How it works
Tell it where you are and where they are. It finds the station where your journeys are most even, then shows good places right by the exit.
- Where are you? Use your location, search for a station, or pick a whole line if any stop on it works for you.
- Where are they? Same again for the person you are meeting. Add up to two more people afterwards.
- Meet. You get the fairest station, each person's route and time, and pubs, bars and cafés by the exit. Share the plan as a link.
Questions
What is getaround.london?
A free planner that finds the fairest station for two to four people to meet in London, starting from any Tube, Overground, DLR, Elizabeth line, tram or National Rail station, then shows pubs, bars and cafés right by the exit.
What does "fairest" mean?
By default it balances everyone's journey so nobody travels much longer than anyone else. You can switch to the fastest total journey or the fewest changes.
What does "anywhere on a line" mean?
If someone can easily get to any stop on, say, the Victoria line, choose that line instead of one station. The planner then picks the stop on that line that makes the meetup fairest and tells them where to go.
Are the times live?
No. TfL timetable run times on the Tube, DLR and trams, distance-based estimates for the Overground, Elizabeth line and National Rail, and 4 minutes for each change. They are estimates, not live times, and leave out walking to the station and waiting for a train. Live line status from TfL warns you about delays on the lines your route uses.
Where do the places come from?
Live opening hours and ratings come from Google Maps. Where live data is not available we show our own picks and AI suggestions, labelled as such.
Which exit should we use?
When you pick a place, the planner suggests the station exit nearest to it, using TfL's entrance locations, and times the walk from there.
What if a line is suspended?
The planner reads live TfL line status and routes around suspended or closed lines, and tells you when it has done so.
Which stations do you cover?
Every Tube, Overground, DLR, Elizabeth line, tram and National Rail station in London's fare zones: 633 stations, from Pinner and Hatch End to Surbiton and Stratford. Meeting points are central stations and interchanges further out. Guide pages cover 31 central stations.
Data
Line status: TfL Open Data. Places: Google Maps Platform, plus our own picks and suggestions from Google Gemini. Routes: our own model of the network, using TfL's station and entrance locations.
getaround.london is an independent service by Mindmaker LLC.
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