The City & Tower: getting there

Airport links

Direct trains from the airports

These airport rail services call at a station that serves The City & Tower, according to each airport's own transport page as summarised on our airport guides. Times and fares are on the airport pages.

• Heathrow: Elizabeth line to Liverpool Street

  Serves all three Heathrow stations and runs through central London, calling at Paddington, Bond Street, Tottenham Court Road, Farringdon, Liverpool Street and Stratford.

• Stansted: Stansted Express to Liverpool Street

  Direct to Tottenham Hale, Stratford and London Liverpool Street.

Airport guides: Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and London City.

Late at night

The Night Tube runs through the night on Friday and Saturday nights on the Central, Jubilee, Northern, Piccadilly and Victoria lines.¹ Near The City & Tower, that means the Central line at St Paul's and Liverpool Street. Not every branch or station on those lines is open all night, so check the TfL Night Tube map before you rely on it. On other nights, and on lines without a night service, the last trains run around midnight and night buses take over.

Neighbouring areas

The closest of our other London areas, measured centre to centre in a straight line. The walking time is a minimum at 5 km/h, so allow longer on real streets.

• Borough & Bermondsey: 1.2 km, at least 15 min on foot
• Shoreditch & Spitalfields: 1.5 km, at least 18 min on foot
• The South Bank: 1.6 km, at least 19 min on foot
• Bloomsbury & Fitzrovia: 3.2 km, at least 38 min on foot

Step-free access differs from station to station and lifts can be out of service. Check TfL's step-free information and the accessible London guide before you travel.

Sources

1. Night Tube, Wikipedia, read on 1 November 2026. TfL's own Night Tube page did not respond to our fact-check request, so check it before you travel.
2. Airport rail links: the official airport pages cited on each of our airport guides.