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Welcome to London As , I am delighted to welcome you to the world’s greatest city. London has a wide range of ways to travel around, and a simple ticketing system for stress free journeys. This guide explains all your options and gives you practical advice so you can make the most of our capital city. While you are here, why not try new ways to get around? You might consider cruising along the Thames on a boat trip, flying through the air on the Emirates Air Line cable car, or exploring London at street level on a Barclays Cycle Hire bike. They’re all exciting ways to travel while taking in London’s views! Whichever way you decide to travel, I wish you an enjoyable and unforgettable stay. , Mayor of London

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3 Introducing London has one of the largest public transport networks in the world. It is run by a not-for-profit organisation called Transport for London (TfL).

Travel with ease An iconic transport system Every day around 24 million journeys are Dating back to the first Underground train made on TfL’s network across London. in 1863, TfL has a rich and varied heritage. No other city on earth is as defined by its Our transport services are fully integrated transport system as London, with its red so it’s easy to switch between them. Each , black cabs and Tube trains instantly service offers you a unique experience and recognised the world over. will help you make the most of your visit. ’s famous logo, the Choose from the following: roundel, was designed by calligrapher • London Underground (the Tube) Edward and first appeared in 1908. • Buses • (DLR) Tip: • Visit the The roundel in to find out more • Barclays Cycle Hire about TfL’s history. • Emirates Air Line cable car www.ltmuseum.co.uk • London River Services •

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4 Getting started in London London’s public transport network is fully integrated so it’s very easy to switch between the different services. Buying a Visitor before you leave home makes it even easier to travel around. Use your card as soon as you arrive and hop on and off our different transport services* as often as you wish.

Travel zones Getting out of the city London’s public transport network is divided There are lots of attractions in Zones 1 into nine travel zones. Zones 1 and 2 are in and 2, but many more are only a short , and Zones 6-9 are on the journey away: outskirts of the city. • Crystal Palace (Zone 3) Travel times • (Zone 6) Hampton Court Palace DLR Travel ticket prices vary depending on the • Harry Potter Studios (Zone 9) transport service you use, the zone(s) you • (Zone 3) travel in, the day you travel and the time of • Gardens (Zone 3) day you travel – peak or off peak. • Queen Elizabeth Park (Zone 3) Peak travel is between 06:30-09:30 and 16:00-19:00 Monday to Friday. Travel is more • (Zone 4) expensive during peak hours. • (Zone 4) Off peak travel is at all other times (including • (Zone 3) bank holidays). Travel is cheaper during off • Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum and peak hours. Wimbledon Stadium (Zone 3) *You need a credit or debit card to use a Barclays Cycle Hire bike – simply go to a docking station with your card to get started. Bike access costs just £2.

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5 Buy the best travel ticket before you leave home

What is a Visitor Oyster card? It is a smart card that’s pre-loaded with money for travel around London. The system automatically calculates the cost of each journey you make based on the service you use, when you travel and which zone(s) you travel in. Great value To save you money, there is a daily price cap when you use your Visitor Oyster card – once you have reached this limit, you won’t pay any more. For example you can travel as Save money with a Visitor Oyster card many times as you like in a day in Zones 1 We recommend you buy a Visitor Oyster and 2 (from 04:30 to 04:29 the next day) and card before you leave home. you will never be charged more than £8.40 – even if you make 20 journeys! It’s the cheapest way to make single journeys Emirates Air Line on bus, Tube, , DLR, London Overground Visiting London for two days? and most train services in London. Start with £20 credit on your card for Child tickets Start exploring straightaway unlimited off-peak travel in central London Children aged under 11 can travel for and a single journey on the Emirates Air Line. free on buses and trams. They can also We will post your card to your home address River Bus so your card is ready to use as soon as you travel for free on Tube, DLR and London arrive in London. Buy your card now! Overground services as long as they are Tip: accompanied by a fare paying adult. Cards cost just £3 Up to four children aged under 11 can Tip: (non-refundable) Children aged under five travel for free on travel for free when accompanied by the Emirates Air Line when accompanied Enjoy special discounts with your Visitor plus postage. a fare paying adult on Tube, DLR and by a fare paying adult. Oyster card: 25% off the Emirates Air London Overground services. Line cable car and 10% off single tickets Visit visitorshop.tfl.gov.uk to buy child

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6 How to use your ticket It’s easy to travel around London with your Visitor Oyster card – simply hop on and hop off our services.

• Around 4,000 Oyster Ticket Stops in London – look out for the sign or visit ticketstoplocator.tfl.gov.uk • Tube and London Overground station ticket offices

How to add money at a ticket machine To add money to your card, touch it on the yellow card reader at the ticket machine – it will tell you how much money is left on your card. You can then Using a Visitor Oyster card on Free standing card readers Using a Visitor Oyster card on add more money and pay with either Tube, DLR, London Overground Where there are no gates look for the card buses and trams a debit or credit card or cash. and National Rail services readers – they might be free-standing or On buses and trams you only need to Remember to touch your card again To pay the right fare for your journey, wall-mounted instead. If you need help, touch the yellow card reader at the start on the yellow reader to complete your you need to touch your Visitor Oyster ask a member of staff. of your journey. purchase. card on the yellow card reader at the Remember – it is important to touch in What happens if gates and wait for the green light to and touch out every time – if you don’t What happens if I have money left I run out of money show when you start your journey - do this, the system will not know which on my card at the end of my visit? and again when you end your journey. on my card? journey you made and you may be charged You can keep your card for future visits It’s easy to add more a maximum fare. You might also get a available or lend it to your family and friends. Tip: penalty fare or be prosecuted. money to your card at: here Check the balance on your card before • Ticket machines at If you would like a refund on any you leave London at a Tube station Tube, DLR, London remaining credit, take your card to a ticket machine as you cannot do this Overground and some Tube station ticket office. Please take MAYOR OF LONDON Transport for London some ID and proof of address with you.

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Docklands light Railway (DLR) DLR driverless trains run from Tip: 05:30 to 00:30 Monday to Saturday Visit dlrlondon.co.uk/Things-to-Do Getting around and from 07:00 to 23:30 on Sunday. There are for ideas for a fun day out on the DLR. trains every 4-10 minutes running on routes Why not download a free DLR audio from stations at Bank and Tower Gateway guide too? London’s transport services offer you a unique experience of the city. to Docklands, East and South . Here’s a round-up of the transport options available to you. Take the DLR to visit , for Maritime , ExCeL London, London Underground on your card before you use it again. or Arsenal. There are 11 colour-coded If your contactless payment card has been Visit tfl.gov.uk/dlr for more information. Underground lines. Services run issued outside the UK, please check tfl.gov. regularly from around 05:00 to 00:30 (Sunday uk/contactless-payment-card before you 07:30 to 23:30) on most routes. use your card to travel on our bus services. For See page 16 for a Tube or visit any international transaction fees or charges that tfl.gov.uk/tube for more information. may apply, please check with your card issuer. See page 17 for a central London bus map or Tip: for more information visit tfl.gov.uk/buses Always stand on the right when using the at Tube stations. It can get Tip: hot and busy on the Tube during peak Some bus routes are especially good for travel times, so you may prefer to travel sightseeing – try routes 9, 14, 15 and 22. outside these hours. The bus featured in the James Bond film ‘Skyfall’ and runs Old Royal Naval College Buses on routes 9, 11, 24, 38 and 390. A cheap and easy way to travel around London. They generally run from 05:00 to 00:30. Night buses operate on many major If you run out of money on your routes from around midnight to 05:00, and Visitor Oyster card, it’s easy to add some operate a 24-hour service. more credit at: It is no longer possible to pay for your London • Touchscreen ticket machines in Tube, bus fare in cash. You can pay with a Visitor DLR, London Overground and some Oyster card, Oyster card, or UK- National Rail stations issued contactless payment card. A single bus • Around 4,000 Oyster Ticket Stops journey is £1.45 with an Oyster card or UK-issued cross London (Find you nearest one at contactless payment card. ticketstoplocator.tfl.gov.uk) To help you get home, if you don’t have • Travel Information Centres – see page 10 enough credit on your Oyster card, you will • Tube and London Overground station be able to make one more bus journey. ticket offices

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Getting around continued

London Overground Barclays Cycle Hire London Overground are local train Barclays Cycle Hire is a services which run on four routes and public bike hire scheme for provide an orbital network around the capital. short journeys across central, east, west and They are a great way to see the hidden parts south west London. There are over 10,000 of London. Trains run approximately every bikes for hire and 700 docking stations. 7-15 minutes during peak hours on most lines. There’s no need to book – simply hire a bike, See the on page 16 for ride it where you like, then return it to any London Overground routes and visit docking station. Go to any docking station tfl.gov.uk/overground for more information. with your credit or debit card to get started and buy bike access for £2 for 24 hours. London River Services If you return the bike to a docking station Travelling by boat on the River within 30 minutes of hiring it, there are no Thames is a relaxing way to see the extra ride charges. Extra ride charges apply if sights. Choose from River Buses which are a you keep a bike for longer than 30 minutes - Accessibility great alternative to the Tube or bus, or River between 30 minutes and 1 hour costs £1 and Tours which are more leisurely and often up to 1 hour 30 minutes costs £4. There are a wide range of accessible now have a “next-stop” audio-visual include a commentary. Popular stops include: Visit tfl.gov.uk/barclayscyclehire or for transport options so you can travel more system to let you know when you’re Pier for Britain; Pier general information on in London visit easily around London: approaching your destination. for ; Tower Pier for the Tower of tfl.gov.uk/cycling • Step-free travel is available at almost half • The DLR and Emirates Air Line cable car London and ; for of London Overground stations, all DLR are accessible for all. Greenwich and for the Tip: stations and stops and nearly a • All eight TfL-managed piers are accessible Emirates Air Line cable car. quarter of all Tube stations, with more for wheelchair users – the newer river Enjoy a 10% discount on single Thames Clipper Try a Barclays Cycle Hire leisure route improvements planned. There are also boats also have dedicated wheelchair River Bus tickets with your Visitor Oyster card for interesting sight-seeing tours ramps available enabling wheelchair users spaces. Please check the pier access (note: route RB6 is not included in the discount. including ‘London’s secret gardens’ to board trains. See Tube map on page 16 before you travel at tfl.gov.uk/river. River Bus fares do not count towards the daily and ‘Quirky London’. See Itinerary 2 on for details of step-free stations. page 13 for details of the ‘Independent • All licensed taxis (black cabs) are price cap). You cannot you use your Visitor • We’ve introduced wide-aisle gates at most wheelchair accessible. Oyster card to pay for River Tours. shops and markets’ route. London Overground and Tube stations • Some National Rail services have tfl.gov.uk/leisureroutes to provide easier access for wheelchair See the river services map on page 18, visit step-free access, but if you need staff users, assistance-dog owners, people with tfl.gov.uk/river for more information or pick assistance you must book it 24 hours in up the London River Services leaflet from Walking buggies and passengers with luggage. is a great way to get advance. Visit www.nationalrail.co.uk Tube stations. • All 8,500 (except for more information. around. Look out for our black and yellow heritage Routemaster buses) are low- To find out more, visit street signs and maps – they give you floor vehicles and have space for one Tip: tfl.gov.uk/transport-accessibility or call useful information about the local area wheelchair user. Bus travel is free for 0343 222 1234* Why not take a River Bus between including key landmarks, with realistic five wheelchair users. Tramlink travel is also the and Tate Modern art and 15 minute walking times. free for wheelchair users. *Service and network charges apply. galleries? See tfl.gov.uk/terms Visit tfl.gov.uk/walking for more • All our buses, London Overground and

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Getting around continued Tip: Emirates Air Line Minicabs (private hire) Pay with your Oyster card and enjoy The Emirates Air Line is Minicabs are cars with a driver available a 25% discount on the Emirates Air London’s first urban cable for hire on a pre-booked basis. They must Line. Try the new Emirates Air Line Full car service and crosses the always be booked in advance via a minicab Experience package – enjoy a return connecting and ExCeL London via office. We advise you against getting in any fare, a complementary observation terminals at Emirates vehicle where the driver approaches you in guide and entry to the Emirates Aviation and Emirates . Open seven days the street who says they are a minicab. Experience just £7.80 for adults with a a week, it’s a great way to see stunning To book a minicab visit Visitor Oyster card. panoramic views of London from the air day tfl.gov.uk/taxis-and-minicabs and night. The Emirates Air Line is close to the Tube (North Greenwich), DLR (Royal Coaches Victoria), buses and London River Services London’s main coach services use Victoria too so it’s easy to plan an interesting Coach Station. Visit tfl.gov.uk/coaches journey. Why not take a River Bus home? for more information. See the Tube map on page 16 for the Operators include: Emirates Air Line’s location and visit tfl.gov.uk/emiratesairline for National Express: nationalexpress.com more information and to book your 08717 81 81 81 tickets in advance. X90 Oxford London: oxfordbus.co.uk +44 (0)1865 785 400 Trams Oxford Tube: oxfordtube.com Tram services run in +44 (0)1865 722 250 between Wimbledon, , and . Services easyBus: easybus.co.uk run every 7-10 minutes and link up with Green Line Coaches: greenline.co.uk . 0844 801 7261 Visit tfl.gov.uk/trams for more information. Megabus: megabus.com 09001 600 900 Taxis (black cabs) You can hail one of London’s famous National Rail taxis on the street whenever the There are 14 National Rail terminal stations yellow ‘TAXI’ sign on the front is lit. The in London for connections to all parts of the minimum fare is £2.40 – the fare will be UK, plus services from St. Pancras shown on the meter and you pay at the end International. TfL does not operate National of your journey. Note fares increase after Rail services in London but you can use your 20:00. There is no charge for luggage or extra Visitor Oyster card on all suburban trains in passengers, however there is an extra charge Zones 1-9. for journeys starting at . Visit nationalrail.co.uk for more Visit tfl.gov.uk/taxis-and-minicabs for information or call 08457 48 49 50 (UK only)

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Travel Information Centres Planning Our Travel Information Centres can help you: • Plan your journey and buy tickets • Add more money to your Visitor Oyster card • Buy fast-track tickets to some of London’s most your Journey popular tourist attractions • Buy tickets for , Gatwick Our online Journey Planner tfl.gov.uk/plan-a-journey will help you find the Express and Southern train services between best route for your journey around London and will tell you how long it will take. central London and nearby airports • Book rail and coach tours in Britain and to Real time information Keep up to date with the latest travel • Provide accessibility advice for travel on information across London via: London’s transport network • TfL’s status updates – visit tfl.gov.uk/status-updates • TfL’s social media and email updates Travel Information Centre locations – visit tfl.gov.uk/socialmedia Heathrow 123 Underground Station • Screens in stations and displays at , Monday to Sunday: 07:30-19:30 With Journey Planner, you can choose to travel: bus stops • By public transport King’s Cross Underground Station STATUS UPDATES • By bicycle Western ticket hall (near St Pancras Station) Monday to Saturday: 07:15-20:00 • On foot Sunday and Bank Holidays: 08:15-19:00 Walking or cycling is a great way to see the sights and can be as quick as taking the Tube Liverpool Street Underground Station or a bus. Journey Planner can also help you plan Monday to Thursday: 07:15-19:00 your journey if you have specific accessibility Friday: 07:15-20:00 Saturday: 07:15-19:00 requirements, such as step-free access. Sunday and Bank Holidays: 08:15-19:00 Travel options on the go Circus Underground Station If you have a smartphone or any other Monday to Friday: 07:45-19:00 location-aware device, you can plan your Saturday and Bank Holidays: 09:15-19:00 journey on the move, with our ‘Nearby’ Tip: Sunday: 09:15-18:00 option which shows you all the Tube, Use Journey Planner to explore what bus, tram, river, London Overground, journeys you can make by river – River Victoria Railway Station, opposite platform 8 DLR, National Rail and Barclays Cycle Hire Buses and River Tours are a stunning way Monday to Saturday: 07:15-20:00 locations around you. to see the city! Sunday and Bank Holidays: 08:15-19:00

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Top Ten London Itineraries Attractions 1. There is so much to see in London, it’s hard to know where to start. 2. Tate Modern We’ve put together three itineraries which showcase some of the city’s 3. most famous landmarks and attractions. 4. Natural History Museum 5. Suggested itineraries 6. Victoria and Albert Explore the city on foot, by bike or by boat and the air with our three half-day itineraries: Museum 7. Science Museum 1 Southbank Walking 2 Cycling Tour: 3 River Bus ride and 8. Tower of London Tour page 12 Independent Shops Emirates Air Line and Markets Full Experience 9. Madame Tussauds page 13 page 15 10. Royal Greenwich

There is a wealth of useful visitor information available online. For more ideas and suggested itineraries for the British Museum perfect day out try: VisitLondon www.visitlondon.com VisitBritain www.visitbritain.com Visit www.visitbritainshop.com to pre-purchase tickets for London and UK-wide attractions, sightseeing tours, shows, events and more in your local language and currency. Natural History Museum

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Itinerary 1. Southbank walking tour 1. Southbank 2. Gabriel’s Wharf Major theatre, Home to a This self-guided walk along the southern concert and arts fascinating mix bank of the River Thames explores one of centre with a lively of independent the most vibrant areas of central London. calendar of events. shops, cafes, bars and restaurants. How to get there: Travel by bus or Tube to Waterloo and walk to the Southbank or take the River Bus to and walk across 3. Hungerford Bridge. Design-led At the end of the walk, cross Tower Bridge boutiques and 5. Tate Modern and return to central London from the north eighth floor side of the river via Tube station and Millennium riverside dining with Bridge on the District or Circle Line, or on a route spectacular views. 15 bus to /. A world-famous collection of 6. The Clink modern art. A museum built on 4. Globe Theatre the site of one of 8. Borough A reconstruction ’s oldest Market and most notorious of Shakespeare’s prisons. A must see market original Globe for any food lover. theatre. 11. More London and City Hall Free events take 10. Hays Galleria place in the outdoor 7. The Golden amphitheatre. Hinde Shops, bars and restaurants in a 12. Tower Bridge A full-sized model converted wharf. of Sir Francis 9. One of the world’s Drake’s ship. Cathedral best recognised Located by the bridges. river Thames, this is London’s oldest

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Itinerary 2. Cycling tour: turn-by-turn directions These match the numbers on the map 7 The route continues straight ahead on 16 Keep going straight ahead. Beech Street overleaf. The route will take 45-50 minutes, Bromfield Street. Using the cycle path will become Chiswell Street. longer if you stop along the way. continue to the left. 17 When you reach Finsbury Square turn If you want to follow the route on your 8 At the traffic lights continue straight left and then the next right on to smartphone or any other location-aware ahead over the junction and walk your Christopher Street, then take the device, see the Google map on the bike along the Camden Passage. next right on to Wilson Street. Independent Shops and Markets leisure route page – visit tfl.gov.uk/leisureroutes. 9 Continue to the right and after Camden 18 Take the next left on to Sun Street and Passage continue straight ahead to rejoin follow the road as it curves to the left Upper Street. and becomes Appold Street. 1 Hire a bike from Castlehaven Road near Camden Market. 10 Keep going straight, over the junction 19 Turn right on to Primrose Street and and then take a right turn on to Arlington at the end there will be a docking 2 Walk the bike back towards Camden Way. You’ll pass by Bobbin Bicycles. station on the left. Spitalfields market Market and cross over to the other side is straight ahead. of the road. To get on to Regent’s Canal 11 Turn right at the end of Arlington Way on look for the path on to the canal marked to Rosebery Avenue. ‘Camden Lock East Yard’. Why not try our other leisure 12 Turn left on to Rosoman Street just after routes too? 3 Once you are on the canal continue Finsbury Town Hall. Exmouth Market is Saturday markets London’s markets under the bridge and cycle towards located on the right. There is a docking provide a lively urban environment that . Remember that pedestrians station nearby on Tysoe Street. promises to awaken your senses. have priority at all times. 13 Continue straight ahead down Skinner Quirky London Step away from the 4 When you can go no further along the Street along the cycle path and turn right tourist clichés and discover another side canal due to the tunnel take the path up on to St. John Street. to the city. to the left. On Muriel Street continue 14 Continue straight ahead, over left followed by a right on to Carnegie London’s secret gardens Seek out the Street. Road and you’ll reach Smithfield Market. Take a left on greener side of London in the Capital’s gardens, and secret squares. 5 Continue left on Charlotte Terrace and Charterhouse Street and then the next then right on to Copenhagen Street. right on Lindsey Street. Visit tfl.gov.uk/leisureroutes for details. 6 Turn right using the cycle path on to 15 Head left on Long Lane and continue Cloudesley Road and left on Ritchie straight ahead over the junction.

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Itinerary 3. 1. London Eye 3. St. Paul’s 5. Globe Theatre Cathedral River Bus ride and A giant ferris wheel Reconstruction Emirates Air Line on the South With its famous of Shakespeare’s Bank of the River dome, St Paul’s is original Globe Full Experience Thames. one of the largest theatre. Take a flight on London’s first cable car with churches in the world. stunning views of The O2, Canary Wharf and 6. The City – Docklands. including the Gherkin How to get there: Take a Thames Clipper River Bus from Some of London’s 8. The Tower most famous Embankment Pier to North Greenwich 2. Southbank (Route RB1 eastbound). Adult tickets are landmarks can be An historic fortress £5.85 with a Visitor Oyster card, child tickets A complex of enjoyed from the and former palace are £3.25. Disembark from the River Bus theatre, concert river Thames. and prison, dating at North Greenwich Pier and walk to the and arts venues back to the 11th Emirates Air Line. offering a wide century. range of cultural 4. Tate Modern The Emirates Air Line Full Experience events. and Millennium 9. Tower Bridge package includes a return flight on the Bridge Emirates Air Line cable car, a complimentary The world’s most 11. observation guide and entry to the Emirates A major art gallery famous drawbridge. Aviation Experience. Adult tickets are £7.80 and Canary Wharf housed in a former with a Visitor Oyster card. power station. Major business Return to central London on the district that is 13. The O2 from North Greenwich Tube station. home to some of State-of-the-art the UK’s tallest concert and skyscrapers. entertainment area on the Greenwich Peninsula. 10. 12. Greenwich Previously a A World Heritage 14. Emirates Air commercial dock, Site with such Line 7. this is now a busy famous sights as A cable car that marina with shops, Western Europe’s the Cutty Sark, the spans the Thames, restaurants and bars. tallest building, Royal Observatory with spectacular standing at 87 and the National views from 90

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16 Special fares apply Epping Chesham Watford Junction Chalfont & Theydon Bois 97Latimer 8 Watford High Street 86 75 Watford High Barnet Cockfosters Debden Amersham Bushey Chorleywood Croxley Totteridge & Whetstone Oakwood 6 Carpenders Park Buckhurst Hill Rickmansworth Moor Park Woodside Park Southgate Hatch End Roding Grange Northwood East West Valley Hill 5 West Northwood Edgware Hills Headstone Lane Stanmore 4 Bounds Green Chigwell Ruislip Harrow & Finchley Central Hainault Burnt Oak Pinner Wealdstone Canons Park Wood Green Woodford Colindale East Finchley Fairlop North Harrow Kenton Harringay South Woodford Queensbury Turnpike Lane Green Lanes Hendon Central Crouch 4 Barkingside Harrow- Northwick Preston Hill South Snaresbrook Ruislip on-the-Hill Park Road Kingsbury Rayners Lane Brent Cross Seven Newbury Park Gardens Archway Manor House Blackhorse Gospel Sisters Road West South Kenton 3 Redbridge Golders Green Oak Harrow Upper Holloway Neasden Tottenham North Wembley Wanstead Gants South Ruislip Wembley Arsenal Hale Central Dollis Hill Finsbury Hill Upminster Wembley Central Park Park Leytonstone Finchley Road Holloway Road Walthamstow Upminster Bridge Sudbury Hill Stonebridge Park Willesden Green & Kentish Leytonstone Town West Kentish Town Queen’s Road Midland Road High Road Hornchurch Harlesden Kilburn Highbury & Caledonian Road Islington Kensal Leyton Sudbury Town Rise Park Kingsland Willesden Junction Camden Dagenham Stratford East Elm Park Road Hackney International Finchley Road Caledonian Central 3 Brondesbury Camden Town Kensal Green Road & Canonbury Alperton 2 Barnsbury Dagenham Queen’s Park Kilburn South Mornington Dalston Junction Stratford St. John’s Wood Heathway High Road Hampstead Crescent Hackney Becontree King’s Cross Wick Woodgrange Park Kilburn Park St. Pancras Edgware Upney Perivale Great Road Portland Euston Stratford Baker High Street Barking Warwick Avenue Street Street 2 Angel Pudding Royal Oak Hanger Lane Mill Lane Abbey Old Street Bethnal Road Westbourne Park Warren Street Euston Edgware Square Green Upton Park Road Farringdon Park Royal Regent’s Park Liverpool Bow Road Ladbroke Grove Shoreditch Plaistow Russell Street High Street Latimer Road Square Barbican - North Ealing Goodge Bow Church by-Bow East White Shepherd’s Notting Lancaster Bond Chancery Moorgate City Bush Acton Hill Gate Gate Street Circus Lane Green Devons Road Ealing Broadway St. Paul’s Aldgate Star Lane Tottenham East West North Holland Queensway Marble Langdon Park Acton Acton Park Arch Court Road Bank Wood Lane Aldgate Canning Covent Garden All Saints Town Royal High Street 1 2 3 4 Acton Central Westferry Blackwall Victoria 6 5 4 31Shepherd’s Bush 2 Custom House for ExCeL Market Hyde Park Corner Piccadilly Kensington Poplar Circus Monument Tower East South Acton (Olympia) India Emirates Prince Regent Goldhawk Road Mansion House Hill Royal Docks Tower West Charing Gateway Royal Albert Barons Gloucester Blackfriars India Quay Cross West Acton Town Hammersmith Court Road St. James’s River Thames Park Park Temple South Ealing Victoria Canary Wharf Cyprus Northfields Turnham Stamford Ravenscourt West South Sloane Embankment Emirates Earl’s London Canada North Park Green Brook Park Kensington Court Kensington Square Greenwich Pontoon Dock Bridge Water Heron Quays Greenwich Peninsula Gallions Osterley West Brompton Waterloo London Reach Quays South Quay City Airport Beckton Gunnersbury Crossharbour King George V Hounslow East Fulham2 Broadway Southwark Hounslow Mudchute 2 West Hounslow Central Kew Gardens Parsons Green Imperial Wharf Hatton Cross Lambeth Borough Richmond 3 Bridge 1 North Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 Woolwich Cutty Sark for Arsenal East Putney Maritime Greenwich Queens Road Heathrow 4 Vauxhall Elephant & Castle 3 Terminal 4 New Cross New Cross Greenwich Gate Junction 2 Bridge Heathrow Terminal 5 Oval Brockley 5 Wimbledon Road Elverson Road Stockwell Clapham High Street Park 4 Clapham North Forest Hill

Bakerloo Metropolitan Moor Park Station in both fare zones Sydenham Brixton Central Northern Interchange stations Clapham South Circle West Embankment Piccadilly Step-free access from street to train District Balham Bakerloo and trains will not stop at this Step-free access from street to platform station from early January 2014 until early November 2014 District open Victoria weekends, Kilburn National Rail Tooting Bec public holidays Waterloo & City Crystal Palace Norwood Junction No step-free access from late January 2014 until mid May 2014 and some Airport Tooting Broadway 3 Stanmore Olympia events DLR Emirates Air Line West Croydon Step-free access via a steep ramp Hammersmith & City London Overground Riverboat services Waterloo No step-free access from late January 2014 until late July 2014 Jubilee Emirates Air Line Tramlink Emirates Greenwich Peninsula and Emirates Royal Docks Special fares apply

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Route 8 Route 9 Key bus routes in central London 24 C2 390 43 to Route 10 to Hampstead Heath to Parliament to Archway to 73 Route 11 Hill Fields Friern Camden Lock 38 Route 14 139 to West Hampstead Market Barnet 23 The Zoo Caledonian Route 15 Road to Clapton Westbourne Park Abbey Road Camden Way Pond Route 23 ZSL Camden Town Agar Grove Lord’s Cricket London Road Route 24 Ground Zoo Road Route 25 Ladbroke Grove Street Sainsbury’s for The Zoo Islington Angel Route 38 Sherlock Mornington London 274 Crescent Route 43 Holmes Regent’s Park Canal to Bow 8 Museum Museum Route 59 Ladbroke Grove Madame St John Route 73 Tussaud’s King’s Street Euston Cross Sadler’s Wells Old Street Route 74 205 Telecom Theatre Route 139 Marylebone Tower 14 Paddington Museum Route 148 Warren Street 10 Great St Pancras Barbican Shoreditch Route 159 453 74 Baker Street and Portland and Euston Square 59 Centre High Street Gloucester Place International Route 188 Street Moorgate 11 Edgware Road Route 205 Pollock’s Theobald’s 23 Toy Museum 188 159 Russell Road Route 274 Marble Square Museum Route 390 Arch Goodge Street of London British Liverpool Route 453 Lancaster and Gower Street Museum Street Gate Route C2 Gate Bank Way Route RV1 Bond 25 to Ilford 148 390 Queensway 274 Oxford Oxford Street Circus Tottenham 8 Holborn Chancery 205 to Bow to Street Lane for City Marble 25 Wardour Court Road/ White Hyde Arch Street City Park Circus Kensington Aldgate Gardens Eros Covent Garden Conduit Street Market 15 Shaftesbury to Blackwall Albert Avenue Memorial Kingsway RV1 to Royal Berkeley Square Tower Hammersmith Academy Leicester Covent Tower Gateway 9 Garden Hill Royal National Nelson’s Square Monument 10 Piccadilly Albert Hall Knightsbridge Green Park Gallery C o l u m n London St Paul’s Circus RV1 Royal Courts Tower of Transport of Justice Cathedral Mansion House Museum London High Street Fleet St St Paul’s Cathedral Katharine’s Kensington Street Tower Hyde Park St James’s Corner Palace London Tower Bridge City Wellington Pall Mall Aldwych Circus HMS Belfast Bridge Science Arch Green St James’s Palace 9 for City Thameslink Museum for Tower Bridge Park Admiralty 15 188 Victoria & Arch Blackfriars Globe 43 Road Albert Museum Cleopatra’s Needle Royal National Tate Theatre to North Theatre Embankment Modern Bankside Greenwich South Festival Upper Kensington Natural Royal Horse Royal Ground Guards History Mews Buckingham St James’s Park Festival Hall Tate Modern 74 Museum Palace London Eye Waterloo © Transport for London TFL27704.01.14 to Putney Victoria Street 139 Victoria 38 73 C2 New Westminster London Bermondsey Key Market Westminster Eye London Underground interchange 14 Victoria Westminster Elephant & Castle London Overground interchange to Putney Heath Coach Station Cathedral National Rail interchange Imperial Chelsea Belgrave Road Houses of War Museum Bricklayer’s Arms Docklands Light Railway King’s Road Saatchi Parliament interchange Gallery River Thames Kennington Road Road and Library London River Services pier to Hill 59 to to

24 Pimlico Grosvenor Road to Streatham 159 148 453 Deptford Transport for London Visitor

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Embankment RB6 Embankment Charing Cross Blackfriars Blackfriars (Mondays to Fridays only) Tower St. Katharine’s Tower Hill Tower Hill Tower Gateway Tower Gateway Fenchurch Street Fenchurch Street

RB4 Festival Canary Wharf Waterloo London Bridge Bankside City London Bridge RB5 London Eye RB2 Waterloo RB1 RB4 North Terminal RB1 Hilton Docklands RB5 Nelson Dock North Greenwich Westminster North Greenwich Westminster Greenland and Emirates Masthouse Air Line Woolwich Terrace Woolwich Ferry Arsenal South Terminal Millbank Some boats cruise through the Summer service Greenwich (April-October) only Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich

Cadogan RB2 Vauxhall Chelsea River Bus River Tours Harbour A fast and frequent service A more leisurely cruise Imperial Wharf • • • An alternative to the Tube or bus • Sightseeing commentary on most boats • Use your Oyster pay as you go or • Ideal for spotting some of Travelcard to obtain a fares discount London’s hidden waterside gems Wandsworth • Use your Travelcard to obtain a Riverside Quarter fares discount

Putney RB1 Embankment to North Greenwich Westminster / St. Katharine’s circular cruise London Underground Daily Operated by Circular Cruise Westminster RB6 Woolwich Arsenal Daily, peak times and evenings, see timetable and RB5 Westminster to Greenwich London Overground Operated by KPMG Some boats cruise through the Thames Barrier Kew (summer service only) RB2 St George Wharf to Bankside Operated by National Rail Daily except early mornings and evenings St Helena’s Operated by KPMG Thames Clippers Westminster to Greenwich Richmond Operated by Docklands Light Railway RB4 Canary Wharf to Hilton Docklands Daily Operated by KPMG Thames Clippers Emirates Air Line Richmond Landing Stage RB5 North Greenwich to Woolwich Arsenal Summer services only Step-free access from Saturdays and Sundays only Operated by KPMG Thames Clippers Westminster to Hampton Court street level to the pier Operated by Thames River Boats Kingston Turks RB6 Putney to Blackfriars Monday to Friday peak hours and evenings only St Helena’s Richmond to Hampton Court (some boats also run to or from Operated by Turk Launches Kingston Town End London Bridge City and Canary Wharf) Operated by KPMG Thames Clippers Summer service (April-October) only

Hampton Court Woolwich Free Ferry

Hampton Court Daily (except evenings)

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