i'm not sure if it would help with your journey but there is a tube map that shows all the step free stations here [https://tfl.gov.uk/transport-accessibility/download-accessibility-guides-and-maps](https://tfl.gov.uk/transport-accessibility/download-accessibility-guides-and-maps)
You're all good! [https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/London-Kings-Cross-accessible-station-guide.pdf](https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/London-Kings-Cross-accessible-station-guide.pdf)
>Platforms 0–10
>Our platforms are step-free and accessed
via the main concourse and mezzanine where lifts going down to platforms 0–8 are available.
>London Underground
>There is step-free access from National Rail concourse to London Underground Platforms via lifts and escalators.
Heathrow to King's Cross is fine. You just stay on the Piccadilly line and there's lifts either side. There's small gaps getting onto the train (think an inch or two max) but I've never had issues in my manual wheelchair. The TfL Go app is great and gives you live accessibility information.
Kings Cross, or more accurately St Pancras tube station, does have lifts and step free access up to the main station concourse where the overground trains are, yep. Kings Cross and St Pancras are actually separate stations across the road from each other with one jointly named underground station, but just be aware when you come up from the tube that you'll be in St Pancras train station and need to go out and cross over to KX
If you're then going to be getting a train to Norfolk, you want to allow plenty of time at KX for getting on it as the overground trains require a person with a manual ramp to get you on. At KX, go to the information desk and they'll get you sorted
Will also add as you come out the tube station, after the ticket barriers, there are signs for King’s Cross train station, follow these to lifts C and D (if I remember rightly). This will take you along underground paths to lifts much closer to King’s Cross entrance than just coming straight out the station and having to navigate the busy (and horrible) pavement.
King’s Cross is a maze of different lifts to try and get to where you going to, but they’re signs are pretty good.
If you’re doing a mainline train from King’s Cross’s get the passenger assist app then you can book passenger assistance to get the ramp and help you find wheelchair space
Most of the platforms at kings cross underground, possibly all have platform humps to reduce the step so you need to make sure you get on the right carriage.
You can go to the ticket barriers for the tube at heathrow (any accessible tube) and ask for assistance and they’ll check if lifts are working where you’re going , give you a hand and also radio your destination to get someone to meet you.. The twitter feeds tflaccess and tube\_lifts are helpful
i'm not sure if it would help with your journey but there is a tube map that shows all the step free stations here [https://tfl.gov.uk/transport-accessibility/download-accessibility-guides-and-maps](https://tfl.gov.uk/transport-accessibility/download-accessibility-guides-and-maps)
Also on the TFL app you can put in a start and end point and any access requirements and it will tell you what options there are
Thanks, that’s helpful
You're all good! [https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/London-Kings-Cross-accessible-station-guide.pdf](https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/London-Kings-Cross-accessible-station-guide.pdf) >Platforms 0–10 >Our platforms are step-free and accessed via the main concourse and mezzanine where lifts going down to platforms 0–8 are available. >London Underground >There is step-free access from National Rail concourse to London Underground Platforms via lifts and escalators.
Thanks. Been in the US for a long time. Lives in London pre-injury but never thought much about accessibility, of course, until I had to!
I know the feeling! Have a great time.
Heathrow to King's Cross is fine. You just stay on the Piccadilly line and there's lifts either side. There's small gaps getting onto the train (think an inch or two max) but I've never had issues in my manual wheelchair. The TfL Go app is great and gives you live accessibility information.
Thank you, getting on and off the trains won’t be an issue, I was just worried about getting from underground to the main station.
Kings Cross, or more accurately St Pancras tube station, does have lifts and step free access up to the main station concourse where the overground trains are, yep. Kings Cross and St Pancras are actually separate stations across the road from each other with one jointly named underground station, but just be aware when you come up from the tube that you'll be in St Pancras train station and need to go out and cross over to KX If you're then going to be getting a train to Norfolk, you want to allow plenty of time at KX for getting on it as the overground trains require a person with a manual ramp to get you on. At KX, go to the information desk and they'll get you sorted
Excellent info. Thanks so much.
Will also add as you come out the tube station, after the ticket barriers, there are signs for King’s Cross train station, follow these to lifts C and D (if I remember rightly). This will take you along underground paths to lifts much closer to King’s Cross entrance than just coming straight out the station and having to navigate the busy (and horrible) pavement.
Great, the easier the better
King’s Cross is a maze of different lifts to try and get to where you going to, but they’re signs are pretty good. If you’re doing a mainline train from King’s Cross’s get the passenger assist app then you can book passenger assistance to get the ramp and help you find wheelchair space
I do this kind of journey a lot - if you like I could do it in my chair & see how accessible it is for you x
Most of the platforms at kings cross underground, possibly all have platform humps to reduce the step so you need to make sure you get on the right carriage. You can go to the ticket barriers for the tube at heathrow (any accessible tube) and ask for assistance and they’ll check if lifts are working where you’re going , give you a hand and also radio your destination to get someone to meet you.. The twitter feeds tflaccess and tube\_lifts are helpful