South Bank - Travel

This area is extremely well served by public transport and has good access by road. There is limited car parking space available, and some of this is expensive and insecure.

Rail
The main rail stations are Waterloo and Waterloo East. Charing Cross and Blackfriars stations are just a brief walk over the river. All have easy connections to the London Underground. These stations mainly serve the south of England. The Thameslink service, calling at London Bridge and Blackfriars, runs from St Albans, Luton and Bedford through London to Gatwick Airport and Brighton. For further information on this service telephone 01582 27612 or National Rail Enquiries.

Eurostar runs regular high speed services through the channel tunnel directly to and from Brussels, Paris, Lille, Calais and Disneyland Paris. Eurostar offers special fares and connections with railway companies across Britain and Europe to simplify and speed up your journey. For more information contact:

• The Ticket Office, 102-104 Victoria Street, London SW1 5JL
• In UK Tel. 0990 186 186 (national rate)
• Outside UK Tel. +44 1233 617575
• Internet http://www.eurostar.com/

Bus
This area is well served by buses serving Waterloo station and other stops towards the West End and the city. The numbers of these buses are:

• 1 Tottenham Court Road to Station Rotherhithe
• 2 Marylebone Station to Crystal Palace *
• 3 Crystal Palace to Oxford Circus *
• 4 Archway Station to Waterloo Mon-Sat Only
• 12 Notting Hill Gate to Dulwich *
• 26 Waterloo to Hackney Wick *
• 36 Queens Park Station to Lewisham
• 45 Streatham Hill to Kings Cross
• 53 Oxford Circus to Plumstead Common
• X53 (express) Oxford Circus to Thamesmead Mon-Fri Peak Hours Only
• 63 Crystal Palace to Kings Cross
• 68 Norwood Garage to Euston
• X68 (express) West Croydon to Russell Square Mon-Fri Peak Hours Only
• 76 County Hall to Nothumberland Park Station Mon-Sat Only
• 77 Tooting Station to Waterloo Station
• 77A Wandsworth to Aldwych
• 88 Oxford Circus to Clapham Common
• 109 Purley to Trafalgar Square *
• 149 Ponders End Garage to Waterloo Mon-Fri Peak Hours Only
• 159 Baker Street Station to Sreatham Mon-Sat Only *
• 168 Elephant and Castle to Hampstead Heath
• 171 Catford Garage to Holborn Station
• 171A County Hall to Nothumberland Park Station
• 172 Liverpool Street Station to Brockley Rise Mon-Fri Only
• 176 Penge to Oxford Circus *
• 185 Victoria to Lewisham
• 188 Greenwich to Euston *
• 211 Waterloo to Hammersmith
• 322 Crystal Palace to Elephant and Castle
• 344 Clapham Junction to London Bridge Station *
• 501 Waterloo to London Bridge Station Mon-Fri Not Evenings *
• 505 Shoreditch to Waterloo Station Mon-Fri Not Evenings
• 507 Waterloo Station to Victoria Station Mon-Fri Not Evenings *
• 521 Waterloo to London Bridge Station Mon-Fri Peak Hours Only *
• C10 Victoria Station to Elephant and Castle *
• D1 County Hall to Harbour Exchange Mon-Fri Not Late Evenings *
• P11 Peckham to Waterloo *

This area is well served by Night Buses.
For further details of the above services contact London Transport on 0207 222 1234 or consult the local timetables.

River Boats
For or via The City:

Route	Operating Period	Contact Telephone
Westminster - Tower	All Year	0207 237 5134
Westminster Cabaret/Dinner Cruise	May-October	0207 237 5134
Westminster-Greenwich	All Year	0207 930 4097
Charing Cross - Greenwich	All Year	0207 987 1185
Charing Cross evening cruise	May-September	0207 987 1185
Temple lunch cruise	All Year	0207 987 1185
Charing Cross lunch cruise	All Year-Sundays only	0207 987 1185
Charing Cross Supper Cruise	May-September	0207 987 1185
Westminster - Thames Barrier	March-November	0207 930 3373
Westminster Westminster circular cruise	All Year-Weekends only	0207 839 2111
Westminster - Hampton Court	Easter-October	0207 930 2062
Westminster evening cruise	May-September	0207 930 2062
Westminster - Kew	Easter-October	0207 930 2062
Temple Dinner Cruise	All Year	0207 925 2215

Road
This area is easily accessible by road, however parking is often limited and expensive. If visiting this area by car it is best to avoid the morning and evening rush hours, which run from approximately 0700-1000 and 1600-1900. Try and avoid the Elephant and Castle roundabouts at all times because driving around here is not for the faint hearted.

Tubes
Waterloo is the main Underground station and is in travel zone one. It serves the following lines:
Northern (Black) - Charing Cross branch.
Bakerloo (Brown)
Waterloo and City (Light green)
Jubilee (Grey)

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