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Old Street ⇄ Wapping Station • Train Fare & Route

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

  1. From Old Street take the Northern Line
  2. Change at Bank to the Docklands Light Railway
  3. Change at Shadwell to the London Overground
  4. Leave the train at Wapping

Number of stops: 4 · Journey time: Approx 31 mins

Stations on the route: Old Street ➜ Moorgate ➜ Bank [change train] Bank ➜ Shadwell [change train] Shadwell ➜ Wapping

Live status and delays

Closures on the Northern, DLR and London Overground line

First and last train times

Northern line timetable

Alternative routes include Old Street to Shadwell

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Old Street is not wheelchair accessible. Wapping is not wheelchair accessible

Old Street entrance – You must use one flight of stairs between Old Street’s northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest entrances and the booking hall (8 steps down), or two flights of stairs from the City Road entrances (2x11 steps from the southwest entrance, or 2x12 steps from the northwest, northeast and southeast entrances). After that you must an escalator (or seven flights of 9, 10, 6x15 steps down) plus another four flights of stairs (16 steps down +15 steps down +18 steps down +17 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 Shadwell – You must use stairs when changing between the DLR and London Overground platforms

Wapping exit – You must use one lift and three flights of stairs between the platforms and the exit (21 steps up +4 steps up +2 steps down), or eight flights of stairs if you want to avoid the lift (21 steps up +12 steps up +15 steps up +12 steps up +3x15 steps up +2 steps up)

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

  1. From Wapping take the London Overground
  2. Change at Whitechapel to the Hammersmith & City Line
  3. Change at Moorgate to the Northern Line
  4. Leave the train at Old Street

Number of stops: 6 · Journey time: Approx 34 mins

Stations on the route: Wapping ➜ Shadwell ➜ Whitechapel [change train] Whitechapel ➜ Aldgate East ➜ Liverpool Street ➜ Moorgate [change train] Moorgate ➜ Old Street

Alternative routes include Wapping to Shadwell

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Wapping is not wheelchair accessible. Old Street is not wheelchair accessible

Wapping entrance – You must use one lift and three flights of stairs between the entrance and the platforms (2 steps up +4 steps down +21 steps down), or eight flights of stairs if you want to avoid the lift (2 steps up +3x15 steps down +12 steps down +15 steps down +12 steps down +21 steps down)

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

Changing trains at Moorgate – You must use an escalator when changing between the Circle/​Metropolitan/​H&C eastbound platforms and the Northern line. You must use stairs for all other platform changes

Old Street exit – You must an escalator (or seven flights of 6x15, 10, 9 steps) plus four flights of stairs from the platforms to the booking hall (17 steps up +18 steps up +15 steps up +16 steps up). After that you must use another flight of stairs to Old Street’s northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest exits (8 steps up), or two flights of stairs to the City Road exits (2x11 steps to the southwest exit, or 2x12 steps to the northwest, northeast and southeast exits)

Cash, Contactless, Oyster & Travelcard fares

The journey is in zones 1-2. The cheapest fare is £2.90 off-peak (£3.50 peak) when you pay by Oyster or contactless. There are no return tickets, you just pay the same as two singles

Cost of tube fare from Old Street ⇄ Wapping Station • Train Fare & Route
Fare zone Cash Oyster & Contactless cards
Single fare Single fare Daily cap
Peak Off-peak Peak Off-peak
Zone 1-2 fare £7 £3.50 £2.90 £8.90 £8.90
Travelcard prices from Old Street ⇄ Wapping Station • Train Fare & Route
Fare Zone Travelcards (Train, Bus & Tram)
One day travel­card Week travel­card Month travel­card
Any­time Off-peak
Zone 1-2 travelcard n/a n/a £44.70 £171.70
Zone 1-4 travelcard £16.60 n/a £64.20 £246.60
Zone 1-6 travelcard £23.60 £16.60 £81.60 £313.40
Zone 1-9 travelcard £29.80 £17.80 £116.40 £447
Note: Ticket prices are correct as of

Peak and off-peak times

For Oyster and contactless off-peak is outside the hours of 6.30 AM-9.30 AM and 4 PM-7 PM (Mon-Fri). For travelcards it’s any time after 9.30 AM (Mon-Fri). Weekends are always classed as off-peak.

The fare is based on what time your journey begins. It doesn’t matter when it ends.