Barbican is in fare zone 1, has 4 platforms (only 2 in use), and connects with the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan tube lines
Next train departure from Barbican
Live departure boards for the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan line platforms at Barbican station, showing when the next train is leaving
Live status and delays
Train fares from Barbican station
Barbican is in zone 1. Here are the cash, contactless and Oyster fares (peak and off-peak), and daily caps, that you have to pay when travelling to/from this station on the London Underground.
| Fare zone | Cash | Oyster & Contactless | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single | Single | Daily cap | |||
| Peak | Off-peak | Peak | Off-peak | ||
| Zone 1 | 7 | 3.10 | 3 | 8.90 | 8.90 |
| Zone 1-2 | 7 | 3.60 | 3.10 | 8.90 | 8.90 |
| Zone 1-3 | 7 | 3.90 | 3.30 | 10.50 | 10.50 |
| Zone 1-4 | 7 | 4.80 | 3.60 | 12.80 | 12.80 |
| Zone 1-5 | 7 | 5.30 | 3.80 | 15.30 | 15.30 |
| Zone 1-6 | 7 | 5.90* | 4* | 16.30 | 16.30 |
| Zone 1-7 | 8.70 | 7.10 | 5.20 | 17.80 | 16.30 |
| Zone 1-8 | 9.90 | 8.70 | 5.20 | 21 | 16.30 |
| Zone 1-9 | 10.30 | 8.80 | 5.30 | 23.30 | 16.30 |
| Fare zone | Travelcards (Bus, Tram & Train) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| One day | Weekly | Monthly | ||
| Anytime | Off-peak | |||
| Zone 1-2 | n/a | n/a | 44.70 | 171.70 |
| Zone 1-4 | 16.60 | n/a | 64.20 | 246.60 |
| Zone 1-6 | 23.60 | 16.60 | 81.60 | 313.40 |
| Zone 1-9 | 29.80 | 17.80 | 116.40 | 447 |
| * Journeys between zone 1 and Heathrow are always charged at the peak rate on the tube · All prices in GBP · Source TFL · Last updated | ||||
What time is peak and off-peak?
For Oyster and contactless off-peak is outside the hours of 6.30 AM-9.30 AM and 4 PM-7 PM (Mon-Fri). For travelcards off-peak is any time after 9.30 AM (Mon-Fri). Weekends and public holidays are always classed as off-peak.
The price is based on what time your journey begins. It doesn’t matter when it ends.
Stairs, lifts and escalators at Barbican station
Barbican is not wheelchair accessible
Entrance – You must use two flights of stairs between the entrance and the booking hall (11 steps down +12 steps down), plus another two flights of stairs from the booking hall to the platforms (15 steps down +14 steps down to the eastbound platform, and 2x14 steps down to the westbound platform)
Exit – You must use two flights of stairs from the platforms to the booking hall (14 steps up +15 steps up from the eastbound platform, and 2x14 steps up from the westbound platform), plus another two flights of stairs between the booking hall and the exit (12 steps up +11 steps up)
Changing platforms – You must use stairs when changing platforms
Upcoming engineering works
If you’re travelling to/from Barbican station during the next month then you might be affected by the following engineering works.
Circle line 28th to 29th Nov – No service from Hammersmith to Tower Hill, Edgware Road to High Street Kensington
Hammersmith & City line 15th Nov – No service from Plaistow to Barking between 10:00 and 18:00
Hammersmith & City line 28th to 29th Nov – No service on the entire line
Metropolitan line 21st to 22nd Nov – No service from Harrow-on-the-Hill to Uxbridge
Metropolitan line 28th to 29th Nov – No service from Baker Street to Aldgate
See the complete list of closures on the Circle, H&C and Metropolitan line
Tube journey planner
Look up timetables and first / last train times to Bank, Cannon Street, Charing Cross, Earl’s Court, Euston, Greenwich, Heathrow Airport, King’s Cross, Liverpool Street, London Bridge, Marylebone, Paddington, Richmond, Shepherd’s Bush, Stratford, Vauxhall, Victoria, Waterloo, Wimbledon or another destination:
Other nearby stations include Farringdon, Moorgate and St Paul’s
Barbican station facilities
- Address:
- Barbican, Aldersgate Street, London, EC1A 4JA
- Contact:
- 0845 330 9878
- Buying tickets:
- Self-service machines
- Cash machines:
- No
- Public toilets:
- No
- Baby changing room:
- No
- Public payphone:
- Yes
- Passport photo booth:
- Yes
- Vending machine:
- Yes
- Waiting room:
- No
- Lockers:
- No - Find storage lockers nearby
- Onsite car park:
- No – Find parking nearby
- Taxi rank:
- No
- Cycle rack:
- No
- Bus routes:
- 4, 8, 21, 25, 43, 55, 56, 100, 153, 172, 242, 243 – Bus fares
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Got any questions? (19)
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marcus Can I use escalators to the platform. (reply)
Staff Hi Marcus. You have to use stairs down to all of the platforms. There’s no way to avoid them. (reply)
JP Does Barbican station have lockers for an overnight bag? (reply)
Staff Hi JP. There are no lockers at Barbican station, but you might be able to leave your bag in a nearby shop or hotel. Check out the info for LuggageHero, Stasher and Nanny Bag here – transport/left-luggage-bag-storage.php (reply)
Peter What time does the station close on sunday evenings? (reply)
Staff Hi Peter. If you mean the last train then it depends what line you want, and what direction you’re travelling in. If you put in your destination in the tube journey planner above, it should bring up the Sunday timetable. (reply)
John Can you change to one of the other lines that goes through barbican tube station and other similar stations with more than one line going through it. As I know you can change lines where there are white circles on the tube map. (reply)
Staff Hi John. You can do, yes. You can swap between the Circle, Metropolitan and Hammmersmith & City lines. Depending on what change you’re making it might even be from the same platform (you can see the platform numbers in the ‘next train’ timetable box above). (reply)
John Ok thks…so on the tube map where theres a station shown as a line sticking out, and not a circle on the actual tube line on the map, eg Angel tube station, you cant change to another line can you? (reply)
Staff Normally, yes, because those stations usually only have one line running through them. I suppose they should really put the interchange circle on stations like Barbican – I don’t know why they don’t. If there are two lines running through a station then you can always change between them (although sometimes you might have to exit the station, walk along the street, and go in another entrance, like at Canary Wharf and Paddington). (reply)
John Yeh I see what you mean, that was going to be my next question, why is there not a white circle on barbican and similar with more than one line going through, as you have 3 stations running through it. I guess where theres only a line sticking out on the map and not a cirlce, its either for me to get off at, or go back the other direction if needed, to where I came from but on the other side of the platform as all stations go two ways, or travel en route to a station where I can change to another line.? (reply)
Staff Apparently it’s all to do with changing routes, rather than changing tube lines. If you change trains at Barbican then you still only have the option of going to the same stations forward and back. But if you change trains at somewhere like Holborn, then you can change onto a completely different route going to completely different stations. (reply)
John I notice though that you can travel from barbican to an interchange station eg moorgate, liverpool street, ans tge other wayto euston square Whats the difference between internal interchange stations and interchange stations? (reply)
Staff Not sure what you mean, but at Moorgate you can change onto a completely different route – jumping onto the Northern line and heading towards Old Street, for example. And the same with Liverpool Street, you can jump onto the Central line. At Barbican and Euston Square you can change tube lines, but you can’t change the route – the train will still be going to the same stations forward and back. (reply)
John Oh ok.it looks like to me that you can travel from barbican to moorgate and get on the black northern line at moorgate. Or from barbican to liverpool street to then get the red central line. (reply)
Karen How to get to Barbican Conservatory from Barbican Tube? (reply)
Staff Hi Karen. You just cross over and walk down Beech Street, turning right into the Barbican Centre. It’s about a 10 minute walk. (reply)
charles burnett What time is the first train west from Barbican tomorrow morning? (reply)
Staff Hi Charles. If you put your destination into the journey planner above, it will bring up the first train time and timetable. (reply)
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