Information Help On London Underground Stations.?

[cleoval]

Hi It is many years since I used the London Underground. I hope someone can help with my question.? Are there info stewards on the platforms at each station you can ask for help to your destination or where to buy tickets please.? Or does each one have a info and ticket office please.? Thanks in advance.

[mushroom25]

very few TfL stations have ticket offices now, but tube stations must be staffed, or closed. tickets available from machines in the entrance halls of stations but there's no real need, just use your contactless payment card on the yellow discs on the ticket barriers and you'll get the same travel discount as "oyster" users. you'll find staff at the ticket barriers and (in my experience) they'll help you if they can, or point you in the right direction if they can't.

[mushroom25]

oh, if you're using a contactless card, don't forget to tap out at your destination - even if the barriers are open, or if there are no barriers - so the system knows how much to charge you.......

[Maydup]

Can we help plan your route now?

[bednobs]

i you have a smart phone, you can download the TFL app, and use that to plan routes. If you are using contactless, be aware if there's more than 1 of you, you'll need different cards

[cleoval]

I want to go from Brixton to Holland park by tube.thanks.

[-SharonA-]

Take the Victoria line to Oxford Circus. Change to take the Central line to Holland Park.

[-SharonA-]

Pick up the Victoria Line from Brixton.

[campbellking]

The tfl website is also quite useful for status updates on each line, sometimes there may be engineering works at weekends

[Buenchico]

Go to Brixton station.

Tap your contactless debit card on the reader by the entrance barrier. (Using a contactless debit card is MUCH cheaper than buying a paper ticket).

Brixton is at the very end of the Victoria Line and is not served by any other lines. Therefore trains only go in one direction from there, so you can't possibly go wrong when finding your way onto a train.

Stay on the train for 5 stops, alighting at Oxford Circus.

Follow the signs for 'Central Line'.

When you're faced with the choice between Eastbound and Westbound services, make sure that you go to the Westbound platform.

Once you're on that platform, all trains are going where you want to go. (i.e. you've not got the complications of having different lines running from the same platform).

Take a train from there, for 6 stops, to Holland Park.

At Holland Park, tap your contactless debit card on the reader by the exit barrier.

To answer your original question though, ticket offices are being phased out on both National Rail stations and London Underground ones, in favour of payments by app, contactless debit cards and paper tickets dispensed by machines.

However London Underground stations are always staffed when services are running.