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Lines Served

west

South Kensington

Sloane Square

Victoria

east

Where To Get On

• The entrances to the platforms are towards the drivers end of the west bound line, and the rear of the eastbound. The platforms are emptiest at either the opposite end to the entrance - thats probably the best place to get on, although you will have to fight to get there if the platform is crowded.

Where To Alight

• Westbound - 1 or 2 carriages before the front of the train
• Eastbound - 1 or 2 carriages just before the end of the train

If the escalators are full, and you don't walking up stairs, you can get to some non-moving stairs just beside each of the escalators - they're the entrance to the platform so there may be people walking against you.

Facilities

• Treats: snacks and stuff, halfway down the westbound platform

Other

At the Western end of the platform is a huge pipe running diagonally across the ceiling. This is the conduited [River Westbourne]?, on its way from the Serpentine to the River Thames. See Lost Rivers for more on this.