Oval ⇄ Stepney Green Station

This journey is in zones 1&2 and you’ll have to use the Northern and District 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 Stepney Green

Number of stops: 12 · Journey time: Approx 32 mins

Stations on the route: Oval ➜ Kennington ➜ Waterloo ➜ Embankment [change train] Embankment ➜ Temple ➜ Blackfriars ➜ Mansion House ➜ Cannon Street ➜ Monument ➜ Tower Hill ➜ Aldgate East ➜ Whitechapel ➜ Stepney Green

Alternative routes include Oval to Mile End, Oval to Bethnal Green and Oval to Whitechapel

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Oval is not wheelchair accessible

Stepney Green is not wheelchair accessible

Oval 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 trains at Embankment – You must use stairs when changing platforms

Stepney Green exit – You must use three flights of stairs between the platforms and the exit (20 steps up +15 steps up +9 steps up)

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

1. From Stepney Green take the District Line
2. Change at Embankment to the Northern Line
3. Leave the train at Oval

Number of stops: 12 · Journey time: Approx 36 mins

Stations on the route: Stepney Green ➜ Whitechapel ➜ Aldgate East ➜ Tower Hill ➜ Monument ➜ Cannon Street ➜ Mansion House ➜ Blackfriars ➜ Temple ➜ Embankment [change train] Embankment ➜ Waterloo ➜ Kennington ➜ Oval

Live status and delays

Closures on the District and Northern line

First and last train times

District line timetable

Alternative routes include Stepney Green to Mile End, Stepney Green to Bethnal Green and Stepney Green to Whitechapel

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Stepney Green is not wheelchair accessible

Oval is not wheelchair accessible

Stepney Green entrance – You must use three flights of stairs between the entrance and the platforms (9 steps down +15 steps down +20 steps down)

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

Oval 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)