The West End - Travel

The West End is very accessible. Basically all the roads that come into London have several major connections that pass directly through the West End. Indeed, the London traffic system essentially ebbs and flows around the West End. There are buses galore that reach each and every section of the West End from all over London. Access by train and tube also presents no problem whatsoever. The tube stations are packed together thereby providing an easy passage to every little corner of the area.

Rail
Charing Cross station spreads itself far and wide and gives you fairly easy access to the rest of London and the suburbs. Victoria and Waterloo are a stone's throw away and it does not exactly take all that long to get to London Paddington from here. Trains run fairly frequently. Access from the north is by way of Euston and Kings Cross.

Bus

Bus Route	From/To	Terminating or Midstop
1	Tottenham Court Road to Surrey Quays	Midstop Covent Garden
3	Crystal Palace to Oxford Circus	Midstop Trafalgar Sq./Piccadilly Circus
4	Archway to Waterloo	Midstop Covent Garden
6	Kensal Rise to Aldwych	Midstop Trafalgar Sq./Piccadilly Circus
9	Hammersmith to Aldwych	Midstop entire West End
11	Liverpool Street Station to Fulham	Midstop Trafalgar Sq./Covent Garden
12	Notting Hill Gate to Dulwich	Midstop Trafalgar Sq./Piccadilly Circus
13	Golders Green to Aldwych	Midstop Trafalgar Sq./Piccadilly Circus
14	Putney Heath to Tottenham Court Road	Midstop Piccadilly Circus
15	East Ham to Paddington	Midstop nearly all of West End
19	Finsbury Park to Battersea	Midstop Piccadilly Circus
22	Putney Common to Piccadilly Circus	Terminates
23	Liverpool St. Station to Ladbroke Grove	Midstop nearly all of West End
24	Pimlico to Hampstead Heath	Midstop Trafalgar Sq./Leicester Sq.
38	Victoria to Clapton	Midstop Piccadilly Circus
53	Oxford Circus to Plumstead Station	Midstop Trafalgar Sq./Piccadilly Circus
68	West Norwood to Euston	Midstop Covent Garden
76	County Hall to Northumberland Park	Midstop Covent Garden
77A	Wandsworth to Aldwych	Midstop Trafalgar Sq./Covent Garden
88	Oxford Circus to Clapham Common	Midstop Trafalgar Sq./Piccadilly Circus
94	Acton Green to Piccadilly Circus	Terminates
109	Croydon to Trafalgar Square	Terminates
139	Trafalgar Square to West Hampstead	Midstop Piccadilly Circus
159	Baker Street Station to Streatham	Midstop Trafalgar Sq./Piccadilly Circus
168	Elephant & Castle to Hampstead Heath	Midstop Covent Garden
171	Catford Garage to Holborn Station	Midstop Covent Garden
176	Penge to Oxford Circus	Midstop Trafalgar Square

Road
From the west take the A4 into London and straight into the heart of the West End.
From the east take the A12 or A2 into London.
From the north take the A1 or A10 into London.
From the south west take the A3 into London. Parking is however difficult and expensive and cars are subject to congestion charging.

Tubes
There are several central tube stations in the West End : Piccadilly Circus (Bakerloo, Piccadilly line), Leicester Square (Northern, Piccadilly line), Charing Cross (Northern, Bakerloo, Jubilee line), Green Park (Piccadilly, Victoria, Jubilee Line), and Covent Garden (Piccadilly line).

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