Zone 3 · Hammersmith & City · District
Most reliable line here: Hammersmith & City at 74.3%.
Severe-status incidents on lines through Plaistow Station in the last:
Full reliability history: Hammersmith & City · District
average depth below street level
Street level

Platform
Plaistow Station's platforms sit on average 6.6 metres below the main entrance - shallower than the typical Tube station, which averages around 8 metres down. Individual platforms can vary.
E13 0DYPlaistow Station is not listed on TfL's step-free Tube guide. Access typically involves stairs or escalators. The nearest step-free alternative is Abbey Road (11 min walk).
For platform-by-platform access info, see AccessAble's guide for Plaistow Station.
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940GZZLUPLWPlaistow is in Fare Zone 3. See our 2026 Tube fares guide for what you actually pay across zones.
Plaistow Station is served by the Hammersmith & City and District lines. Current status: Hammersmith & City (Good Service), District (Good Service). Tap any line at the top of the page for live departures.
Plaistow is at Plaistow Rd, London, E13 0DY. See the About section for full location details.
No. Plaistow is not listed on TfL's step-free Tube guide - access typically involves stairs or escalators. The nearest step-free alternative is Abbey Road (11 min walk). Get free step-free disruption alerts for lifts elsewhere on the network.
Plaistow is not on the Night Tube network - none of the lines through this station run overnight on Fridays and Saturdays. See our Night Tube guide for which lines do.
The closest alternative stations to Plaistow are Abbey Road (11 min walk), West Ham (11 min walk). Useful if a line is suspended or you fancy a walk.
Plaistow is typically busiest around 16:00 on Wednesdays, based on hourly footfall patterns. Right now it's busier than usual. The chart on this page shows the full day's pattern.
Plaistow is open with no station-level closures reported. Both lines are running. Live status is shown at the top of this page and refreshes every few minutes.
Lines through Plaistow have logged 134 severe-status incidents in the last 30 days. See the Recent disruption section above for the breakdown by line, and each line's reliability page for the full history.
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