Old Street Train Station

Live status and delays

Next train departure

Cash, Oyster & Travelcard fares

Peak and off-peak times

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

Old Street is not wheelchair accessible

Entrance – You must use one flight of stairs between Old Street’s northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest entrances and the booking hall (8 steps down), or two flights of stairs from the City Road entrances (2x11 steps from the southwest entrance, or 2x12 steps from the northwest, northeast and southeast entrances). After that you must an escalator (or seven flights of 9, 10, 6x15 steps down) plus another four flights of stairs (16 steps down +15 steps down +18 steps down +17 steps down)

Exit – You must an escalator (or seven flights of 6x15, 10, 9 steps) plus four flights of stairs from the platforms to the booking hall (17 steps up +18 steps up +15 steps up +16 steps up). After that you must use another flight of stairs to Old Street’s northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest exits (8 steps up), or two flights of stairs to the City Road exits (2x11 steps to the southwest exit, or 2x12 steps to the northwest, northeast and southeast exits)

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Other nearby stations include Moorgate, Shoreditch and Angel

Address and facilities

Address:

Old Street, Old Street, London, EC1V 9NR

Contact:

0845 330 9879

Buying tickets:

There are manned windows and self-service machines in the National Rail ticket hall, and self-service machines in the Underground ticket hall

Ticket office opening hours:

Monday to Friday: 6:30 AM to Midnight – Saturday: 7 AM to 12:30 AM – Sunday: 8 AM to 9:30 PM

Cash machines:

Yes

Public toilets:

Yes

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:

21, 43, 55, 76, 135, 141, 205, 214, 243, 271, 394 – Bus fares