Step-free access stations have lifts or ramps – or a combination of both – so that customers don’t have to use escalators or stairs to move between the street and the platform. See our page on wheelchair access and avoiding stairs.
Is London Liverpool Street step free?
Plus the transfer between stations and street at all of the stations served by the Elizabeth Line is step-free. Taking the Elizabeth Line between Liverpool Street and Farringdon will be around 5mins quicker than taking the Underground with improved step-free access to and from the trains at both stations.
Is London Bridge step free?
Step-free access:
All platforms have lifts All retail units are step-free.
Is Mile End station step free?
A step-free route from Mile End Underground station to the Childrens Play Park. For step-free journey cross to the left side of Burdett Road at the pedestrian crossing for Bow Common Road. Carry on along Burdett Road.
Is embankment step free?
All the London railway stations : Embankment is on the Circle, District and Northern underground lines, and is not accessible to wheelchair travellers between street level and platforms due to stairs.
Which tube stations are step free?
All DLR stations and tram stops are step free.
- Tube. The most recent Tube station to go step free is Harrow-on-the-Hill in March 2022.
- Elizabeth line. All Elizabeth line stations are step-free from street to platform.
- London Overground.
- Platform to train access.
Is Kew Bridge station step free?
Level Change (Footbridge)
There is a/are step(s) to access this area/service. The step(s) is/are located just after you enter from the main entrance. There is/are 15+ step(s) to the area/service.
Is Paddington tube station step free?
The car park is at the end of platform 1, around 400m from the station. The route is step-free.
Is Victoria train station step free?
The Victoria Line is step-free from street to train. The District and Circle lines are step-free from street to platform, and manual boarding ramps are available, speak to staff at the ticket barrier before you travel, to seek ramp assistance for the District and Circle lines.
Is Wembley Park station step free?
Wembley Park: No Step Free Access – Step free access in not available to platforms 4 and 5 (southbound Jubilee line and southbound ‘local’ Metropolitan line). Use platform 6 for southbound ‘fast’ Metropolitan line trains.
Which tube station has lots of steps?
Covent Garden station is one of the few stations in Central London for which platform access is only by lift or an emergency spiral staircase with 193 steps.
Are all Elizabeth line stations step free?
All 41 Elizabeth line stations are step-free to platform level, staffed from first to the last train, with a ‘turn up and go’ service offered to anyone needing assistance.
Is Maze Hill step free?
This station has a degree of step-free access to the platform, which may be in both directions or in one direction only – please check details – Step free access to platform 2 for services away from London via ramp from Woodlands Park Road. Step free access to Platform 1 for services towards London from main entrance.
Is Kew Gardens step free?
Outside Access (Ticket Hall Entrance – Platform 1)
This information is for the entrance located on Station Approach. There is step-free access at this entrance.
Is the Jubilee line step free?
Remember that at Green Park you can only change step-free between the Piccadilly and Jubilee lines. You cannot change step-free with the Victoria line, and you cannot exit or enter Green Park step-free either. Stay on the Jubilee line to London Bridge.
Is the Circle line step free?
But key stations on the Circle line are either step-free to the street or between lines. Major train stations also tend to have lifts for step-free access. With the help of the TfL Step-free Tube Map you can really start to put together an accessible journey.
Can disabled people use the Tube?
You can use wheelchairs and some mobility scooters on many services, including buses, Tubes, trains and trams and some boats including Thames Clippers.
What is a code 5 on the Tube?
Code 5: Broken glass
Broken glass is a tube code, so it must happen.
How many steps is a tube station?
Going down the stairs in theory isn’t all that much more difficult that walking down the escalators. The main issue with doing it here was the spiral effect making you quite dizzy, and the fact of knowing there are 193 steps doesn’t really tell you much, it’s a rather arbitrary number.
Is Victoria District Line step free?
Seven new lifts have been installed at the underground station, making journeys step-free between the street and Victoria line trains and the District and Circle line platforms.
Is Greenwich station step free?
Station access
This station has a degree of step-free access to the platform, which may be in both directions or in one direction only – please check details – Step free access to platform 1 via ramp.