Castle ➜ Lambeth North

Live status and delays

Closures on the Central, Northern and Bakerloo line

First and last train times

Central line timetable

Alternative routes include Liverpool Street to Moorgate, Liverpool Street to Aldgate and Liverpool Street to Shoreditch

Stairs, lifts and escalators

The Elizabeth line at Liverpool Street is wheelchair accessible, and has step-free access from the street to the train. The London Overground only has step-free access from the street to the platform, and there may be a step up or gap to the train. The Central, Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines are not wheelchair accessible

Lambeth North is not wheelchair accessible

Liverpool Street entrance – The entrance on Old Broad Street to the booking hall is on the level, but you must use a lift (or 10 steps) from the Blomfield Street/Eldon Street entrance, or a lift (or an escalator and 10 steps) from the Liverpool Street northside entrance, or two flights of stairs from the Liverpool Street southside entrance (4 steps down +14 steps down), or a lift plus three flights of stairs from the Bishopsgate eastside entrance (2x16 steps down +7 steps up), or two lifts plus an escalator from the Bishopsgate westside entrance. After that you need to use another escalator from the booking hall to the Central line platforms, or one flight of stairs to the Circle/​H&C/​Metropolitan eastbound platform (3 steps down), or six flights of stairs to the Circle/​H&C/​Metropolitan westbound platform (2x7 steps up +10 steps up +10 steps down +2x8 steps down)

Changing trains at Bank – Changing between the Central and DLR platforms involves a lift plus escalator. Changing between the W&C line and any other platform involves a lift, an escalator plus a long travelator. You must use stairs when changing trains from the Northern line to any other platform

Changing trains at Elephant & Castle – You must use stairs when changing platforms

Lambeth North exit – There’s a lift plus one flight of stairs between the platforms and the exit (20 steps up). If you want to avoid the lift then you can use another seven flights of stairs (20 steps up +16 steps up +3x17 steps up +3 steps up +13 steps up)