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You can enter the station via either the Bridge Road or Olympic Square entrances. The Bridge Road entrances are only open between 06:30 and 21:30.
We direct you to all six platforms in this station. Fast Metropolitan Line trains now stop at platform 1 (northbound) and platform 6 (southbound) except for 07:00 - 09:00 and between 17:00 and 19:00 when they don't stop at this station.
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From the Bridge Road Entrances From the Olympic Square Entrance |
There are three entrances giving step-free access from Bridge Road into the concourse. Note that the fourth (original entrance) is no longer in use. The right-hand of the three entrances, marked "B", is the original exit from the station and is opposite the former exit gateline. This gate line now has a bi-directional Wide Aisle Gate at the right-hand end with two automatic entrances to your left of this. Note that the Bridge Road entrances are only available between 06:30 and 21:30.
The original ticket sales windows, to your right of this gate line are only open during peak morning hours, Monday to Friday. If you need to buy a ticket outside these times, turn left, follow the left-hand side to the tactile flooring inside the Olympic Square entrance, turn right and follow the directions from this entrance.
From the left-hand or middle entrance, marked "D" and "C" respectively, continue to the barrier in front of you then turn right. You'll pass the two exit gates, before you reach the two entrances followed by the Wide Aisle Gate.
Go through the gates, you're now opposite the lift and steps onto platforms 2 - 3, northbound.
From here you can reach all platforms via lift or steps.
Continue forward from the gates, you pass the lift to platforms 2 - 3 before you reach the tactile flooring indicating the top of the steps.
Go down two flights of steps, keeping left, onto the platform. Platform 2, Metropolitan Line slow trains, is to your left, platform 3, Jubillee Line, is to your right. You're near the rear of the train.
Turn left, follow the barrier on your right then take the turning right and go down two flights of steps, keeping left, then turn right onto the platform, you're near the rear of the train.
Turn right, follow the barrier on your left, take the first turning left and go down two flights of steps, keeping left, onto the platform. Platform 4, Jubilee Line, is to your left, platform 5, Metropolitan Line slow trains, is to your right. You're near the front of the train.
Turn right, follow the barrier on your left, take the second turning left and go down two flights of steps, keeping left, then turn left onto the platform. You're near the front of the train.
From Olympic Square, you can either walk up 49 steps or take the lift to concourse level.
You go up three flights of steps. These steps are divided into ten sections by rails. At the top, there are pillars between the 3rd and 4th set from each side. Go through the doors into the concourse.
See the lifts page for details of this lift. Go to concourse level, turn right, locate the tactile flooring inside the doors then turn left into the concourse.
The ticket sales windows are at the far end of the left-hand wall. There's a simple queuing system, between Tensa barriers, which leads you straight to the windows. The new gate line is to your right, starting at about 2 o'clock. This gate line, through which you move at right angles to the entrance, is divided into three blocks of gates, which we number from 1 to 3, going away from the entrance. These blocks of gates are arranged such that, as you face away from the entrance, block 2 is set left of block 1 and block 3 is set left of block 2. There's a bi-directional Wide Aisle Gate at the near end of the barrier which leads to your right from the near end of block 1.
At the time of our survey, blocks 1 and 3 were entrances, whilst block 2 was the exit. We believe block 1 could become an exit according to demand, during events at the Stadium. We believe, however, that block 3, which is nearest to the ticket sales windows, will always be an entrance.
We therefore suggest that, to use the automatic gates, you move forward, from the doors, to the barrier or wall in front of you then turn right and go through either the manual gate or the gates of block 3, in front of you. From here, you're facing the entrance to the passage towards the north bridge which gives stairs access to all platforms. Alternatively, you can turn right towards the original section of the concourse to use the lifts.
For the north bridge, move forward, if you find a wall in front of you move to your right, then bear left into the passage and follow this to the top of the steps to platform 1.
During our survey, we noted visual signs which can be switched to direct people through this section of the station, we suggest you follow the crowd or, if there's no crowd, make your own way.
Continue, down two flights of steps, keeping left, then turn right onto the platform, you're beside the front half of the train.
Turn right and continue to the first turning left. From here, you can turn left and go down two flights of steps, keeping left, onto the platform. Platform 2, Metropolitan Line, is to your left, platform 3, Jubilee Line, to your right. You're beside the front half of the train.
Alternatively, you can turn right, cross the passage and go down two flights of steps, keeping left, onto the platform. Platform 2, Metropolitan Line, is to your right, platform 3, Jubilee Line, to your left, you're about in the middle of the train.
Turn right and continue to the second turning left. From here you can turn left and go down two flights of steps, keeping left, onto the plattform. Platform 4, Jubilee Line, is to your left, platform 5, Metropolitan Line, to your right, you're beside the rear half of the train.
Alternatively, you can turn right, cross the passage and go down two flights of steps, keeping left, onto the platform. Platform 4, Jubilee Line, is to your right, platform 5, Metropolitan Line, to your left. You're about in the middle of the train.
Turn right and continue to the end of the passage. You can turn left and go down two flights of steps, keeping left, then turn left onto the platform, beside the rear half of the train.
Alternatively, you can turn right and go down two flights of steps, keeping left, then turn right onto the platform, about in the middle of the train.
There's a lift to each platform, see the lifts page for details.
The lifts to platform 1 and platforms 2 - 3 are in separate structures opposite the top of the steps to these platforms. The lift to platforms 4 - 5 is in a recess in the right-hand side of the concourse as you enter via the original gate line. The lift to platform 6 is in another recess which is immediately beyond the steps to platform 6.
From the original gate line, move forward to locate the lift to platforms 2 - 3. From here, turn left to locate that to platform 1, right for that to platform 4 - 5. For platform 6, continue forward to the top of the steps to platforms 2 - 3 before turning right and continuing to the end of the concourse. this should take you into the recess with the lift door to your left.
From the new gate line, avoid the left turn, which takes you towards the north bridge. From the left-hand block (nunber 3) of gates, turn right, locate the left-hand wall and follow this round to your left till you reach the top of the steps to platform 1. From the right-hand block (number 1) of gates, continue forward then follow the left-hand wall till you reach the top of the steps to platform 1.
The lift to platform 1 is to your right, continue forward to the top of the steps to platform 2 - 3, the lift to platforms 2 - 3 is now to your right. Continue to the top of the steps to platforms 4 - 5, turn right here to locate the lift to platforms 4 - 5 in a recess in the left-hand wall. Continue forward, beyond the steps to platform 6, to locate the recess to the lift to platform 6, on your left.
At concourse level, you enter each lift facing the platform, whilst at platform level, you leave via the other doors. The call button at concourse level is to your right of the door.
Go to platform level, leave the lift and turn right onto the platform. We suggest you turn left and continue to the foot of the steps from the concourse, to be near the rear of the train.
As you leave the lift, platform 2, Metropolitan Line, is to your left, platform 3, Jubilee Line, is to your right. We suggest you move along the platform to the foot of the steps from the concourse to be near the rear of the train.
As you leave the lift, platform 4, Jubilee Line, is to your left, platform 5, Metropolitan Line, is to your right. We suggest you move along the platform to the foot of the steps from the concourse, to be near the front of the train.
Go to platform level and turn left onto the platform. We suggest you turn right and move along the platform to the foot of the steps from the concourse, to be near the front of the train.
© 2008 Terry Robinson