kings cross to waterloo

[souldriver]

Hello

We're off to London at the end of the month travelling to Kings X, we then need to get to Waterloo. I realise the tube will probably be easiest / cheapest, but is it a direct tube train from Kings x or will we need to get onto another line.

Thanks SD

[Buenchico]

There's no direct train.

Piccadilly Line to Leicester Square & then Northern Line to Waterloo is probably easiest.

NB: That assumes that you actually need to get to Waterloo Station itself. If you're going to somewhere like the Southbank Centre (Queen Elizabeth Hall, Royal Festival Hall, etc), it's simpler to take a Circle Line train to Embankment and walk over the footbridge across the Thames.

Chris

[Stephen_G]

I was about to say walk to Euston Station (About 200 yards), then it's six stops on the Northern Line - takes about 15 minutes.

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[Buenchico]

I've done it that way, as well, Judge Nutmeg, but it's definitely more than 200 yards. (I've just carefully measured it on a map. It's around 650 yards!)

[Stephen_G]

I was going off someone else's info. I usually taxi to Waterloo from Kings Cross.

[jno]

I'm not sure if there's a lift to the Hungerford bridges on the north bank, so if you've got luggage that might not be easy.

Chris's first solution sounds best

[souldriver]

Thanks, we're actually going to the london eye. I was told it is in walking distance of waterloo (and embankment)

[Twirls]

Perhaps you could use a bus - you get to see a bit more of London that way than on a tube as well?

[emmie]

doesn't Northern line go through kings cross,

[mike11111]

Piccadilly Line to Leicester Square then change for Northern Line Southbound, 7 stops in total.

[Twirls]

em10 - Northern line does but there are two branches to it and it's the Bank bit that goes through King's Cross not the Waterloo bit

[Buenchico]

It's very easy to lose your bearings (and head off in completely the wrong direction!) when leaving Waterloo station, particularly when starting from the Underground station, rather than from the mainline concourse. If you're unfamiliar with the area (as you clearly are!), I'd recommend taking an eastbound Circle Line train round to Embankment station. As you exit through the ticket barriers, turn to your right, which will bring you out by the Thames, with the steps to the Golden Jubilee Bridge (formerly known as the Hungerford footbridge) immediately on your right. Cross the footbridge and, on reaching the far bank, head off to the right. (Going by that route you'll be able to see the London Eye anyway, so you can't get lost!).

Westminster Tube station (one stop beyond Embankment) is another possibility but my own preference would to use Embankment.

Chris

[mike11111]

Northern Line does go through Kings Cross, but in the wrong directions for Waterloo. The line splits at Camden and the one going through Kings Cross goes to London Bridge.

[emmie]

I confess i try not to use it, claustrophobic, mostly use piccadilly line, but KX is the worse underground, always packed and they shut off part of the up escalators in the rush hour up to 10am, so you do a 20 minutes and i timed it hike to get down to victoria line, the most depressing walk i can think of.

[Jonathan-Joe]

If you still intend going to Waterloo, the advice of TfL is
Victoria Line Kings Cross to Oxford Circus then
Bakerloo Line to Waterloo
because the change at Oxford Circus is cross platform, ie short and on one level.

[Buenchico]

Further to Jonathan-Joe's post, if you're determined to go via Waterloo, here are your directions:

From the Underground station, ignore all signs to the exits. Instead, follow the signs to the mainline station. When you reach the concourse (with the platforms behind you) seek out the exit at the very far left. That will take you onto a footbridge which passes over a service road and then a 'proper' road.

When you come to the end of the footbridge you need to turn right, but the steps only take you down to the left. So, at the foot of the steps, double back and pass under the footbridge.

You'll see a railway viaduct ahead. Bear left, keeping the viaduct on your right. From there, simply keep going forwards (including going up the steps you'll see in your path). You'll eventually come out by the Royal Festival Hall, onto the Southbank Centre terrace. Turn left and you'll find the London Eye ahead of you.

Chris

[Jonathan-Joe]

I would expect the route to the Eye to be well sign-posted - all the way from the Waterloo ticket barrier.

[Jonathan-Joe]

Soul, if you're travelling on a weekend, check whether engineering closures will affect your journey.

[Ankou]

if i was going to the london eye, i would get off at westminster or embankment and walk towards it across the golden jubilee bridges (hungerford) and down southbank or along to parliament and over westminster bridge.

you can't miss it from there, and far mor scenic than the backstreets of waterloo.