Introduction

London is well served by trains to and from all parts of Britain and most London termini have their own London Underground (Tube) station (with the notable exception of Fenchurch Street where the nearest London Underground station is Tower Hill). All stations are served by buses and taxis.

Crossing London with tickets marked ‘

If your journey involves travelling via, or across London to connect with another National Rail service, your ticket should include the cost of transfer on London Underground, DLR or

Thameslink services between the relevant main London stations.

For example - a Hastings to York ticket is valid for travel on Underground services between Victoria, Charing Cross, Cannon Street or London Bridge and Kings Cross St Pancras stations, or on Thameslink services from London Bridge or Blackfriars to St. Pancras International.

To check if the cost of travel across London is included in your ticket, look for the ‘ ' symbol which will be shown in the tickets ‘Route' information, e.g. [‘ ' ANY PERMITTED].

Tickets displaying this indicator are valid for travel between any two stations shown in the ‘Station List' (below) appropriate to the route of the through journey being made.

You can ‘break your transfer journey' and leave the Underground at any intermediate station, e.g. if you are travelling between Victoria and Euston you can exit at Oxford Circus. However, if you subsequently wish to continue your journey by Underground you will have to purchase another ticket.

List of London Underground and DLR Stations between which single/return tickets valid for travel ‘via London' may be used - subject to route of the through journey being made

Aldgate	Finsbury Park	Shepherds Bush
Amersham	Greenwich (DLR)	outhwark
Baker Street	Highbury & Islington	Stratford
Balham	Kensington Olympia	Stratford International (DLR)
Bank	Kentish Town	Tottenham Hale
Barking	Kings Cross / St Pancras	Tower Hill
Blackfriars	Lancaster Gate	Upminster
Blackhorse Road	Lewisham (DLR)	Vauxhall
Brixton	Limehouse	Victoria
Canada Water	Liverpool Street	Walthamstow Central
Cannon Street	London Bridge	Waterloo
Charing Cross	Marylebone	West Brompton
Ealing Broadway	Moorgate	West Ham
Edgware Road	Old Street	West Hampstead
Elephant & Castle	Paddington	Whitechapel
Embankment	Queens Park	Wimbledon
Euston	Richmond	Woolwich Arsenal (DLR)
Euston Square	Seven Sisters
Farringdon	Shadwell

Some London termini stations are within easy walking distance of one another and tickets showing the cross-London ‘ ' symbol are valid to make the connection between them at street level.

'London Terminal' stations

Tickets issued for travel to/from London usually show 'London Terminals' as the destination/origin rather than naming a specific station. This is because the ticket is valid to more than one London Terminal station provided it’s on any reasonable line of route. Tickets can only be used on National Rail services.

For example, a ticket from Woking to London Terminals is valid to:            London Waterloo London Victoria (via Clapham Junction) London Bridge London Blackfriars City Thameslink London Charing Cross London Waterloo East London Cannon Street (via London Bridge) It would not be valid to, for example, London Euston or Paddington as this would not be on the line of route and would involve crossing London using another mode of transport, such as the London Underground or London Buses.

The exception to this is where there are National Rail journey opportunities that include a choice of London Terminal stations on the Thameslink route between London Bridge, London Blackfriars, City Thameslink, Farringdon and London St Pancras. For these journeys the London Terminal stations that you can use with a London Terminals ticket, will be determined by whether your journey will start / finish north or south of London as follows:

     

For information on tickets issued to/from 'London Thameslink' click here

Tickets which restrict travel on services of a specific train company or some special fares may be valid only to a named London Terminal station, e.g. London Kings Cross.

List of London Terminals

The list of London termini stations, defined as 'London Terminals' for ticketing purposes are:

London Blackfriars	Serves stations on the Bedford/Cambridge/Peterborough to Brighton cross-London 'Thameslink' route and also commuter services to areas of south east London
London Cannon Street	Serves London Bridge and stations throughout south east London and Kent.
London Charing Cross	Serves London Bridge and stations throughout south east London and Kent.
London Euston	Serves central and north-west England and western Scotland, including Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Carlisle, Chester, Glasgow, with rail and ferry services to/from both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Also provides regional services to Milton Keynes and Northampton and local services to Watford Junction. Euston is also the London terminus for sleeper services to/from Scotland.
London Fenchurch Street	Serves the commuter towns on the north side of the Thames Estuary including Southend. Tower Hill is the nearest Tube station.
London Kings Cross	Serves the north east and eastern Scotland including Doncaster, Hull, Leeds, York, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Aberdeen and Edinburgh. Also provides regional services to Cambridge, Hitchin, Kings Lynn, Peterborough and Stevenage and commuter and local services to stations north and north east of London.
London Liverpool Street	Serves stations throughout East Anglia, including Chelmsford, Colchester, Ipswich and Norwich, and is the London terminus for Stansted Express services from Stansted Airport. Also provides commuter and local services in east and north east London.
London Bridge	Serves stations throughout south east London and Kent. From London Bridge there are direct services south to Gatwick Airport, Horsham and the Sussex coast, and north to Bedford, Peterborough and Cambridge.
London Marylebone	Serves central southern Midlands including High Wycombe, Banbury, Leamington Spa, Stratford-u-Avon andpon Birmingham and provides commuter and local services to the north west of London including Amersham, Aylesbury.
Moorgate	Provides commuter and local services in an area north and north east of London similar to that served by London Kings Cross.
London Paddington	Serves South Wales and the West Country, including Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Oxford, Plymouth, Swansea, and local services along the Thames Valley to Slough, Maidenhead and Reading. Paddington is also the London terminus for the Heathrow Express to Heathrow Airport and the sleeper service to/from Devon and Cornwall.
London St Pancras International	Serves the East Midlands including Derby, Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield, and is the terminus for high speed domestic services from Stratford Int'l, Ashford Int'l, Canterbury, Dover and Faversham. Commuter services also operate south to Brighton, Gatwick Airport and Horsham, and north to Bedford, Cambridge, Luton Airport, and Peterborough. St Pancras International is also the London terminus for Eurostar services to Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris
London Victoria	Serves south and south east coastal towns including Brighton, Dover, Eastbourne, Hastings and Margate, also Chatham and Canterbury. London Victoria is the London terminus for Gatwick Express services to Gatwick Airport and Brighton, and provides local suburban services to south and south east London.
London Waterloo	Serves the south coast, including Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Southampton, Weymouth also Salisbury and Winchester, and provides local suburban services to south west London including Hampton Court, Richmond and Wimbledon.

   

In addition, the following stations, whilst not technically a London terminus are considered to be 'London Terminals' for ticketing purposes to/from south of London

City Thameslink	Serves stations north of London to Bedford, Cambridge and Peterborough and south of London to Brighton, Gatwick Airport, Horsham and Rainham. Monday - Saturday only
Vauxhall	Serves local suburban services to south west London including Hampton Court, Richmond and Wimbledon.
London Waterloo East	Serves London Bridge and stations throughout south east London and Kent. From London Bridge there are direct services to Gatwick Airport, the Sussex coast and north to Bedford, Cambridge and Peterborough.

The following station, whilst not technically a London terminus, is considered to be 'London Terminal' for ticketing purposes to/from north of London - See  London Kings Cross (above)

Old Street

Provides commuter and local services in an area north and north east of London similar to that served by London Kings Cross.

Please note:

Tickets for travel on High Speed services

Customers with tickets with an origin or destination of 'London Terminals' and routed "Plus High Speed" are also permitted to travel in either direction on Thameslink services between London St Pancras International and:

• Farringdon
• City Thameslink
• London Blackfriars
• Elephant & Castle
• London Bridge

London Thameslink

Tickets with an origin/destination of 'London Thameslink' are valid to/from the following stations:

Station	Stations on the Bedford Line	Stations on the Arun Valley, Brighton Mainline, East/West Coastway and Oxted Lines	Stations on the Peterborough/Cambridge Lines
St Pancras International	YES	YES	YES
Farringdon	YES	YES	YES
City Thameslink	YES	YES	YES
London Blackfriars	YES	YES	YES
London Bridge	YES	YES	YES
Elephant & Castle	YES	YES	YES
Kentish Town	YES	NO	NO
London Euston	YES (via Bletchley only)	NO	NO

Where and when can I use my Travelcard?

Travelcards can be purchased from most stations and may be inclusive of travel from your local station - check before you buy your ticket.

For further information on Travelcard Season Tickets click here.

Accessible transport around London

Transport for London (TfL) have a dedicated webpage giving information about travelling around London on public transport.

They have also produced several guides to getting around London which describes all the accessibility features on the Tube, DLR, Bus and Tram, all of which are available for free from the website.