Russell Square ⇄ Sloane Square Station

This journey is in zone 1 and you’ll have to use the Piccadilly and District lines, changing trains at South Kensington

1. From Russell Square take the Piccadilly Line
2. Change at South Kensington to the District Line
3. Leave the train at Sloane Square

Number of stops: 9 · Journey time: Approx 27 mins

Stations on the route: Russell Square ➜ Holborn ➜ Covent Garden ➜ Leicester Square ➜ Piccadilly Circus ➜ Green Park ➜ Hyde Park Corner ➜ Knightsbridge ➜ South Kensington [change train] South Kensington ➜ Sloane Square

Live status and delays

Closures on the Piccadilly and District line

First and last train times

Piccadilly line timetable

Alternative routes include Russell Square to Victoria, Russell Square to Knightsbridge and Russell Square to South Kensington

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Russell Square is not wheelchair accessible

Sloane Square is not wheelchair accessible

Russell Square entrance – You must use a lift plus one flight of stairs between the entrance and the platforms (20 steps down). If you want to avoid the lift then you can use another twelve flights of stairs (15 steps down +6 steps down +18 steps down +6x17 steps down +16 steps down +5 steps down +14 steps down)

Changing trains at South Kensington – Changing between the Circle and District lines is on the same platform, but you must use stairs when changing between the Circle/​District lines and Piccadilly line

Sloane Square exit – There’s an escalator between the westbound platform and the exit (or four flights of 12, 7, 12 and 17 stairs), but you must use three flights of steps from the eastbound platform (20, 14 and 16 stairs)

This journey is in zone 1 and you’ll have to use the District, Victoria and Piccadilly lines, changing trains at Victoria and

1. From Sloane Square take the District Line
2. Change at Victoria to the Victoria Line
3. Change at King’s Cross St. Pancras to the Piccadilly Line
4. Leave the train at Russell Square

Number of stops: 7 · Journey time: Approx 33 mins

Stations on the route: Sloane Square ➜ Victoria [change train] Victoria ➜ Green Park ➜ Oxford Circus ➜ Warren Street ➜ Euston ➜ King’s Cross St. Pancras [change train] King’s Cross St. Pancras ➜ Russell Square

Live status and delays

Closures on the District, Victoria and Piccadilly line

First and last train times

District line timetable

Alternative routes include Sloane Square to Victoria, Sloane Square to Knightsbridge and Sloane Square to South Kensington

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Sloane Square is not wheelchair accessible

Russell Square is not wheelchair accessible

Sloane Square entrance – You must use stairs between the entrance and the platforms (20 steps down +14 steps down +16 steps down to the eastbound platform, or 12 steps down +7 steps down +12 steps down +17 steps down to the westbound platform)

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

Changing trains at King’s Cross St. Pancras – There’s a lift when changing between the platforms

Russell Square exit – You must use a lift plus one flight of stairs between the platforms and the exit (20 steps up). If you want to avoid the lift then you can use another twelve flights of stairs (14 steps up +5 steps up +16 steps up +6x17 steps up +18 steps up +6 steps up +15 steps up)