London Buses operates within Greater London , with some routes spilling into the Home Counties .
This page is a list of Transport for London (TfL) contracted London Bus routes in London , as well as private services that enter the Greater London area (except coaches ).
Route Number
Type of Service
1–599
Day routes, including 24-hour services
600–699
School services, normally operating only one return journey per day*
700–899
Regional and national coach services
900–999
Mobility bus routes,only the 969 remain.
N-prefixed routes
Night routes
X-prefixed routes
Express routes
Other letter-prefixed routes
Local day routes, including 24-hour services, with the letter(s) denoting a key area the bus travels through.
*Except 603 and 607, which are normal day time routes
†
Transport for London services that cross the Greater London boundary. Standard ticketing applies throughout.
Historically, bus routes run by London Transport were grouped by the type of service that they provided.
The 1924 London Traffic Act imposed a numbering scheme known as the Bassom Scheme, named after Chief Constable A.E. Bassom of the Metropolitan Police who made it. Changing and short lines used letter suffixes. The numbers were grouped also by the company that operated the route.
The numbering was revised in 1934 after London Transport was formed:[ 1]
All routes operate in both directions unless detailed.
Route
Start
End
Operator
Notes
100
St. Paul's
Shadwell station
London Central
101
Gallions Reach Shopping Park
Wanstead
Blue Triangle
102
Brent Cross bus station
Edmonton Green station
Arriva London
24 hour operation between Edmonton Green and Golders Green[ 27]
103
Chase Cross
Rainham Interchange
Arriva London
104
Manor Park
Stratford bus station
Blue Triangle
105
Greenford station
Heathrow Airport, Central bus station
London United
24 hour operation[ 28]
106
Finsbury Park bus station
Whitechapel
London General
107
Edgware bus station
New Barnet
Metroline
108
Lewisham Station
Stratford International Station
London Central
24 hour operation[ 21]
109
Brixton
Croydon , Town Centre
Abellio London
110
Hounslow bus station
Hammersmith bus station
London United
111
Heathrow Airport, Central bus station
Kingston Cromwell Road bus station
London United
24 hour operation[ 28]
112
North Finchley
Ealing Broadway
Metroline
113
Edgware bus station
Marble Arch
Metroline
114
Mill Hill Broadway
Ruislip
Metroline
Also runs throughout Friday and Saturday night
115
Aldgate
East Ham Central Park
Blue Triangle
116
Ashford Hospital
Hounslow bus station
London United
117
Staines
Isleworth , West Middlesex Hospital
London United
118
Brixton
Morden
London General
119
Bromley North Station
Purley Way , Colonnades
London General
24 hour operation[ 29]
120
Hounslow bus station
Northolt
Metroline
121
Enfield Island Village
Turnpike Lane bus station
Arriva London
122
Crystal Palace
Plumstead , Bus Garage
Stagecoach London
123
Ilford
Wood Green
Arriva London [ 30]
Also runs throughout Friday and Saturday night, night service introduced in 2016[ 31]
124
Catford , St Dunstan's College
Eltham , Southend Crescent
Stagecoach London
125
Colindale station
Winchmore Hill
London Sovereign
126
Bromley , Town Centre
Eltham , High Street
London General
127
Purley
Tooting Broadway
London General
128
Claybury Broadway
Romford station
Stagecoach London
24 hour operation[ 21]
129
Lewisham
North Greenwich Station
London Central
Start was changed in 2022.
130[ 32]
New Addington , Vulcan Way
Thornton Heath , Parchmore Road
Abellio London
131
Kingston Fairfield bus station
Tooting Broadway
London General
Operated by London United until September 2017.[ 33]
132[ 34]
Bexleyheath , Town Centre
North Greenwich Station
London Central
Weekend 24 Hour service[ 15] Extended from Eltham station to North Greenwich in 2009.[ 26]
133
Liverpool Street bus station
Streatham station
Arriva London
134
North Finchley
Warren Street
Metroline
24 hour operation.[ 2]
135
Crossharbour station
Old Street station
Docklands Buses
136
Elephant & Castle
Grove Park station
Stagecoach London
137
Marble Arch
Streatham Hill Telford Avenue
Arriva London
138
Bromley North Station
Coney Hall , Chestnut Avenue
London General
139
Golders Green station
Waterloo
Metroline
24 hour operation[ 2]
140
Harrow Weald
Hayes & Harlington station
Metroline
141
London Bridge bus station
Palmers Green North Circular Road
Arriva London
142
Brent Cross bus station
Watford Junction station
London Sovereign
143
Archway
Brent Cross bus station
Metroline
144
Edmonton Green station
Muswell Hill
Arriva London
145
Dagenham Asda
Leytonstone bus station
Stagecoach London
24 hour operation (weekends)[ 35]
146[ 36]
Bromley North Station
Downe , Church
Stagecoach London
147
Canning Town Station
Ilford
Blue Triangle
148[ 5]
Camberwell Green
Shepherd's Bush White City bus station (nights only)
London United
24 hour operation[ 2]
149
Edmonton Green station
London Bridge bus station
Arriva London
24 hour operation[ 2]
150
Becontree Heath Leisure Centre
Chigwell Row
Arriva London
151
Wallington
Worcester Park
London General
152
New Malden Fountain Roundabout
Pollards Hill
London General
153
Finsbury Park bus station
Liverpool Street bus station
London Central
154
Morden
West Croydon bus station
London General
24 hour operation (weekends)[ 15]
155
Elephant & Castle
Tooting St George's Hospital
London General
156
Vauxhall bus station
Wimbledon
Abellio London
157
Crystal Palace
Morden
Arriva London
158
Chingford Mount
Stratford bus station
Arriva London
Also runs throughout Friday and Saturday night
159
Oxford Circus
Streatham station
Abellio London
24 hour operation[ 2]
160[ 37]
Catford Bridge Station
Sidcup Station
Stagecoach London
161
Chislehurst , War Memorial
North Greenwich Station
Stagecoach London
162
Beckenham Junction Station
Eltham Station
London General
163
Morden
Wimbledon
London General
164
Wimbledon
Sutton station
London
General
165
Rainham Abbey Wood Lane
Romford The Brewery
Stagecoach London
166
Banstead , Marks & Spencer OR Epsom , Hospital
West Croydon , Bus Station
Arriva London
167
Ilford
Loughton
Stagecoach London
168
Hampstead Heath
Old Kent Road Tesco
Metroline
169
Barking , Town Centre
Clayhall
Stagecoach London
170
Roehampton Danebury Avenue
Victoria
London General
171
Bellingham Catford bus garage
Elephant & Castle
London Central
172
Brockley Rise
Aldwych
London Central
Ran to Clerkenwell Green until 2019.[ 11]
173
Beckton station
King George Hospital
Stagecoach London
174
Dagenham Marsh Way
Harold Hill Dagnam Park Square
Stagecoach London
175
Dagenham New Road
Hillrise Estate
Arriva London
176
Penge
Tottenham Court Road station
London Central
24 hour operation[ 2]
177
Peckham , Bus Station
Thamesmead , Town Centre
Stagecoach London
178
Lewisham Lewisham
Woolwich , Town Centre
London Central
179
Chingford station
Ilford
Stagecoach London
180[ 37]
Erith, Fraser Road
North Greenwich
Stagecoach London
Start extended from Belvedere Industrial estate and end changed from Lewisham Shopping centre in 2022
181
Grove Park
Lewisham station
Stagecoach London
182
Brent Cross bus station
Harrow Weald Oxhey Lane
Metroline
183
Golders Green station
Pinner
London Sovereign
Also runs throughout Friday and Saturday night
184
Barnet Chesterfield Road
Turnpike Lane bus station
London General
185
Lewisham station
Victoria
London Central
186
Brent Cross bus station
Northwick Park Hospital
Metroline
187
Finchley Road O2 Centre
Central Middlesex Hospital
Metroline
188
North Greenwich bus station
Russell Square
London Central
24 hour operation[ 2]
189
Brent Cross bus station
Marble Arch
Metroline
24 hour operation[ 2]
190
Richmond
West Brompton
Metroline
191
Brimsdown
Edmonton Green station
Arriva London
192
Enfield
Tottenham Hale bus station
Arriva London
193[ 38]
County Park Estate
Romford Queen's Hospital
Blue Triangle
194
Lower Sydenham
West Croydon bus station
Arriva London
195
Brentford County Court
Charville Lane Estate
Abellio London
196
Elephant & Castle
Norwood Junction station
Abellio London
197
Croydon Town Centre
Peckham bus station
London General
198
Shrublands
Thornton Heath High Street
Arriva London
199
Bellingham Catford bus garage
Canada Water bus station
Stagecoach London
Route
Start
End
Operator
Notes
200[ 39]
Mitcham
Raynes Park
London General
201
Herne Hill
Morden
Abellio London
202
Blackheath Royal Standard
Crystal Palace
Arriva London
203
Hounslow bus station
Staines
London United
204
Edgware bus station
Sudbury Town station
Metroline
205
Bow Church
Paddington
Stagecoach London
206
Kilburn Park
Wembley Park The Paddocks
Metroline
207
Hayes By-Pass
White City bus station
Abellio London
208
Lewisham station
Orpington Perry Hall Road
London General
209
Mortlake
Castelnau , Lonsdale Road
London General
Suspended between Castelnau and Hammersmith due to the closure of Hammersmith Bridge
210
Brent Cross bus station
Finsbury Park bus station
Metroline
211
Hammersmith bus station
Waterloo
London United
212
Chingford station
St James's Street
London General
213
Kingston Fairfield bus station
Sutton Bushey Road
London General
24 hour operation[ 40] [ 41]
214[ 5]
Highgate Village
Moorgate Finsbury Square
London General
24 hour operation[ 2]
215
Walthamstow bus station
Lea Valley Camp Site
Stagecoach London
216
Kingston Cromwell Road bus station
Staines
London United
217[ 22]
Turnpike Lane bus station
Waltham Cross
Sullivan Buses
218
North Acton
Hammersmith bus station
London Transit
Introduced in December 2019. Peak frequency of every 10 minutes.[ 42]
219
Clapham Junction Asda
Wimbledon station
London General
220
Wandsworth
Willesden Junction station
London United
24 hour operation[ 28]
221
Edgware bus station
Turnpike Lane bus station
Arriva London
222
Hounslow bus station
Uxbridge station
Metroline
24 hour operation[ 15]
223[ 43]
Harrow bus station
Wembley Central station
Metroline
224
St Raphael's
Alperton Sainsburys
London United
225
Canada Water bus station
Hither Green
London Central
226
Ealing Broadway
Golders Green station
Metroline
227
Bromley North Station
Crystal Palace , Parade
London General
228
Central Middlesex Hospital
Maida Hill The Chippenham
London Transit
229
Sidcup , Queen Mary's Hospital
Thamesmead , Town Centre
Arriva London
230
Upper Walthamstow
Wood Green station
London General
231
Enfield Chase
Turnpike Lane bus station
Metroline
232
St Raphael's
Turnpike Lane bus station
Go Ahead London, London General
233
Eltham Station
Swanley , Beechanlea Lane
London General
234
Barnet The Spires
Highgate Wood
Metroline
235
North Brentford Quarter
Sunbury Village
London United
Extended in 2013 to serve the Great West Quarter development in Brentford.[ 44] Transferred from Metroline to London United on 8 January 2022.[ 37]
236
Finsbury Park bus station
Hackney Wick
Tower Transit
237
Hounslow Heath
White City bus station
Metroline
238
Barking, London
Stratford bus station
Stagecoach London
24 hour operation[ 15]
240
Edgware bus station
Golders Green station
Metroline
241
Canning Town Barking Road
Stratford City bus station
Stagecoach London
242
Homerton University Hospital
Aldgate bus station
Arriva London
243
Waterloo
Wood Green station
Arriva London
24 hour operation[ 2]
244
Abbey Wood
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
London General
245[ 5]
Alperton Sainsbury's
Golders Green station
Metroline
246[ 45]
Bromley North Station
Westerham , Green OR Chartwell (Summer Sundays only)
Stagecoach London
247
Barkingside
Romford station
Stagecoach London
248
Cranham
Romford Market
Stagecoach London
249
Anerley station
Clapham Common
Arriva London
250
Brixton
Croydon Town Centre
Arriva London
251
Arnos Grove
Edgware
London Sovereign
252
Collier Row
Hornchurch Town Centre
Stagecoach London
253
Euston bus station
Hackney Central
Arriva London
254[ 5]
Aldgate bus station
Holloway Nag's Head
Arriva London
255
Balham
Pollards Hill
Arriva London
256
Hornchurch Miramar Way
Noak Hill
Stagecoach London
257
Stratford bus station
Walthamstow bus station
Stagecoach London
258
South Harrow
Watford Junction
London United
259
Edmonton Green station
Kings Cross
Arriva London
260
Golders Green
White City
Metroline
261
Lewisham station
Princess Royal University Hospital
Stagecoach London
262[ 18]
East Beckton Sainsbury's
Stratford bus station
Stagecoach London
Moving to Go-Ahead in 2 March 2024.[ 46]
263
Barnet Hospital
Highbury Barn
Metroline
264
West Croydon bus station
Tooting St George's Hospital
Arriva London
24 hour operation[ 47]
265
Putney Bridge
Tolworth
London United
266
Brent Cross
Acton Old Town Hall
London United
267
Fulwell
Hammersmith bus station
Abellio London
268
Finchley Road O2 Centre
Golders Green station
Metroline
269
Bexleyheath , Town Centre
Bromley North Station
Arriva London
270
Mitcham
Putney Bridge
Abellio London
271
Highgate village
Moorgate Finsbury Square
Metroline
24 hour operation[ 2]
272
Chiswick Grove Park
Shepherd's Bush
London United
273
Lewisham Tesco
Petts Wood
Stagecoach London
274
Islington Angel
Lancaster Gate
Metroline
275
Barkingside
St James's Street
Stagecoach London
Crosses border into Essex at Grange Hill
276
Newham Hospital
Stoke Newington
Go Ahead London, Docklands Buses
277
Crossharbour station
Dalston Junction
Stagecoach London
278
Ruislip station
Heathrow Airport, Central bus station
Abellio London
Introduced in December 2019.[ 48]
279
Manor House
Waltham Cross
Arriva London
280
Tooting St George's Hospital
Belmont station
London General
281
Hounslow bus station
Tolworth
London United
24 hour operation[ 10]
282
Ealing Hospital
Mount Vernon Hospital
Metroline
283
East Acton
Hammersmith
London United
284
Lewisham
Grove Park Cemetery
Stagecoach London
285
Heathrow Airport, Central bus station
Kingston Cromwell Road bus station
Abellio London
24 hour operation[ 28]
286
Greenwich , Cutty Sark
Sidcup , Queen Mary's Hospital
London Central
287
Barking
Rainham Abbey Wood Lane
Stagecoach London
288
Broadfields Estate
Queensbury Morrisons
London Sovereign
289
Elmers End
Purley
Arriva London
290
Staines
Twickenham
Abellio London
291
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Woodlands Estate
London Central
292
Borehamwood , Rossington Avenue
Colindale Asda
Metroline
293
Epsom Hospital
Morden
London United
294
Havering Park
Noak Hill
Stagecoach London
295
Clapham Junction station
Ladbroke Grove Sainsbury's
Metroline
24 hour operation[ 28]
296
Ilford
Romford station
Stagecoach London
297
Ealing Broadway
Willesden bus garage
Metroline
24 hour operation[ 28]
298
Arnos Grove
Potters Bar station
Sullivan Buses
Continued north to an industrial estate until being cut back in 2010.[ 49]
299
Muswell Hill
Cockfosters
Sullivan Buses
Route
Start
End
Operator
Notes
300
Canning Town bus station
East Ham station
Blue Triangle
301
Bexleyheath
Woolwich
Arriva London
Introduced in July 2019.[ 50]
302
Mill Hill Broadway
Kensal Rise
Metroline
303
Kingsbury Circle
Edgware bus station
London Sovereign
306
Acton Vale
Sands End
Metroline
Introduced in December 2019. Peak frequency of every 12 minutes.[ 42]
307
Barnet Hospital
Brimsdown
Metroline
308
Clapton Pond
Wanstead
Tower Transit
309
Bethnal Green London Chest Hospital
Canning Town bus station
HCT Group
312
Norwood Junction
South Croydon bus garage
Arriva London
313
Chingford station
Potters Bar station
Arriva London
314
Eltham station
New Addington
Stagecoach London
315
Balham
West Norwood
Abellio London
316
Cricklewood bus garage
White City
Metroline
317
Enfield
Waltham Cross
Metroline
318
North Middlesex Hospital
Stamford Hill
Arriva London
319
Sloane Square
Streatham Hill Telford Avenue
Arriva London
320
Biggin Hill Valley
Catford Bridge station
London General
321
Foots Cray , Tesco
New Cross , Sainsbury's
London Central
24 hour operation[ 14]
322
Clapham Common
Crystal Palace
London General
323
Canning Town bus station
Mile End
Stagecoach London
324
Brent Cross Tesco
Elstree , Centennial Park
Metroline
325
East Beckton Sainsbury's
Prince Regent station
Arriva London
326
Barnet The Spires
Brent Cross bus station
London Sovereign
327
Waltham Cross
Circular route via Elsinge Estate & Turkey Street
Sullivan Buses
328
Chelsea World's End
Golders Green station
Metroline
329
Enfield
Turnpike Lane bus station
Arriva London
330
Canning Town Station
Wanstead Park station
Stagecoach London
331
Ruislip
Uxbridge station
Metroline
332
Brent Park Superstores
Paddington
Metroline
333
Elephant & Castle
Tooting Broadway
Arriva London
335
Kidbrooke
North Greenwich bus station
Arriva London
Introduced in October 2019.[ 51]
336
Catford Bridge station
Locksbottom
Stagecoach London
337
Clapham Junction station
Richmond
London General
339
Leytonstone bus station
Shadwell
Tower Transit
340
Edgware bus station
Harrow bus station
Arriva London
341
Waterloo
Angel Road Superstores
Arriva London
24 hour operation[ 2]
343
Aldgate
New Cross Gate
London Central
344[ 5]
Clapham Junction station
Liverpool Street bus station
Abellio London
24 hour operation[ 2]
345
Peckham
South Kensington
Abellio London
24 hour operation[ 2]
346
Upminster Park Estate
Upminster station
Blue Triangle
347
Romford station
Ockendon
Arriva London
349
Ponders End bus garage
Stamford Hill
Arriva London
350
Hayes, Hillingdon Asda
Heathrow Terminal 5
Abellio London
352
Bromley North station
Lower Sydenham
London General
353
Forestdale
Ramsden Estate
London General
354
Bromley North station
Penge
London General
355
Brixton
Mitcham
London Central
356
Shirley
Upper Sydenham
Stagecoach London
357
Chingford Hatch
Whipps Cross Hospital (Sundays only)Whipps Cross
London General
358
Crystal Palace
Orpington station
London General
359
Addington Village
Purley
London General
360
Elephant & Castle
Royal Albert Hall
London Central
362
King George Hospital
Grange Hill station
Stagecoach London
363
Crystal Palace
Elephant & Castle
London Central
364
Dagenham East , Ballards Road
Ilford
Blue Triangle
365
Orchard Village
Havering Park
Stagecoach London
24 hour operation[ 21]
366
Beckton bus station
Redbridge
Stagecoach London
367
Bromley North station
West Croydon bus station
Abellio London
368[ 38]
Barking , Harts Lane
Chadwell Heath
Arriva London
370
Romford , Mercury Gardens
Lakeside Shopping Centre
Arriva London
371
Richmond
Kingston
London United
372
Hornchurch , Town Centre
Lakeside Shopping Centre
Stagecoach London
375
Romford station
Passingford Bridge
Arriva London
[ 52] [ 53]
376
Beckton bus station
East Ham , Newham Town Hall
Blue Triangle
377
Ponders End
Oakwood , Enfield Chase
Arriva London
378
Mortlake
Putney Bridge
London General
379
Chingford Station
Yardley Lane Estate
London General
380
Lewisham
Belmarsh Prison
Stagecoach London
381
County Hall
Peckham
Abellio London
382
Southgate station
Mill Hill East , Millbrook Park
Metroline
383
Barnet , The Spires
Finchley Memorial Hospital
Uno
384
Edgware bus station
Cockfosters station
Metroline
385
Chingford station
Crooked Billet Sainsbury's
HCT Group
386
Blackheath Village
Woolwich
London Central
388
London Bridge bus station
Stratford City bus station
HCT Group
389
Barnet , The Spires
Circular via Western Way
Sullivan Buses
390
Victoria bus station
Archway station
Metroline
24 hour operation[ 2]
393
Chalk Farm
Clapton
Metroline
394
Islington
Homerton University Hospital
HCT Group
395
Westway Cross Retail Park
Harrow Bus Station
London Sovereign
396
Ilford
King George Hospital
Blue Triangle
397
Crooked Billet Sainsbury's
Debden station
HCT Group
398
Ruislip
Wood End
London Sovereign
399
Barnet , The Spires
Circular via Hadley Wood station
Sullivan Buses
The majority of buses numbered between 600 and 699 are school services, running once on each weekday peak period during school term time.[ 62] The exception to this is route 607 , a limited stop express route.
Route
Start
End
Schools
Operator
Notes
601[ 34]
Thamesmead
Wilmington
Wilmington Hall School
Stagecoach London
602
Thamesmead
Bexleyheath
Townley Grammar School
Stagecoach London
603[ 63]
Swiss Cottage station
Muswell Hill
Sullivan Buses
Four return journeys per day.
605
Edgware Bus Station
Totteridge & Whetstone Station
Mill Hill County High School
Sullivan Buses
606
Queensbury
Barnet
The Totteridge Academy , Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
Metroline
607
White City bus station
Uxbridge station
n/a
Metroline
Limited stop Express
608[ 64]
Gallows Corner , Romford
Shenfield High School
Shenfield High School
Blue Triangle
Three morning and two afternoon journeys.
612
Selsdon
Wallington
Wallington County Grammar School , Riddlesdown Collegiate ,
The John Fisher School , Wallington High School for Girls
Arriva London
613
Worcester Park
Sutton Common
Glenthorne High School
London United
616
Winchmore Hill
Edmonton Green
The Latymer School
HCT Group
617[ 22]
Turnpike Lane bus station
Turkey Street station
St Ignatius' College
Sullivan Buses
621
Lewisham
Eltham
Stationers' Crown Woods Academy
London Central
624
Woolwich
Grove Park
Stationers' Crown Woods Academy
London Central
625
Plumstead Common
Chislehurst
London Central
626
Finchley
Potters Bar
Dame Alice Owen's School
Sullivan Buses
627
Woodcote Green
Worcester Park
Wallington High School for Girls
Arriva London
628
Southgate
Kingsbury Jews' Free School
Jews' Free School
Sullivan Buses
629[ 22]
Wood Green
Turkey Street station
St Ignatius' College
Sullivan Buses
631[ 49]
Golders Green
Henrietta Barnett School
Henrietta Barnett School
Metroline
632
Colindale station
Kilburn Park station
Metroline
633
Pollards Hill
Coulsdon South station
Woodcote High School
Metrobus
Extended from Beddington Church to Pollards Hill in January 2022.[ 65]
634
Muswell Hill
Barnet
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
Metroline
635
Hounslow
Sunbury Cross
St Paul's School
London United
638
Kemnal College
Coney Hall
Beaverwood School, Kemnal College, Coopers Technology College, Eltham College
Stagecoach London
639
Roehampton
Battersea
St John Bosco College, Battersea
London United
640
South Harrow
Harrow Weald
Whitmore High School, Salvatorian College, Sacred Heart
College, Bentley Wood School
Sullivan Buses
642[ 22]
West Hendon
Stanmore
London Academy
London Sovereign
643
Brent Cross
East Finchley
Christ's College Finchley
Metroline
645
Purley Cross
Waddon
Arriva London
Introduced in January 2022, replaced shooldays-only journeys on route 405.[ 65]
646
Noak Hill
Cranham
Blue Triangle
649
Romford
Emerson Park
Campion School
Blue Triangle
650
Romford
Emerson Park
Emerson Park School
Blue Triangle
651
Romford
North Romford
Bower Park School
Blue Triangle
652
Rainham
Upminster
Sanders Drapers School Havering Sixth Form College
Blue Triangle
653
Kingsbury Jews' Free School
Muswell Hill
Jews' Free School
Sullivan Buses
654
Selsdon
Ramsden
The Priory School,Ravens Wood School
London General
655
Mitcham
Raynes Park
Raynes Park High School
London General
656
Gallows Corner , Romford
Emerson Park
Emerson Park School
Blue Triangle
657
South Chingford
Woodford Wells
Trinity Catholic High School ,Bancroft's School
London General
658
Woolwich
Stationers' Crown Woods Academy
Stationers' Crown Woods Academy
London Central London General
660
Bellingham
Eltham
Stationers' Crown Woods Academy
Stagecoach London
661
Mottingham
Petts Wood
Eltham College & Cooper School
London Central
662
Surbiton
New Malden
Holy Cross School
London United
663
Thornton Heath
Pampisford Road
Harris Academy Purley [ 66]
Metrobus
664
New Addington
Biggin Hill
Charles Darwin School Ravens Wood School
Stagecoach London
665
Berrylands Road
New Malden
Holy Cross School
London United
667
Ilford
Chigwell
West Hatch School
Blue Triangle
669
Erith
Albany Park
Cleeve Park School
London Central London General
670[ 67]
Roehampton
Battersea
St John Bosco College
London United
671
Chessington South Station
Kingston
Tiffin Girls' School
London United
672
Woolwich
Thamesmead
Hawksmoor Primary School
Stagecoach London
673
Beckton
Becontree
Warren School
Arriva London
674
Romford
Harold Hill
The Royal Liberty School
Blue Triangle
675
St James Street station
Woodford
Woodbridge High School
London General
677
Ilford
Debden
Davenant Foundation School
Stagecoach London [ 3]
678[ 22]
Beckton
Stratford
St Angela's Ursuline School St Bonaventure's Catholic School Forest Gate Community School
Stagecoach London
679
Goodmayes
Chingford
Woodford County High ,Trinity Catholic High School
Blue Triangle
681
Hounslow
Teddington
Teddington School
London United
683
Friern Barnet
Kingsbury Jews' Free School
Jews' Free School
Sullivan Buses
684
Orpington station
Charles Darwin School
Charles Darwin School
London General
685
Selsdon
Hamsey Green
Warlingham Secondary School , Riddlesdown High School
Arriva London
686
Romford
Harold Hill
St Edward's School
Blue Triangle
687
Dagenham Park Secondary School
Barking station
Dagenham Park Secondary School
Blue Triangle
688
Southgate
Kingsbury Jews' Free School
Jews' Free School
Sullivan Buses
689
West Croydon bus station
Monks Orchard , The Glade
Orchard Park High School
Arriva London
690
Wandsworth Common
West Norwood
Burntwood School
Arriva London
692
Southgate
Potters Bar
Dame Alice Owen's School
Uno
696
Hayes
Bishop Ramsey School
Bishop Ramsey School
London United
697
Ickenham
Kinghill Avenue
The Douay Martyrs School
London United
698
Ickenham
West Drayton
The Douay Martyrs School
London Sovereign
699[ 64]
Winchmore Hill
Potters Bar
Dame Alice Owen's School
Uno
Route numbers from 900 to 999 represent Mobility Buses; these provide a once-a-week return journey to a local shopping centre from relatively low-density neighbourhoods where there is no alternative route in the main bus network. The number of Mobility Buses routes has declined because low-floor and wheelchair-accessible buses run on all London Buses routes.
Night bus routes are often related to the day numerical equivalent, normally running the same route but with an extension at either end of the service. This is normally to provide a night service to destinations served by tube or train during the day.[ 79]
However, there are a few N-prefixed route numbers that have no relation to their daytime equivalents: the N5, N20, and N97 all operate in a different part of London to their respective day routes, and the N550 and N551 (which provide night service on parts of the DLR network) have no corresponding daytime routes.[ 79]
There are also 24-hour routes, which run day and night but usually with a lower frequency during the night hours. The vast majority run the same route at all times. With the introduction of the Night Tube , some day routes have been extended to run during Friday and Saturday nights to serve the stations.
There are four special express routes that run during the Notting Hill Carnival : 2X, 36X, 205X and 436X.[ 80]
This list shows some old routes that used to operate but do not exist anymore. Services withdrawn before 1994 are not listed.
↑ "Notes and queries: How are bus routes (especially London bus routes) numbered? In my area of south London the numbers vary from 3 to 690, with a few odd letters stuck in there too. Why?!" . The Guardian . London.
↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 Central London Night Bus Map Archived 13 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine Transport for London
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Bus Service Changes 11 March to 16 April 2017 Transport for London 24 March 2017
↑ "17 bus" . Mayor's Question Time . 2021-07-05. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-27 .
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↑ Jones, Nick (2014-05-27). "34 bus route too costly to extend" . The Barnet Society . Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-27 .
↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 South-West London Bus Map Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Transport for London 9 January 2016
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↑ Turner, David (2018-11-02). "Well done everyone with the 46 bus" . Camden New Journal . Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-28 .
↑ "TfL to cut frequency of bus route 47" . SE16.com . 2019-09-13. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 2022-01-28 .
↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 South-East London Bus Map Archived 13 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine Transport for London 12 September 2015
↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 Changes to night buses from 12 September 2015 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Transport for London
↑ Bayley, Sian (2020-01-23). "Here are the major changes about to hit Wandsworth bus routes" . Wandsworth Times . Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-27 .
↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Lyons, Mark (2018-08-16). "Selkent and Metroline lose work" . Buses Magazine . Retrieved 2022-02-06 .
↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 "Tender news from across the capital" . Bus Talk . No. 24. 2013-10-24. p. 6. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 2022-01-28 .
↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 Proposed changes to bus services in New Addington and Forestdale Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Transport for London
↑ "London bus strike: Which routes are affected and why are drivers" . The Independent . 2015-01-13. Retrieved 2022-06-22 .
↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 East London Bus Map Archived 22 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine Transport for London
↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 Lyons, Mark (2021-09-04). "Tower Transit gains route from Go-Ahead" . Buses Magazine . Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-28 .
↑ 23.0 23.1 Bus service proposal: routes 76 and N76 Archived 8 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine Transport for London
↑ Marius, Callum (2022-02-19). "Every London bus route that has randomly changed numbers since 2000 and why" . MyLondon . Retrieved 2022-02-20 .
↑ "Bigger and more frequent buses on key west London bus service" . Hillingdon Times . Retrieved 2022-02-15 .
↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 "BEXLEY: Changes aimed at improving bus routes" . News Shopper . 2009-01-28. Retrieved 2022-02-15 .
↑ North London Bus Map Archived 8 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine Transport for London
↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 28.5 Night buses in West London Archived 13 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine Transport for London
↑ Buses from Bromley North and Market Square Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Transport for London 12 September 2015
↑ Dougall, Emily (2018-08-29). "Large TfL tender round sees Arriva scoop new service" . CBW . Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-12 .
↑ Lydall, Ross (2016-08-17). "Eight new night bus routes to open as Night Tube launches in London" . London Evening Standard . Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-12 .
↑ "Major improvements to New Addington bus routes due later this year" . Your Local Guardian . Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-28 .
↑ 33.0 33.1 Lyons, Mark (2017-02-16). "Go-Ahead gains the 131" . Buses Magazine . Retrieved 2022-02-13 .
↑ 34.0 34.1 Woods, Alan (2013-03-15). "Extra bus services added to serve Beths Grammar School in Bexley" . News Shopper . Retrieved 2022-03-31 .
↑ "Night route to be cut" . Buses Magazine . 2022-03-09. Retrieved 2022-03-31 .
↑ Marius, Callum (2022-01-24). "Prettiest countryside village you wouldn't believe is a London bus ride away" . MyLondon . Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-27 .
↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 "Gradual electric bus roll-out continues". Buses Magazine . No. 803. February 2022. p. 24.
↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 "Blue Triangle makes most of 11 new routes" . Bus Talk . 2013-10-24. p. 7. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 2022-01-28 .
↑ "Local bus route in Merton to be electrified by 2021 by JJ Pickin, Richard Challoner School" . This Is Local London . Retrieved 2022-02-15 .
↑ Night buses in South West London Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Transport for London 9 January 2016
↑ Buses from Sutton Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Transport for London 12 September 2015
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↑ Volpe, Sam (2018-08-29). "Wembley dismay as 223 bus set to stop going to Harrow after TfL consultation" . Kilburn Times . Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-27 .
↑ Cumber, Robert (2015-07-09). "Bus service to be restored after 'outrage' over cut" . MyLondon . Retrieved 2022-02-26 .
↑ Marius, Callum (2022-03-10). "TfL's fastest bus route which ends up at Winston Churchill's country retreat" . MyLondon . Retrieved 2022-03-25 .
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↑ Night buses in south London Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Transport for London 29 March 2014
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↑ Smith, John (2019-07-08). "New bus route 301 linking Abbey Wood Crossrail to Bexleyheath starts this week" . Murky Depths . Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 2022-01-27 .
↑ "New Greenwich 335 bus route to start in October" . Royal borough of Greenwich . 2019-08-29. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-27 .
↑ Marius, Callum (2021-11-07). "London bus route ending in middle of nowhere with passengers left on roundabout" . MyLondon . Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-08 .
↑ "Concern over plan to cut bus route" . East London and West Essex Guardian Series . Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-08 .
↑ 54.0 54.1 "TfL's budget problems lead to bus cuts for 410 and 433" . Inside Croydon . 2018-07-29. Archived from the original on 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2022-02-13 .
↑ Short Hops Buses issue 765 December 2018 page 23
↑ "TfL Proposed Changes to bus routes in Sutton and Croydon" . East Coulsdon Residents' Association . 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2022-02-15 .
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↑ "Nine Elms on the South Bank" . Nine Elms on the South Bank . Archived from the original on 2022-02-15. Retrieved 2022-02-15 .
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↑ "SULLIVAN BUSES - Routes" . sullivanbuses.co.uk . Retrieved 2022-03-12 .
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↑ "Travel guidance for schools" . Transport for London . Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-14 . The majority of our schoolday-only routes (routes generally numbered 600-699)
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↑ 65.0 65.1 "Croydon Schoolbus changes". Buses Magazine . No. 803. February 2022. p. 22.
↑ "New bus route to run from Purley to Thornton Heath" . Croydon Advertiser . Archived from the original on 28 April 2015.
↑ "Wandsworth closes to TfL services" . Buses Magazine . 2022-02-09. Retrieved 2022-02-24 .
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↑ Jones, Tom (2023-07-01). "London's most useless bus route that only runs 9 times a day" . MyLondon . Retrieved 2023-07-03 .
↑ Marius, Callum (2022-03-01). "Short London bus route that's also 1 of London's busiest due to 2 steep hills" . MyLondon . Archived from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-06 .
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↑ "Check before you travel to Notting Hill Carnival and enjoy the event: Sunday 26 - Bank Holiday Monday 27 August 2012" . Government of the United Kingdom.
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↑ Improved bus services in Stratford, Clapton & Bow Transport for London 1 July 2008
↑ New night bus services in West London Transport for London 22 January 2010
↑ Night buses N550 and N551 to replace the N50 Transport for London 22 August 2008
↑ Major changes to routes 15, N15, 159 & N159 Transport for London 24 August 2010