Oval ⇄ Temple 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 Temple

Number of stops: 4 · Journey time: Approx 20 mins

Stations on the route: Oval ➜ Kennington ➜ Waterloo ➜ Embankment [change train] Embankment ➜ Temple

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

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Oval is not wheelchair accessible

Temple 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

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 Northern lines, changing trains at Embankment

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

Number of stops: 4 · Journey time: Approx 20 mins

Stations on the route: 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 Temple to Embankment, Temple to Covent Garden and Temple to Blackfriars

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Temple is not wheelchair accessible

Oval 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 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)