Plan an end-to-end journey across the TfL network — Tube, Overground, Elizabeth line, DLR and National Rail. Type a station or postcode to begin.
This is a free, no-signup London journey planner covering the entire Transport for London network — the Tube, the Overground, the Elizabeth line, the DLR, London buses, London Trams, the IFS Cloud Cable Car, and the bits of National Rail that fall inside the Oyster zone. Type a start and an end — a station name, a London postcode, or a landmark like "British Museum" or "King's Cross" — and you get several end-to-end options ranked by total journey time, with live disruption folded in.
It's built on TfL Open Data, the same feed TfL Go and station screens use. We don't store your queries, there's no account, and the planner itself is ad-free. The aim is to be the fastest way to answer "how do I get from A to B right now?" without any of the onboarding, install prompts, or premium tiers other London journey-planning apps lean on.
Above the From/To inputs you can switch the planner between two modes:
The date selector accepts Today, Tomorrow, or any specific future date. Time accepts both quick 15-minute increments and any typed time, so 14:23 is fine. All three settings apply across every journey category the planner returns.
The planner returns up to three sets of journeys for the same trip, so you can pick the one that matches your situation rather than just the technical fastest:
Each journey can be expanded to a step-by-step view showing every leg, every interchange, the live walking time at each change, and live arrival times for the train you'd actually catch. Tap "Show on map" to overlay the whole route on an interactive map — useful for unfamiliar areas, and for visualising why a planner sometimes routes you a "longer" way that's actually faster in clock time.
Step-free routing is the single most misunderstood feature of London transit, so it's worth explaining what the labels mean. TfL distinguishes two levels:
When you switch the planner to show wheelchair routes, we ask TfL for the strict "step-free to vehicle" version first. If no such route exists between your two points, we fall back to "step-free to platform" and label the result accordingly, so you know whether you'll need staff assistance with a manual ramp at the train door.
Two related practical points: (1) some "step-free" stations are step-free in only one direction — e.g. step-free from street to platform but with a step up onto the train; (2) lift outages happen, and TfL doesn't always flag them in the routing feed. For high-stakes trips, cross-check with the TfL Go app's live lift status before you leave. For the full list of step-free stations, see the step-free Tube stations guide.
The three planners optimise for different things. Citymapper aggressively includes unofficial shortcuts — the famous Bond Street to Hanover Square walk between Jubilee and Elizabeth platforms, the Bank/Monument tunnel, the Canary Wharf interchange across the dock. Google Maps blends its own walking data with TfL's. This planner uses TfL's official routing, which is authoritative on what the network operators treat as a valid interchange. The trade-off: this planner is reliable for accessibility, for engineering closures, and for live disruption; Citymapper is usually a minute or two faster on dense central-London interchanges where the unofficial shortcuts apply.
Yes. Bus and walking legs appear in the "Suggested" results when they're part of the fastest route, and the "Bus only" section is there for when you want to avoid the Tube entirely. National Rail services inside the Oyster acceptance zone (most of Greater London) are included in routing.
Not at the moment. London fares depend on time of day, zones travelled, and the exact lines used in ways that are surprisingly hard to compute reliably from the routing data alone. We'd rather not show you a wrong number. For an explanation of how the fare system works and what a typical journey costs, see the fares, zones and contactless guide.
When the next service on your connecting line is more than a few minutes away, TfL pads the walking leg duration to include that wait. We split that into a separate "WAIT" badge so you can see what's actually walking time and what's standing on a platform. Common culprits: late evenings on the Bakerloo and Waterloo & City; weekends on the Metropolitan branches; engineering periods on the Circle/District/H&C.
Not yet. For now your browser's bookmarks are the recommended workaround — once you've planned a journey, the URL doesn't currently encode the inputs, but bookmarking the planner page itself is a one-tap way back. A "recent journeys" feature is on the list.
Yes. If you set a depart-at or arrive-by time that falls inside Night Tube hours on a Friday or Saturday night, the planner uses the Night Tube timetable for the five lines that run overnight: Central, Jubilee, Northern (Charing Cross branch), Piccadilly (excluding Terminal 4) and Victoria. For details on running hours and the exact branches that run, see the Night Tube guide.
It's pulled from TfL Open Data at the moment of your search — typically within a minute of TfL's own systems. The same feed drives the live status board on the homepage, which refreshes every 60 seconds.
The most common cause is ambiguous station names — "Edgware" is both a Tube station and a town, "Hampton" exists three times, and "King's Cross" is itself a hub with several distinct TfL stations underneath. When that happens, the planner shows a disambiguation list — pick the specific station you meant and it will replan. If you still get no result, the trip may have no valid public-transport route (rare inside Greater London but possible for far-out postcodes).
Other guides
Every TfL line at a glance — refreshed every minute, with status terminology and per-line disruption.
"Good Service", "Minor Delays", "Severe Delays" — what TfL's words actually translate to.
The full list of step-free stations and what "step-free" actually covers in practice.
How TfL fares work, the zone system, and what to use to pay.
Which lines run overnight, on which nights, and what to do when they don't.
How the Tube works for visitors and new Londoners — fares, platforms, etiquette.
Line guides