Elephant & Castle

Elephant & Castle station, Elephant Road, Camberwell, London
SE17 1LB

Elephant & Castle at a glance

  • Ticket Office
  • Ticket Machine
  • Prepurchase Collection
  • Car Park
  • Step Free Access
  • Toilets
  • WiFi
  • Bus Services
  • Cycle Storage Sheltered

Station details

Accessibility Information

There is information about accessibility

Accessible Ticket Machines

Yes

Customer Help Points

Elephant & Castle Passenger Assistance Meeting Point 0:

Assistance Meeting Point


Meet in the ticket office. If no staff are present, please contact staff at the ticket gates or platform.

Height Adjusted Ticket Office Counter

There is no Low-Level counter here

Passenger Assistance

Elephant & Castle Passenger Assistance Meeting Point 0
Location :

Assistance Meeting Point


Meet in the ticket office. If no staff are present, please contact staff at the ticket gates or platform.

Staff Help Available

Yes

Step Free Access

C, no step-free access to any platform

This is a Category C station: This station does not have step-free access.

The Assistance Meeting Point is by the Ticket Office.

This station does not have tactile surfaces along all platform edges. Please pay attention to where the platform surface changes from smooth to paved or contact us for assistance.

Step Free Category

C, no step-free access to any platform

Ticket Barriers

Yes

This station does not offer

Accessible Parking, Accessible Public Telephones, Accessible Taxis, Accessible Booking Office Counter, Escalator Information, Impaired Mobility Set Down, Induction Loop, Lifts, National Key Toilets, Nearest Accessible Stations, Ramp For Train Access, Wheelchairs Available

Contactless

Always check pay as you go with contactless is accepted at your destination before you tap in. For more information visit thameslinkrailway.com/contactless.

London Fare Zone

Zone 1/2

Oyster

Oyster top-up is only available from the self-service ticket machine. Oyster Cards cannot be purchased at this station. Always check Oyster is accepted at your destination before you tap in.


Top-up at Ticket Machine

Penalty Fares

Applicable Operators: Thameslink

Prepurchase Collection

Collect from Ticket Machine

Smartcards

For more information on using the Key smartcard, please visit the Key smartcard webpage on the Thameslink website.


Validators Available

Ticket Machine

Yes

Ticket Machine Accessibility

Ticket buying and collection, upper concourse
Manoeuvring Space : There is space in front of the ticket machine to manoeuvre a wheelchair
Wheelchair Height : The controls are at a suitable height for wheelchair users

Ticket Office

Yes

This station does not offer

Travel Centre

Bus Services

Information to plan your onward journey is available in the ‘Onward Travel Information Map’, located in the ‘Maps’ section below.

Cycle Storage Availability

No

Rail Replacement Maps

Rail Replacement Bus Map - Elephant & Castle - https://assets.nationalrail.co.uk/e8xgegruud3g/1lRebjb1aLR5zwhGMry39p/76bd00b4f644643af38561f546373347/2025-01_CI_TL_RRB_EPH_DR.pdf

Rail Replacement Services

Please click the link for details regarding the rail replacement bus location.

This station does not offer

Airport, Car Hire, Car Park, Cycle Hire, Cycle Storage Cctv, Cycle Storage Location, Cycle Storage Sheltered, Cycle Storage Spaces, Cycle Storage Type, Parking Spaces, Port, Taxi Rank

Announcements

Announcements are made both visually and audibly

Help Points

There are Help Points

The Assistance Meeting Point is by the Ticket Office.


All Help Points have induction loops

Helpline

If you choose to travel unbooked (turn up and go), when the station is staffed, our station staff can provide assistance getting on and off the train and assistance around the station and to the platform. Please contact a member of staff on arrival.

Trains calling at this station do not have on board staff. Alternatively, you can arrange assistance by:

  • Pressing the “emergency & assisted travel” button on a station Help Point
  • Calling our freephone number: 0800 058 2844
  • Texting us on 0800 138 1018

Whether you pre book assistance or travel on a 'turn up and go' basis, we recommend arriving 20 minutes prior to your train departing. This is to allow us to make sure arrangements are in place at your destination, or interchange, station such as the availability of staff and lifts. If there is insufficient time to check these arrangements, we may assist you onto the next available train.

For further information on assisted travel please see:

Accessibility at the station - Thameslink.


0800 058 2844

Information Available

Yes - from help point

Lost Property

If you have lost something at a Thameslink station or onboard a Thameslink train, please visit the Thameslink Website and use the webform to register your lost item.

Some Thameslink trains serve stations which are managed by other train operators (see below). You should consider logging your lost item with them, just in case it's been handed in at one of their stations.

If you have found an item of lost property, please hand it in to a member of staff.

Staffing Level

Part time

This station does not offer

Customer Service, Left Luggage

Atm Machine

Yes

Baby Change

Yes

CCTV

Yes

Information Points

There are information points

Information Services

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
05:00:00.000 - 00:30:00.000

Saturday
06:00:00.000 - 00:30:00.000

Sunday
09:00:00.000 - 00:00:00.000

Printed Local Information

There is accessible printed information available

Refreshment Facilities

Yes

Waiting Room

Heated waiting areas are available on platforms 2, 3 and 4 during staffed hours.

This station does not offer

Bureau De Change, Defibrillator, First Class Lounge, Limited Service, Pay Phones, Post Box, Request Stop, Shops, Toilets, Trolleys, WiFi

Departures and arrivals from Elephant & Castle

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