Shadwell ⇄ Temple Station

This journey is in zones 1&2 and you’ll have to use the DLR and Circle lines, changing trains at Tower Hill

1. From Shadwell take the Docklands Light Railway
2. Leave train at Tower Gateway and walk 3 mins to Tower Hill
3. Change at Tower Hill to the Circle Line
4. Leave the train at Temple

Number of stops: 6 · Journey time: Approx 32 mins

Stations on the route: Shadwell ➜ Tower Gateway [leave train] Walk 3 mins to Tower Hill [change train] Tower Hill ➜ Monument ➜ Cannon Street ➜ Mansion House ➜ Blackfriars ➜ Temple

Live status and delays

Closures on the DLR and Circle line

First and last train times

Docklands Light Railway timetable

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

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Shadwell is not wheelchair accessible

Temple is not wheelchair accessible

Shadwell entrance – There’s a lift between the entrance and the DLR platforms (or 3x16 steps up), but you must use a lift plus two flights of stairs between the entrance and the London Overground platforms (7 steps down +15 steps down)

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 London Overground lines, changing trains at Whitechapel

1. From Temple take the District Line
2. Change at Whitechapel to the London Overground
3. Leave the train at Shadwell

Number of stops: 8 · Journey time: Approx 24 mins

Stations on the route: Temple ➜ Blackfriars ➜ Mansion House ➜ Cannon Street ➜ Monument ➜ Tower Hill ➜ Aldgate East ➜ Whitechapel [change train] Whitechapel ➜ Shadwell

Live status and delays

Closures on the District and London Overground 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

Shadwell 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 Whitechapel – You can use escalators from the Elizbeth line, and lifts from all the other platforms

Shadwell exit – There’s a lift between the DLR platforms and the exit (or 3x16 steps down), but you must use a lift plus two flights of stairs between the London Overground platforms and the exit (15 steps up +7 steps up)