Randomness Guide to London - Differences between Version 11 and Version 10 of Earl's Court Station

Tube station on the zone 1/zone 2 border. This is where the many different branches of the District Line all join up. It also serves the Piccadilly Line.

Avoid the District Line platforms at peak times if possible; not only are the platforms packed with people, all trying to shove past you to get to a different end of the platform, but District Line trains often have to wait quite some time before they can enter the station, because it's a bottleneck due to trains from all branches trying to get through. The platforms can also get quite unpleasant when there's something on at the Exhibition Centre; they'll be full of people who don't normally spend time in London. The destination signage is also idiosyncratic and antique, making it rather hard to make sense of.

The photo shows the Earl's Court Road entrance. There's another entrance at the other end of the station, on Warwick Road photo; the Warwick Road one is the one you want for the Exhibition Centre.

Exit Information

• Piccadilly Line eastbound: platform exit is on right-hand side of train.

See also:

• Journey Planner station information
• Wikipedia entry
• 150 Great Things post on the Earl's Court train indicators
• 150 Great Things post on the police box outside the east entrance

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