Barbican Station live Tube departures

Barbican is in Fare Zone 1. See our 2026 Tube fares guide for what you actually pay across zones.

Barbican Station is served by the Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City and Circle lines. Current status: Metropolitan (Good Service), Hammersmith & City (Good Service), Circle (Good Service). Tap any line at the top of the page for live departures.

Barbican is at Aldersgate St, London, EC1A 4JA. See the About section for full location details.

Barbican has step-free access on at least one line, via lift from street to platform. Live lift status is shown on this page. Set up free step-free alerts to be notified when a lift is out of service.

Barbican 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 Barbican are Farringdon (6 min walk), St Paul's (7 min walk), Moorgate (8 min walk). Useful if a line is suspended or you fancy a walk.

Barbican is typically busiest around 08:00 on Thursdays, based on hourly footfall patterns. Right now it's quieter than usual. The chart on this page shows the full day's pattern.

Barbican is open with no station-level closures reported. All 3 lines are running. Live status is shown at the top of this page and refreshes every few minutes.

Lines through Barbican have logged 135 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.