Leicester Square ⇄ Shoreditch High St Station

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

1. From Leicester Square take the Northern Line
2. Change at Embankment to the District Line
3. Change at Whitechapel to the London Overground
4. Leave the train at Shoreditch High Street

Number of stops: 11 · Journey time: Approx 37 mins

Stations on the route: Leicester Square ➜ Charing Cross ➜ Embankment [change train] Embankment ➜ Temple ➜ Blackfriars ➜ Mansion House ➜ Cannon Street ➜ Monument ➜ Tower Hill ➜ Aldgate East ➜ Whitechapel [change train] Whitechapel ➜ Shoreditch High Street

Live status and delays

Closures on the Northern, District and London Overground line

First and last train times

Northern line timetable

Alternative routes include Leicester Square to Liverpool Street, Leicester Square to Old Street and Leicester Square to Aldgate

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Leicester Square is not wheelchair accessible

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

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

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

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, District and Northern lines, changing trains at Whitechapel and

1. From Shoreditch High Street take the London Overground
2. Change at Whitechapel to the District Line
3. Change at Embankment to the Northern Line
4. Leave the train at Leicester Square

Number of stops: 11 · Journey time: Approx 40 mins

Stations on the route: Shoreditch High Street ➜ Whitechapel [change train] Whitechapel ➜ Aldgate East ➜ Tower Hill ➜ Monument ➜ Cannon Street ➜ Mansion House ➜ Blackfriars ➜ Temple ➜ Embankment [change train] Embankment ➜ Charing Cross ➜ Leicester Square

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

Leicester Square 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 Embankment – You must use stairs when changing platforms

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)