New Cross ⇄ Temple Station

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

1. From New Cross take the London Overground
2. Change at Whitechapel to the District Line
3. Leave the train at Temple

Number of stops: 13 · Journey time: Approx 38 mins

Stations on the route: New Cross ➜ Surrey Quays ➜ Canada Water ➜ Rotherhithe ➜ Wapping ➜ Shadwell ➜ Whitechapel [change train] Whitechapel ➜ Aldgate East ➜ Tower Hill ➜ Monument ➜ Cannon Street ➜ Mansion House ➜ Blackfriars ➜ Temple

Alternative routes include New Cross to Embankment, New Cross to Covent Garden and New Cross to Blackfriars

Stairs, lifts and escalators

New Cross has step-free access from the street to the platform (but there may be a step up or gap to the train)

Temple is not wheelchair accessible

New Cross entrance – There’s a level access ramp between the entrance and the platforms

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

Temple exit – You must use three flights of stairs from the platforms to the booking hall (6 steps up +7 steps up +16 steps up from the eastbound platform, and 5 steps up +4 steps up +19 steps up from the westbound platform). After that there’s another flight of 10 stairs to the Temple Place exit, but the Victoria Embankment exit is on the level

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

1. From Temple take the District Line
2. Change at Whitechapel to the London Overground
3. Leave the train at New Cross

Number of stops: 13 · Journey time: Approx 34 mins

Stations on the route: Temple ➜ Blackfriars ➜ Mansion House ➜ Cannon Street ➜ Monument ➜ Tower Hill ➜ Aldgate East ➜ Whitechapel [change train] Whitechapel ➜ Shadwell ➜ Wapping ➜ Rotherhithe ➜ Canada Water ➜ Surrey Quays ➜ New Cross

Live status and delays

Closures on the District and London Overground line

First and last train times

District line timetable

Alternative routes include Temple to Embankment, Temple to Covent Garden and Temple to Blackfriars

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Temple has step-free access from the street to the platform (but there may be a step up or gap to the train)

New Cross is not wheelchair accessible

Temple entrance – The Victoria Embankment entrance and booking hall are on the level, but you must use one flight of 10 stairs from the Temple Place entrance. After that you must use another three flights of stairs to the platforms (16 steps down +7 steps down +6 steps down to the eastbound platform, and 19 steps down +4 steps down +5 steps down to the westbound platform)

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

New Cross exit – There’s a level access ramp between the platforms and the exit