Let’s cut to the chase. The train station nearest to the O2 Arena is North Greenwich on the Jubilee line. Yes, that one. It’s not a secret. It’s not a quirky back-alley station. It’s the big, glassy, spaceship-looking thing that drops you off about a three-minute walk from the arena doors. Seriously, you step off the train, follow the herd, and boom—you’re there, staring at that massive dome like it’s a giant silver pimple on London’s face.
But here’s the kicker: if you miss the Jubilee line—or, more accurately, if TfL decides to do “essential maintenance” on a Friday night—you’ve got Canary Wharf as a backup on the DLR. That station is a five-minute bus ride or a ten-minute walk, if you enjoy walking through a tunnel that smells faintly of wet concrete and ambition. Honestly, it’s like choosing between a warm hug and a polite handshake. North Greenwich is the hug. Canary Wharf is the handshake that lasts three seconds too long.
