The Tube with kids or a buggy
Free travel for under-11s, buggies on escalators, and where to find lifts and baby changing.
Who travels free
Children under 11 travel free on buses and trams at any time, and on the Tube, DLR, Overground and Elizabeth line when travelling with an adult. One adult can take up to four children under 11 free. Older children can get discounts with a Zip Oyster photocard. More on fares.
Buggies and pushchairs
- Use the lift where there is one. TfL's Conditions of Carriage say you can take a buggy on moving escalators, but a double or tandem buggy must be folded first; if it can't be folded, don't use a moving escalator.
- Keep your child strapped in and the brake on whenever you stop, and never leave a buggy unattended. TfL suggests getting on and off backwards where there's a step.
- Mind the step and gap. Watch for thin grooves in the door runners on some trains if your pushchair has thin wheels.
- Space on board. TfL says most Tube trains have multi-purpose areas suitable for buggies, except on the Central, Waterloo & City and Bakerloo lines. Give up wheelchair spaces if a wheelchair user needs them.
- Staff may help carry a buggy on stairs, but can't always; they'll ask you to carry your child and fold the buggy.
Stations with baby changing
TfL's station data lists baby changing at 53 Tube stations:
- Acton Town
- Baker Street
- Barking
- Barkingside
- Battersea Power Station
- Becontree
- Blackfriars
- Cannon Street
- Canons Park
- Charing Cross
- Dollis Hill
- Ealing Broadway
- Elephant & Castle
- Epping
- Euston
- Farringdon
- Finchley Road
- Golders Green
- Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3
- Hounslow East
- Kensington (Olympia)
- Kilburn
- King's Cross St Pancras
- Kingsbury
- Liverpool Street
- London Bridge
- Marylebone
- Morden
- Newbury Park
- Nine Elms
- North Ealing
- North Greenwich
- Northfields
- Northolt
- Paddington
- Paddington (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines)
- Park Royal
- Piccadilly Circus
- Queensbury
- Richmond
- Roding Valley
- Seven Sisters
- St John's Wood
- Tottenham Hale
- Turnpike Lane
- Victoria
- Waterloo
- Wembley Park
- West Finchley
- Whitechapel
- Willesden Junction
- Wimbledon
- Wood Lane
Level boarding with a step-free route
At these 34 stations, TfL's station data records a step-free route from the street and level access to the train at every Tube platform, which is the easiest combination with a pushchair:
- Amersham
- Brixton
- Caledonian Road
- Chalfont & Latimer
- Chorleywood
- Colindale
- Earl's Court
- East Ham
- Edgware
- Elm Park
- Finchley Central
- Finsbury Park
- Green Park
- Hammersmith (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines)
- Hammersmith (District and Piccadilly lines)
- Harrow-on-the-Hill
- Heathrow Terminal 4
- Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3
- Hendon Central
- Hounslow West
- King's Cross St Pancras
- Kingsbury
- London Bridge
- Morden
- Northolt
- Oakwood
- Paddington (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines)
- Pinner
- Tottenham Hale
- Vauxhall
- Wembley Park
- Whitechapel
- Wimbledon
- Woodside Park
Lifts can be out of service, so check each station's live page on TfL before you go.
Sources: TfL Getting around with your buggy, Planning a journey with your buggy, Conditions of Carriage (section 9) and TfL station data dated 20 October 2026. Last checked 24 October 2026.