Oval ⇄ West Kensington Station

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

1. From Oval take the Northern Line
2. Change at Stockwell to the Victoria Line
3. Change at Victoria to the District Line
4. Leave the train at West Kensington

Number of stops: 9 · Journey time: Approx 40 mins

Stations on the route: Oval ➜ Stockwell [change train] Stockwell ➜ Vauxhall ➜ Pimlico ➜ Victoria [change train] Victoria ➜ Sloane Square ➜ South Kensington ➜ Gloucester Road ➜ Earl’s Court ➜ West Kensington

Alternative routes include Oval to Earls Court, Oval to Barons Court and Oval to West Brompton

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Oval is not wheelchair accessible

West Kensington 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 Stockwell – Changing between the Northern northbound and Victoria northbound, or the Northern southbound and Victoria southbound, is on the level, but you must use stairs for all other platform changes

Changing trains at Victoria – You can use a lift when changing between the Circle/​District/​Victoria/​National Rail platforms

West Kensington exit – You must use two flights of stairs between the platforms and the exit (16 steps up +13 steps up from the eastbound platform, and 2x15 steps up from the westbound platform)

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

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

Number of stops: 11 · Journey time: Approx 33 mins

Stations on the route: West Kensington ➜ Earl’s Court ➜ Gloucester Road ➜ South Kensington ➜ Sloane Square ➜ Victoria ➜ St. James’s Park ➜ Westminster ➜ 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 West Kensington to Earls Court, West Kensington to Barons Court and West Kensington to West Brompton

Stairs, lifts and escalators

West Kensington is not wheelchair accessible

Oval is not wheelchair accessible

West Kensington entrance – You must use two flights of stairs between the entrance and platforms (13 steps down +16 steps down to the eastbound platform, and 2x15 steps down to the westbound platform)

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

Changing trains at – You can use a lift when changing between the Circle/​District/​Victoria/​National Rail 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)