Monument ⇄ Poplar Station

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

1. From Monument take the District Line
2. Change at Whitechapel to the London Overground
3. Change at Shadwell to the Docklands Light Railway
4. Leave the train at Poplar

Number of stops: 7 · Journey time: Approx 36 mins

Stations on the route: Monument ➜ Tower Hill ➜ Aldgate East ➜ Whitechapel [change train] Whitechapel ➜ Shadwell [change train] Shadwell ➜ Limehouse ➜ Westferry ➜ Poplar

Live status and delays

Closures on the District, London Overground and DLR line

First and last train times

District line timetable

Alternative routes include Monument to West India Quay, Monument to All Saints and Monument to Blackwall

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Monument is not wheelchair accessible

Poplar is wheelchair accessible, and has step-free access from the street to the train

Monument entrance – [1] To get to the booking hall from the Poultry/​Mansion House Street entrances you must use two flights of stairs (16 steps down +4 steps down), or two flights from the Threadneedle Street northside entrance (9 steps down +11 steps down), or one flight from the Threadneedle Street southside/​Cornhill northside entrances (19 steps down), or two flights from the Cornhill southside entrance (16 steps down +6 steps down), or one flight from the Mansion House Place/​Queen Victoria Street northside entrances (20 steps down), or one flight from the Queen Victoria Street southside entrance (18 steps down). After that you must use an escalator down to the Central line platforms, or two escalators plus two flights of stairs to the Circle/​District line platforms (15 steps up +14 steps up), or three escalators plus five flights of stairs to the DLR platforms (12 steps up +11 steps up +10 steps up +2x12 steps down), or an escalator plus four flights of stairs to the Northern line platforms (16 steps down +8 steps down +13 steps down +21 steps down), or a long ramp down plus a long travelator to the Waterloo & City line platforms. [2] To get to the booking hall from the King William Street entrance you must use a lift (or two flights of 9, 16 stairs). After that you must use a lift (or an escalator) plus three flights of stairs to the Central line platforms (13 steps down +8 steps down +16 steps down), or a lift plus an escalator plus three flights of stairs to the Circle/​District line platforms (21 steps down +15 steps up +14 steps up), or two lifts and two escalators to the DLR platforms, or a lift plus one flight of stairs to the Northern line platforms (21 steps down), or two lifts plus three flights of stairs to the Waterloo & City line platforms (13 steps down +8 steps down +16 steps down). [3] To get to the booking hall from the Fish Street Hill entrance you must use one flight of stairs (6 steps down), or one flight from the Great Tower Street entrance (16 steps down), or three flights from the Cannon Street entrance (19 steps down +5 steps down +5 steps up). After that you must use an escalator plus eight flights of stairs to the Central line platforms (2x12 steps down +14 steps down +15 steps down +21 steps up +13 steps up +8 steps up +16 steps up), or two flights of stairs to the Circle/​District line platforms (7 steps down +15 steps to the eastbound platform, or 2x12 steps to the westbound platform), or two escalators plus two flights of stairs to the DLR platforms (2x12 steps down), or an escalator plus four flights of stairs to the Northern line platforms (2x12 steps down, 14 steps down +15 steps down), or an escalator plus five flights of stairs to the Waterloo & City line platforms (2x12 steps down, 14 steps down +15 steps down +21 steps up)

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

Changing trains at Shadwell – You must use stairs when changing between the DLR and London Overground platforms

Poplar exit – There’s a lift between the platforms and the exit. If you want to avoid the lift then you can use three flights of stairs (2x16 steps down +8 steps down)

This journey is in zones 1&2

1. From Poplar take the Docklands Light Railway
2. Arrive at Bank and walk to Monument

Number of stops: 4 · Journey time: Approx 25 mins

Stations on the route: Poplar ➜ Westferry ➜ Limehouse ➜ Shadwell ➜ Bank [walk to] Monument

Live status and delays

Closures on the District, London Overground and DLR line

First and last train times

Docklands Light Railway timetable

Alternative routes include Poplar to West India Quay, Poplar to All Saints and Poplar to Blackwall

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Poplar is not wheelchair accessible

Monument is wheelchair accessible, and has step-free access from the street to the train

Poplar entrance – There’s a lift between the entrance and the platforms. If you want to avoid the lift then you can use three flights of stairs (8 steps up +2x16 steps up)

Changing trains at – You must use stairs when changing between the DLR and London Overground platforms

Bank exit – [1] To get to the Central line booking hall you must use an escalator from the Central line platforms, or a long travalator from the W&C platforms, or one escalator and four flights of stairs from the Northern line platforms (21 steps up +13 steps up +8 steps up +16 steps up), or three escalators plus five flights of stairs from the DLR platforms (2x12 steps down +10 steps down +11 steps down +12 steps up). After that you must use one flight of stairs to the Queen Victoria Street, Walbrook, Poultry south, Threadneedle Street south, Cornhill north and Mansion House Place exits (18, 19 or 20 steps up), or two flights of stairs to the Poultry north, Princes Street west, Cornhill south, Lombard Street north and Mansion House Street exits (4 steps up +15 or 16 steps up), or two flights of stairs to the Princes Street east and Threadneedle Street north exits (11 steps up +9 steps up). [2] To get to the Northern line booking hall you must use an escalator, a lift, plus three flights of stairs from the Central line platforms (16 steps down +8 steps down +13 steps down), or a lift and a long travalator from the W&C platforms, or a lift and one flight of stairs from the Northern line platforms (21 steps up), or two lifts, two escalators and ten flights of stairs from the DLR platforms (10 steps up +6 steps up +8x14 steps up). After that you must use a lift to the King William Street exit, or two flights of stairs to the Lombard Street exit (16 steps up +9 steps up)