Moorgate ⇄ Tower Gateway Station • Train Fare & Route

This journey is in zone 1

1. From Moorgate take the Metropolitan Line
2. Change at Aldgate to the Circle Line
3. Leave train at Tower Hill and walk 2 mins to Tower Gateway

Number of stops: 3 · Journey time: Approx 27 mins

Stations on the route: Moorgate ➜ Liverpool Street ➜ Aldgate [change train] Aldgate ➜ Tower Hill [walk to] Tower Gateway

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Metropolitan line timetable

Alternative routes include Moorgate to Tower Hill, Moorgate to Aldgate and Moorgate to Whitechapel

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Moorgate is not wheelchair accessible. Tower Gateway is wheelchair accessible, and has step-free access from the street to the train

Moorgate entrance – The Moorfields westside entrance and the booking hall are on the level, but you must use three flights of stairs from all the other entrances (8 steps down +9 steps down +8 steps down from Moorfields eastside and Moorgate westside, or 13 steps down +6 steps down +10 steps down from Moorgate eastside). After that you must use an escalator plus one flight of stairs to the Northern line platforms (20 steps down), or five flights of stairs to the westbound Circle/​H&C /​Metropolitan platforms (14 steps down +17 steps down +8 steps up +9 steps up +10 steps up), but the eastbound Circle eastbound/​H&C/​Metropolitan platforms are on the level. If you came from the Moorfields westside entrance then you will have an extra three flights of stairs to the platforms (7 steps down +16 steps down +7 steps down)

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

Tower Hill exit – There’s a lift between the platforms and the exit. If you want to avoid the lift then you can use two flights of stairs to the Jubilee Walk exit (2x14 steps up), or three flights of stairs to the Trinity Square exit (12 steps up +9 steps up +15 steps up)

This journey is in zone 1 and it’s a direct train on the Circle line

1. From Tower Hill take the Circle Line
2. Leave the train at Moorgate

Number of stops: 3 · Journey time: Approx 8 mins

Stations on the route: Tower Hill ➜ Aldgate ➜ Liverpool Street ➜ Moorgate

Live status and delays

Strikes and station closures

First and last train times

Circle line timetable

Alternative routes include Tower Hill to Tower Hill, Tower Hill to Aldgate and Tower Hill to Whitechapel

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Tower Hill is not wheelchair accessible. Moorgate is wheelchair accessible, and has step-free access from the street to the train

Tower Hill entrance – There’s a lift between the entrance and the platforms. If you want to avoid the lift then you can use two flights of stairs (2x14 steps down)

Moorgate exit – You must use an escalator plus one flight of stairs from the Northern line platforms to the booking hall (20 steps up), or five flights of stairs from the westbound Circle/​H&C /​Metropolitan platforms (10 steps down +9 steps down +8 steps down +14 steps up +17 steps up), but the eastbound Circle eastbound/​H&C/​Metropolitan platforms are on the level. If you came from the Moorfields westside entrance then you will have an extra three flights of stairs to the platforms (7 steps down +16 steps down +7 steps down). After that you will have another three flights of stairs to the exits (7 steps up +16 steps up +7 steps up to Moorfields westside, or 8 steps up +9 steps up +8 steps up to Moorfields eastside and Moorgate westside, or 10 steps up +6 steps up +13 steps up to Moorgate eastside)