CIRCLE LINE

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Our thanks go to Chris Cook for the following.

Trrains on the Circle Line no longer go round in a continuous circle. They now start and finish at Hammersmith and run fixed circuits as described below. N.B. The Circle and Hammersmith & City lines continue to operate independently from one another.

Circle Line trains start at Hammersmith, run eastbound to Edgware Road and then continue on eastbound (clockwise) round the Circle Line via Baker Street, Kings Cross St Pancras, Liverpool Street, Tower Hill, Embankment, Victoria and High Street Kensington. Once back at Edgware Road, they reverse direction and do one revolution of the Circle Line westbound (anticlockwise) via High Street Kensington, Victoria, Embankment, Tower Hill, Liverpool Street, Kings Cross St Pancras and Baker Street. On arriving back at Edgware Road, they continue on westbound back to Hammersmith where the circuit of routes then starts again.

If you want to travel through Edgware Road i.e. from Paddington to Baker Street, you are strongly advised to take an eastbound Circle or Hammersmith & City Line train from platform 16 in the mainline station, which will go directly there. If you take an eastbound Circle Line train from platform 2, you will need to change trains at Edgware Road, in order to continue your eastbound journey.

For completeness, we've shown the whole circuit of routes taken by the train starting and ending at Hammersmith with both revolutions of the Circle Line.

Starting from Hammersmith

STATION OTHER LINES SERVED ZONE
Hammersmith Hammersmith & City
(separate station)
District
Piccadilly
2
Goldhawk Road Hammersmith & City 2
Shepherd's Bush Market Hammersmith & City
(separate station)
Central, Shepherd's Bush
(separate station)
London Overground, Willesden Junction - Clapham Junction, Shepherd's Bush
2
Wood Lane Hammersmith & City 2
Latimer Road Hammersmith & City 2
Ladbroke Grove Hammersmith & City 2
Westbourne Park Hammersmith & City 2
Royal Oak Hammersmith & City 2
Paddington Mainline Station (Platforms 15 and 16) Hammersmith & City
Paddington Underground Station
Bakerloo
Circle
District (Edgware Road Branch)
1
Edgware Road District (Edgware Road Branch)
Hammersmith & City
(separate station)
Bakerloo
1
Baker Street Bakerloo
Hammersmith & City
Jubilee
Metropolitan
1
Great Portland Street Hammersmith & City
Metropolitan
1
Euston Square Hammersmith & City
Metropolitan
1
King's Cross St Pancras Hammersmith & City
Metropolitan
Northern (Bank Branch)
Piccadilly
Victoria
King's Cross Mainline Station
1
Farringdon Hammersmith & City
Metropolitan
Mainline, Kentish Town - Blackfriars
1
Barbican Hammersmith & City
Metropolitan
1
Moorgate Hammersmith & City
Metropolitan
Northern (Bank Branch)
Moorgate Mainline Station
1
Liverpool Street Central
Hammersmith & City
Metropolitan
Liverpool Street Mainline Station
1
Aldgate Metropolitan 1
Tower Hill District
DLR (Tower Gateway)
Fenchurch Street Mainline Station
1
Monument District
Central (Bank)
Northern (Bank Branch) (Bank)
DLR (Bank)
Waterloo & City (Bank)
1
Cannon Street District
Cannon Street Mainline Station
1
Mansion House District 1
Blackfriars District
Blackfriars Mainline Station
1
Temple District 1
Embankment Bakerloo
District
Northern (Charing Cross Branch)
1
Westminster District
Jubilee
1
St James's Park District 1
Victoria District
Victoria Line
Victoria Mainline Station
1
Sloane Square District 1
South Kensington District
Piccadilly
1
Gloucester Road District
Piccadilly
1
High Street Kensington District (Edgware Road Branch)
District (Kensington Olympia Branch)
1
Notting Hill Gate Central
District (Edgware Road Branch)
Boundary 1 - 2
Bayswater District (Edgware Road Branch) 1
Paddington Underground Station Bakerloo
District (Edgware Road Branch)
Paddington Mainline Station
Hammersmith & City (platforms 15 and 16)
1
Edgware Road District (Edgware Road Branch)
Hammersmith & City
(separate station)
Bakerloo
1
Paddington Underground Station Bakerloo
District (Edgware Road Branch)
Paddington Mainline Station
Hammersmith & City (platforms 15 and 16)
1
Bayswater District (Edgware Road Branch) 1
Notting Hill Gate Central
District (Edgware Road Branch)
Boundary 1 - 2
High Street Kensington District (Edgware Road Branch)
District (Kensington Olympia Branch)
1
Gloucester Road District
Piccadilly
1
South Kensington District
Piccadilly
1
Sloane Square District 1
Victoria District
Victoria Line
Victoria Mainline Station
1
St James's Park District 1
Westminster District
Jubilee
1
Embankment Bakerloo
District
Northern (Charing Cross Branch)
1
Temple District 1
Blackfriars District
Blackfriars Mainline Station
1
Mansion House District 1
Cannon Street District
Cannon Street Mainline Station
1
Monument District
Central (Bank)
Northern (Bank Branch) (Bank)
DLR (Bank)
Waterloo & City (Bank)
1
Tower Hill District
DLR (Tower Gateway)
Fenchurch Street Mainline Station
1
Aldgate Metropolitan 1
Liverpool Street Central
Hammersmith & City
Metropolitan
Liverpool Street Mainline Station
1
Moorgate Hammersmith & City
Metropolitan
Northern (Bank Branch)
Moorgate Mainline Station
1
Barbican Hammersmith & City
Metropolitan
1
Farringdon Hammersmith & City
Metropolitan
Mainline, Kentish Town - Blackfriars
1
King's Cross St Pancras Hammersmith & City
Metropolitan
Northern (Bank Branch)
Piccadilly
Victoria
King's Cross Mainline Station
1
Euston Square Hammersmith & City
Metropolitan
1
Great Portland Street Hammersmith & City
Metropolitan
1
Baker Street Bakerloo
Hammersmith & City
Jubilee
Metropolitan
1
Edgware Road District (Edgware Road Branch)
Hammersmith & City
(separate station)
Bakerloo
1
Paddington Mainline Station (Platforms 15 and 16) Hammersmith & City
Paddington Underground Station
Bakerloo
Circle
District (Edgware Road Branch)
1
Royal Oak Hammersmith & City 2
Westbourne Park Hammersmith & City 2
Ladbroke Grove Hammersmith & City 2
Latimer Road Hammersmith & City 2
Wood Lane Hammersmith & City 2
Shepherd's Bush Market Hammersmith & City
(separate station)
Central, Shepherd's Bush
(separate station)
London Overground, Willesden Junction - Clapham Junction, Shepherd's Bush
2
Goldhawk Road Hammersmith & City 2
Hammersmith Hammersmith & City
(separate station)
District
Piccadilly
2

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