Oval ⇄ St James’s Park Station | Tube Journey, Train Times & Fares

The journey from Oval to St James's Park is in fare zones 1&2 and you’ll have to use the Northern and District tube lines, changing trains at Embankment

1. From Oval take the Northern Line
2. Change at Embankment to the District Line
3. Leave the train at St. James’s Park

Number of tube stops: 5 · Journey time: Approx 22 mins

Stations on the route: Oval ➜ Kennington ➜ Waterloo ➜ Embankment [change train] Embankment ➜ Westminster ➜ St. James’s Park

Alternative routes include Oval to Victoria, Oval to Westminster and Oval to Pimlico

Stairs, lifts and escalators to the station platforms

Oval tube station is not wheelchair accessible

St. James’s Park station is not wheelchair accessible

Oval station entrance – There’s an escalator between the entrance and the northbound platform, but you must use an escalator plus one flight of stairs to the southbound platform (21 steps down). If you want to avoid the escalator then you can use another five flights of stairs (20 steps down +2x26 steps down +28 steps down +4 steps up)

Changing tube line at Embankment – You must use stairs when changing platforms

St. James’s Park station exit – You must use two flights of stairs from the platforms to the Palmer Street exit (15 steps up +16 steps up, Mon-Fri only), and either two or three flights of stairs to the Broadway, Tothill Street and Petty France exits (16 steps up +17 steps up, or 14 steps up +7 steps up +9 steps up). There is no lift

The journey from St James's Park to Oval is in fare zones 1&2 and you’ll have to use the District and Northern tube lines, changing trains at Embankment

1. From St. James’s Park take the District Line
2. Change at Embankment to the Northern Line
3. Leave the train at Oval

Number of tube stops: 5 · Journey time: Approx 22 mins

Stations on the route: St. James’s Park ➜ Westminster ➜ Embankment [change train] Embankment ➜ Waterloo ➜ Kennington ➜ Oval

London Underground tube delays

Strikes and closures on the District and Northern

First and last train times on the District line

Tube times for the District line

Alternative routes include St. James’s Park to Victoria, St. James’s Park to Westminster and St. James’s Park to Pimlico

Stairs, lifts and escalators to the station platforms

St. James’s Park station is not wheelchair accessible

Oval station is not wheelchair accessible

St. James’s Park station entrance – You must use two flights of stairs from the Palmer Street entrance to the platforms (16 steps down +15 steps down, Mon-Fri only), and either two or three flights of stairs from the Broadway, Tothill Street and Petty France entrances (17 steps down +16 steps down, or 9 steps down +7 steps down +14 steps down). There is no lift

Changing tube line at Embankment – You must use stairs when changing platforms

Oval station exit – There’s an escalator from the northbound platform to the exit, but you must use an escalator plus one flight of stairs from the southbound platform (21 steps up). If you want to avoid the escalator then you can use another five flights of stairs (4 steps down +28 steps up +2x26 steps up +20 steps up)