Earl's Court Station

mrsmollyc

09 Apr 2026

Good step-free access not for popular London museums

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Date of visit: April 2026

I am a disabled person. I have experience of challenges around: accessing toilets and moving around.

I use or have experience of: disabled toilet, wheelchair

Overall Rating

Average

Earl’s Court Station is connected to the District and Piccadilly lines with step-free access from street level to train. This means that there is no need for boarding ramps for either of the lines at this station. The signage was easy to follow to find all the platforms and the exits when I visited. It’s the closest step-free station to some popular museums like the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum and the V&A Museum.

Disabled Access In and Around

The main entrance for this station is located on Earl’s Court Road. As you enter the station there are a small number of steps down into the ticket hall and on the right-hand side is a ramp. On this level there is a small shop with a very high counter, a number of ticket machines, and ticket barriers to enter and exit the station. There are wider ticket barriers on both sides. Once you pass through the ticket barriers into the station, the platforms for the District Line are in front of you, but down a level, and the Piccadilly platforms are further below ground, with lifts on the right-hand side. For the District Line, there are flights of stairs as soon as you pass through the ticket barriers. But if you need step-free access there are two lifts, one for platforms 1 and 2 and another for platforms 3 and 4. Depending on which branch of the District Line you want to board will determine which platform you need. The lifts are located further back so you have to follow a path that goes around to the right. The lifts are fairly small, they have grab rails inside them and the buttons are all tactile and also have Braille. Once you reach the platforms, they are all at the same level as the trains so you are able to board, step-free, at any part of the train. There are some wheelchair symbols on some of the doors which indicate spots where there are larger spaces for wheelchairs to park up. For the Piccadilly Line, there are two large lifts on the right-hand side as you pass through the ticket barriers. These lifts operate a one way system where you enter by one set of doors and leave via another set of doors, that are opposite. They also open the doors to allow people to leave the lift before the other doors open to allow people to board it. The lifts are really large and they have digital signs above the doors which tell you which doors will open to exit the lift. There is a button panel in the centre of the lift with tactile buttons that also have Braille. The Piccadilly Line platforms have a raised section that provides step-free boarding onto the train. This section is easy to spot when the platform isn’t too busy but there is also an overhead sign which has symbols indicating level boarding. For all of the platforms there are tactile markings to indicate the edge of the platform, as well as a painted yellow line. There is seating on all the platforms. The signage around the station was all very clear. There are different coloured signs to make it clear which route to take, light blue signs with a wheelchair symbol show step-free routes, dark blue highlights routes to the Piccadilly line, green shows routes to the District line and a dark background with yellow writing shows the way out. There are help points in multiple spots along all the platforms. They are circular boxes with a large, green button for emergencies and below it is a smaller, blue button for information. Using the information button will connect you to station staff, for example, if you need any assistance with boarding the trains. There are grab rails on many of the walkways around the station, including on any stairs or ramps.

Accessible facilities: Lift to all areas, Step-free entrance, Seating at regular intervals, Step-free access to most areas

Parking & Transport

Average

I travelled to this place by train

There are District and Piccadilly services available from this station. On the District Line, this station is an interchange point which connects to many different branches, from this station you can get westbound trains to Kensington (Olympia), Richmond, Wimbledon, and Ealing Broadway and eastbound trains to Edgware Road, Upminster, and High Street Kensington. On the Piccadilly line there are northbound trains to Cockfosters and westbound trains to Uxbridge, Rayners Lane and Heathrow Terminals 2, 3, 4, and 5. Just over the road, outside the station entrance, is a bus stop on Earl’s Court Road, it’s called Earl’s Court Station (Stop A) and the buses 74, C1, DL-3, DL-5, N74, N97, and PL-1 stop here. There is no parking at this station.

Accessible Toilets

I didn’t see any toilets in this station

Staff

I didn’t directly interact with any station staff. There are lots of help points on the platforms which can connect you with station staff. There was always a member of staff by the ticket barriers at the ticket hall as well.