List of bus routes in London

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London Bus Routes 35 and 59
Two double-decker buses on routes 35 and 59 at Brixton Station in 2016
London Bus Route 499
A single-decker bus on route 499 at Gallows Corner, Tesco in 2015

This is a list of Transport for London (TfL) contracted bus routes in London, England, as well as commercial services that enter the Greater London area (except coaches). Bus services in London are operated by Abellio London, Arriva London, HCT Group, Go-Ahead London (Blue Triangle, Docklands Buses, London Central, and London General), Metroline, RATP Dev Transit London (London Sovereign, London United and London Transit) Stagecoach London (East London, Selkent, and Thameside), Sullivan Buses, Tower Transit and Uno. TfL-sponsored operators run more than 500 services.

Non-TfL-sponsored operators include Arriva Shires & Essex, Arriva Southern Counties, Carousel Buses, Diamond South East, Go-Coach, First Berkshire & The Thames Valley, Metrobus, Southdown PSV, Stagecoach South and Trustybus.

Classification of route numbers[]

In Victorian times, passengers could recognise the owner and the route of an omnibus (Latin: "for everyone") only by its livery and its line name, with painted signs on the sides showing the two termini to indicate the route. Then, in 1906, George Samuel Dicks of the decided that, as the line name 'Vanguard' had proved to be very popular, he would name all lines 'Vanguard' and number the company's five routes 1 through to 5. Other operators soon saw the advantage, in that a unique route number was easier for the travelling public to remember, and so the practice of using route numbers soon spread.[1]

Historic classification[]

Feltham tram (in use up to 1933) showing only two slots for the route number.

Bus routes run by London Transport were grouped as follows.

The London Traffic Act 1924 imposed numbering known as the Bassom Scheme, named after Superintendent (later Chief Constable) Arthur Ernest Bassom of the Metropolitan Police who devised it. For many decades, variant and short workings used letter suffixes (e.g. "77B"). The numbers reflected the company that operated the route.

The numbering was revised in 1934 after London Transport was formed:

Route number Former type of service
1–199 "Central Area" red double-decker services
200–289 "Central Area" red single-decker services
290–299 "Central Area" night routes
300–399 "Country Area" north of the River Thames (rural services were operated by London Country Bus Services after 1970)
400–499 "Country Area" south of the River Thames (rural services were operated by London Country Bus Services after 1970)
500–699 Trolleybuses
701–799 Green Line Coaches
800–899 "Country Area New Towns" routes

Current classification[]

Route Number Type of service
1–599 Most local 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 One mobility service within TfL, detailed below
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.

List of routes[]

All routes operate in both directions unless detailed.

1–99[]

Route Start End Operator Notes
1 Canada Water bus station Tottenham Court Road station London Central
2 Marylebone station West Norwood Arriva London
3 Crystal Palace Whitehall Abellio London
4 Archway Blackfriars Metroline
5 Canning Town Station Romford Market Blue Triangle
6 Aldwych Willesden bus garage Metroline 24 hour operation[2]
7 East Acton Oxford Circus Metroline
8 Bow Church Tottenham Court Road station Stagecoach London
9 Aldwych Hammersmith bus station London United
11 Fulham Broadway Liverpool Street bus station London General
12 Dulwich Library Oxford Circus London Central 24 hour operation[2]
13 North Finchley Victoria London Transit 24 hour operation[3]
14 Putney Heath Russell Square London General 24 hour operation[2]
15 Blackwall Trafalgar Square Blue Triangle
16 Cricklewood bus garage Victoria Metroline
17[4][5] Archway London Bridge bus station Metroline
18 Euston bus station Sudbury London United
19 Battersea Bridge South Side Finsbury Park bus station Arriva London
20[6] Debden station Walthamstow bus station HCT Group
21[7] Lewisham Shopping Centre Newington Green London Central Frequency reduced in November 2021.[8]
22 Oxford Circus Putney Common London General
23 Hammersmith Westbourne Park London Transit 24 hour operation[2]
24 Hampstead Heath Pimlico Abellio London 24 hour operation[2]
25 Ilford City Thameslink station Stagecoach London
26 Hackney Wick Waterloo station HCT Group
27 Chalk Farm Hammersmith Abellio London
28 Kensal Rise Wandsworth London Transit
29 Trafalgar Square Wood Green Arriva London
30 Hackney Wick Marble Arch Metroline
31 Camden Town White City bus station Metroline
32 Edgware bus station Kilburn Park Metroline
33[9] Fulwell Stanley Road Castelnau London United Suspended between Castelnau and Hammersmith due to closure of Hammersmith Bridge.[10]
34[11] Barnet Church Walthamstow Central Arriva London Also runs throughout Friday and Saturday night
35 Clapham Junction station Shoreditch London Central 24 hour operation[2]
36 New Cross Gate Queen's Park London Central 24 hour operation[2]
37 Peckham Putney Heath London Central 24 hour operation[12]
38 Clapton Pond Victoria bus station Arriva London
39 Clapham Junction station Putney Bridge London General
40[13] Clerkenwell Green Dulwich Library London Central
41 Archway Tottenham Hale bus station Arriva London
42 East Dulwich Sainsbury's Liverpool Street bus station London Central
43 Friern Barnet London Bridge bus station Metroline 24 hour operation.[2]
44 Tooting station Victoria London General
45 Clapham Park Elephant & Castle Abellio London
46 Paddington St Bartholomew's Hospital Metroline Operated with electric buses since 2018.[14]
47[15] Bellingham Catford Bus Garage Shoreditch Stagecoach London 24 hour operation[16][17]
49[18][5] Clapham Junction station White City bus station London United
50 Croydon, Town Centre Stockwell Arriva London
51[19] Orpington Station Woolwich, Town Centre London Central
52 Victoria Bus Station Willesden bus garage Metroline 24 hour operation[2]
53 Plumstead Station Lambeth North Station Stagecoach London
54 Elmers End Station Woolwich, Town Centre Stagecoach London Transferred from Metrobus in May 2014.[20]
55 Walthamstow Central Oxford Circus Stagecoach London
56[5] St Bartholomew's Hospital Whipps Cross Stagecoach London
57 Clapham Park Kingston Fairfield bus station London General 24 hour operation[12]
58 East Ham Central Park Walthamstow Tower Transit
59 Euston bus station Streatham Hill Telford Avenue Arriva London
60 Old Coulsdon Streatham station Arriva London
61 Bromley North Station Chislehurst, Gordon Arms Stagecoach London
62 Barking, Gascoigne Estate Marks Gate Stagecoach London
63 Honor Oak King's Cross Abellio London
64 New Addington, Vulcan Way Thornton Heath, Pond Arriva London 24 hour operation[21]
65 Ealing Broadway station Kingston London United
66 Leytonstone bus station Romford station Arriva London
67 Dalston Junction Wood Green London General
68 Euston bus station West Norwood Abellio London
69 Canning Town bus station Walthamstow bus station Docklands Buses 24 hour operation[22]
70[23] Chiswick Business Park South Kensington London United
71 Chessington Kingston Cromwell Road bus station London United
72[9] East Acton Roehampton Vale London United Suspended between Hammersmith bridge and Roehampton Vale due to Closure of Hammersmith Bridge.
73 Oxford Circus Stoke Newington Arriva London
74 Baker Street station Putney High Street London General
75 Croydon, Town Centre Lewisham Station Stagecoach London
76 Tottenham Hale bus station Waterloo London General 24 hour operation[24]
77 Tooting station Waterloo London General
78 Nunhead Shoreditch Arriva London
79 Alperton Sainsbury's Edgware bus station London Sovereign
80 High Down and Downview Prisons Hackbridge Reynold's Close London General
81 Hounslow bus station Slough Metroline
83 Alperton Station Golders Green station Metroline
85 Kingston Putney Bridge London United
86 Romford station Stratford bus station Stagecoach London
87 Aldwych Wandsworth London General Formerly route 77A, renumbered in 2006.[25]
88 Parliament Hill Fields Clapham Common London General 24 hour operation[2]
89 Lewisham Station Slade Green Station London Central
90 Feltham Northolt Metroline Operated with double-decker buses since 2015.[26]
91 Crouch End Trafalgar Square Metroline
92 Ealing Hospital St Raphael's North Metroline
93 North Cheam Putney Bridge London General 24 hour operation[12]
94 Acton Green Piccadilly Circus London United 24 hour operation[2]
95 Shepherd's Bush Southall Town Hall Metroline
96 Bluewater Shopping Centre Woolwich, Town Centre Stagecoach London
97 Chingford station Stratford City bus station Stagecoach London
98 Holborn Willesden bus garage Metroline
99 Bexleyheath, Town Centre Woolwich, Town Centre Arriva London Extended from Erith to Bexleyheath in 2009.[27]

100–199[]

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[28]
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[29]
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[22]
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[29]
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[30]
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[31] Also runs throughout Friday and Saturday night, night service introduced in 2016[32]
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[22]
129 Greenwich, Cutty Sark North Greenwich Station London Central
130[33] 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.[34]
132 Bexleyheath, Town Centre North Greenwich Station London Central Weekend 24 Hour service[17] Extended from Eltham station to North Greenwich in 2009.[27]
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)
146[35] 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)[17]
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[36] 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.[13]
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[36] Belvedere Industrial Estate Lewisham Shopping Centre Stagecoach London
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[37] 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

200–299[]

Route Start End Operator Notes
200[38] 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[39][40]
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[23] 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.[41]
219 Clapham Junction Asda Wimbledon station London General
220 Wandsworth Willesden Junction station London United 24 hour operation[29]
221 Edgware bus station Turnpike Lane bus station Arriva London
222 Hounslow bus station Uxbridge station Metroline 24 hour operation[17]
223[42] 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.[43] Transferred from Metroline to London United on 8 January 2022.[36]
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[17]
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 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[20] East Beckton Sainsbury's Stratford bus station Stagecoach London
263 Barnet Hospital Highbury Barn Metroline
264 West Croydon bus station Tooting St George's Hospital Arriva London 24 hour operation[44]
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.[45]
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[12]
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[29]
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[29]
296 Ilford Romford station Stagecoach London
297 Ealing Broadway Willesden bus garage Metroline 24 hour operation[29]
298 Arnos Grove Potters Bar station Sullivan Buses Continued north to an industrial estate until being cut back in 2010.[46]
299 Muswell Hill Cockfosters Sullivan Buses

300–399[]

Route Start End Operator Notes
300 Canning Town bus station East Ham station Blue Triangle
301 Bexleyheath Woolwich Arriva London Introduced in July 2019.[47]
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.[41]
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[16]
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.[48]
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[22]
366 Beckton bus station Redbridge Stagecoach London
367 Bromley North station West Croydon bus station Abellio London
368[37] 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 [49][50]
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

400–499[]

Route Start End Operator Notes
401 Bexleyheath Thamesmead Arriva London
403 Warlingham West Croydon bus station London General
404 Caterham-on-the-Hill Coulsdon London United
405 Croydon Redhill Arriva London
406 Epsom Kingston Cromwell Road bus station London United
407 Sutton Caterham station Abellio London
410 Crystal Palace Wallington Arriva London Frequency reduced from a bus every nine minutes to a bus every ten minutes in 2018.[51]
411[34] Kingston Cromwell Road bus station West Molesey London United[52]
412 Croydon Purley Arriva London
413 Morden station Sutton London General
414 Putney Bridge station Marble Arch London Transit
415 Old Kent Road Tulse Hill station Abellio London
417 Clapham Common Crystal Palace Arriva London
418 Kingston Cromwell Road bus station Epsom London United
419 Roehampton Richmond London United
422 North Greenwich bus station Bexleyheath Stagecoach London
423 Heathrow Terminal 5 Hounslow bus station London United
424 Putney Heath Stevenage Road / Fulham Football Club London General
425 Clapton Ilford Stagecoach London
427 Acton Old Town Hall Uxbridge station Abellio London
428 Erith Bluewater Arriva London
430 South Kensington Roehampton London General
432 Brixton Anerley station London General
433[51] Croydon Addington Village Interchange Abellio London
434[53] Coulsdon, Ridgemount Avenue Whyteleafe South London General
436 Battersea Park station Lewisham London Central
440 Wembley Turnham Green London United
444 Turnpike Lane bus station Chingford London General
450 Lower Sydenham West Croydon bus station Arriva London
452[54] Kensal Rise Vauxhall bus station London Transit Extended to Vauxhall through Nine Elms.[55]
453 Marylebone station Deptford Broadway London General 24 hour operation[2]
455 Purley, Old Lodge Lane Wallington London General
456 North Middlesex Hospital Crews Hill London General
460 North Finchley Willesden Metroline
462 Ilford Limes Farm Stagecoach London
463 Pollards Hill Coulsdon London United
464 New Addington Tatsfield Abellio London
465 Kingston Cromwell Road bus station Dorking † London United
466 Addington Village Interchange Caterham-on-the-Hill Arriva London
467 Hook
Hinchley Wood School (schooldays) 		Epsom London United
468 Elephant & Castle station South Croydon Arriva London
469 Queen Elizabeth Hospital Erith London Central Extended from Bexleyheath to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in 2009.[27]
470 Colliers Wood Epsom London United
472 North Greenwich bus station Thamesmead Stagecoach London 24 hour operation[16]
473[20] Stratford bus station North Woolwich Tower Transit
474 Canning Town station Manor Park Stagecoach London 24 hour operation[22]
476 Northumberland Park station King's Cross London General
481 Heathrow Airport, Central bus station Kingston Cromwell Road bus station Abellio London
482 Southall Town Hall Heathrow Terminal 5 Abellio London
483 Harrow bus station Windmill Lane, Three Bridges Metroline
484 Camberwell Green Lewisham London Central
485 Wandsworth Ram Street Castelnau London General End of route to Hammersmith bus station suspended due to closure of Hammersmith Bridge.
486 North Greenwich bus station Bexleyheath London Central 24 hour operation (weekends)[17]
487 Willesden Junction station South Harrow station Metroline
488 Dalston Junction station Bromley-by-Bow Tower Transit
490 Richmond Heathrow Terminal 5 Abellio London
491 North Middlesex Hospital Waltham Cross Metroline
492 Bluewater, Shopping Centre Sidcup Station Arriva London
493 St George's Hospital Richmond London General
496 Queen's Hospital, Romford Harold Wood Stagecoach London
497 Harold Wood station Harold Hill, Gooshays Drive Stagecoach London
498[37] Queen's Hospital, Romford Brentwood Stagecoach London Introduced in 2005[56]
499 Gallows Corner, Romford Heath Park Estate Stagecoach London

500–599[]

Route Start End Operator Notes
507 Victoria bus station Waterloo station London General
521 London Bridge station Waterloo station London General
533[9] Hammersmith Castelnau Metroline
549 Loughton South Woodford Sullivans Buses[57]

600–699[]

The majority of buses numbered between 600 and 699 are school services, running once on each weekday peak period during school term time.[58] The exception to this is route 607, a limited stop express route.

Route Start End Schools Operator Notes
601 Thamesmead Wilmington Wilmington Hall School Stagecoach London
602 Thamesmead Bexleyheath Townley Grammar School Stagecoach London
603[59] 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[60] 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[23] 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[23] Wood Green Turkey Street station St Ignatius' College Sullivan Buses
631[46] 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.[61]
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[23] 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.[61]
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[62] 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[63] 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[23] 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[60] Winchmore Hill Potters Bar Dame Alice Owen's School Uno

700–799[]

Route Start End Operator Notes
733 Oval tube station Finsbury Square Tower Transit Temporary route introduced on 15 January 2022. Created due to a closure of the Northern line.[64]

900–999[]

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.

Route Start End Operator
969 Whitton, Gladstone Avenue Roehampton Vale Abellio London

Letter prefixes[]

Route Start End Operator Letter code Notes
A10 Heathrow Airport, Central bus station Uxbridge station Metroline Airport
B11 Bexleyheath, Bus Garage Thamesmead, Town Centre London Central Bexley
B12 Erith, Town Centre Joydens Wood, Summerhouse Drive London Central Bexley Extended from Bexleyheath to Joydens Wood in 2009.[27]
B13 Bexleyheath, Town Centre New Eltham Station Arriva London Bexley
B14 Bexleyheath, Town Centre Orpington Station Stagecoach London Bexley
B15 Bexleyheath, Town Centre Horn Park, Alnwick Road Arriva London Bexley
B16 Bexleyheath, Bus Garage Kidbrooke, Wingfield School London Central Bexley
C1 Victoria White City London United Central London
C3 Clapham Junction Earls Court Tesco London Transit Chelsea
C10 Canada Water Victoria Abellio London Central London
C11 Archway Brent Cross Metroline Enfield
D3 Bethnal Green Chest Hospital Leamouth Stagecoach London Docklands
D6 Ash Grove Crossharbour HCT Group Docklands
D7 Mile End Poplar All Saints Docklands Buses Docklands
D8 Crossharbour Stratford Tower Transit Docklands
E1 Ealing Broadway Greenford Broadway London United Ealing
E2 Brentford Commerce Road Greenford Broadway Metroline Ealing
E3 Chiswick Edensor Road Greenford Broadway London United Ealing
E5 Perivale Tesco Southall Toplocks Estate Abellio London Ealing
E6 Bulls Bridge Greenford station Metroline Ealing
E7 Ealing Broadway Ruislip station Abellio London Ealing
E8 Ealing Broadway Hounslow Bell Corner Metroline Ealing
E9 Ealing Broadway Yeading Barnhill Estate Metroline Ealing
E10 Ealing Broadway Northolt Islip Manor Abellio London Ealing
E11 Ealing Common Warwick Dene Greenford Broadway Abellio London Ealing
EL1 Barking Riverside Ilford Blue Triangle East London Transit 24 hour operation[22]
EL2 Becontree Heath, Leisure Centre Dagenham Dock station Blue Triangle East London Transit
EL3 Barking Riverside Little Heath Blue Triangle East London Transit Formerly numbered 387.[65]
G1 Battersea Shaftesbury Estate Streatham Green Lane London General St George's Hospital
H2 Golders Green station circular via Hampstead Garden Suburb Metroline Hampstead
H3[46] East Finchley Golders Green station Metroline Hampstead
H9 Northwick Park Hospital circular anti-clockwise London Sovereign Harrow
H10 Northwick Park Hospital circular clockwise London Sovereign Harrow
H11 Harrow bus station Mount Vernon Hospital London Sovereign Harrow
H12 South Harrow Stanmore Station London Sovereign Harrow
H13 Northwood Hills St Vincent's Ruislip Lido Metroline Harrow
H14 Northwick Park Hospital Hatch End London Sovereign Harrow
H17 Harrow bus station Wembley Central station London United Harrow
H18 Harrow bus station circular clockwise
via North Harrow 		London Sovereign Harrow
H19 Harrow bus station circular anticlockwise
via Kenton 		London Sovereign Harrow
H20 Hounslow Civic Centre Ivybridge Twickenham Tesco Abellio London Hounslow
H22 Hounslow Bell Corner Isleworth, West Middlesex Hospital London United Hounslow
H25 Hanworth Butts Farm Hatton Cross Abellio London Hounslow
H26 Feltham Sparrow Farm Hatton Cross Abellio London Hounslow
H28 Bulls Bridge Osterley Tesco Abellio London Hounslow
H32 Hounslow bus station Southall Town Hall London United Hounslow
H37 Richmond Manor Circus Hounslow Blenheim Centre London United Hounslow [12]
H91 Hammersmith bus station Hounslow West station London United Hounslow
H98 Hayes End Kingsway Hounslow, Bus Station London United Hounslow
K1[66] New Malden Kingston Cromwell Road bus station London United Kingston
K2[67] Kingston Hospital Hook London United Kingston
K3[67] Roehampton Vale Esher London United Kingston
K4 Chessington Mansfield Park Estate Kingston Hospital London United Kingston
K5 Morden Ham London United Kingston
P4 Brixton Lewisham Stagecoach London Peckham
P5 Elephant & Castle station Nine Elms Abellio London Peckham
P12 Surrey Quays Brockley Rise London Central Peckham
P13 New Cross Gate Streatham Abellio London Peckham
R1 Green Street Green, High Street St Paul's Cray, Grovelands Road London General Orpington (Roundabout)
R2 Orpington, Walnuts Centre Biggin Hill Valley, East Hill London General Orpington (Roundabout)
R3 Locksbottom, Princess Royal Hospital Orpington Station London General Orpington (Roundabout)
R4 Locksbottom, Princess Royal Hospital Paul's Cray Hill, Augustine Road London General Orpington (Roundabout)
R5[19] Orpington Station Knockholt London General Orpington (Roundabout)
R6 Orpington Station St Mary Cray Station London General Orpington (Roundabout)
R7 Chelsfield Village, Five Bella Chislehurst, Sainsbury's Go-Ahead London[68] Orpington (Roundabout)
R8 Orpington Station Biggin Hill, Post Office London General Orpington (Roundabout)
R9 Orpington Station Ramsden Estate London General Orpington (Roundabout)
R10[19] Orpington Station Knockholt London General Orpington (Roundabout)
R11 Green Street Green, High Street Sidcup, Queen Mary's Hospital London General Orpington (Roundabout)
R68 Hampton Court Kew Retail Park Abellio London Richmond
R70 Hampton The Avenue (Circular) Richmond Manor Circus Abellio London Richmond
S1 Banstead Metrobus Sutton
S3 Belmont Malden Manor station London United Sutton
S4 Roundshaw St Helier station Abellio London Sutton
U1 Ruislip station West Drayton station Metroline Uxbridge
U2 Uxbridge station Brunel University Metroline Uxbridge
U3 Uxbridge station Heathrow Airport, Central bus station Metroline Uxbridge
U4 Uxbridge station Hayes ProLogis Park Metroline Uxbridge
U5 Hayes & Harlington Station Uxbridge station Abellio London Uxbridge
U7 Uxbridge station Hayes Sainsbury's Abellio London Uxbridge
U9 Uxbridge station Harefield Hospital Abellio London Uxbridge
U10 Uxbridge station Ruislip, Heathfield Rise Metroline Uxbridge
W3 Finsbury Park bus station Northumberland Park Arriva London Wood Green
W4 Oakthorpe Park Tottenham Hale bus station Arriva London Tottenham
W5 Archway Harringay HCT Group Crouch End
W6 Southgate Edmonton Green Shopping Centre Arriva London Palmers Green
W7[69] Finsbury Park bus station Muswell Hill Metroline Crouch End
W8 Picketts Lock Chase Farm Hospital Metroline Enfield
W9 Southgate Chase Farm Hospital Sullivan Buses Enfield
W11 Walthamstow bus station Chingford Hall Estate HCT Group Waltham Forest
W12 Walthamstow, Coppermill Lane Wanstead HCT Group Waltham Forest
W13 Leytonstone bus station Woodford Wells HCT Group Waltham Forest
W14 Leyton Woodford Bridge Tower Transit Waltham Forest
W15 Hackney Central Cogan Avenue Estate London General Waltham Forest
W16 Leytonstone bus station Chingford Mount HCT Group Waltham Forest
W19 Argall Avenue
St James Street station (after 20:00) 		Ilford HCT Group Waltham Forest
X26 West Croydon bus station Heathrow Airport, Central bus station Metrobus Express Route Limited stop Express
X68 Russell Square West Croydon bus station London Central Express Route Limited stop Express
X140 Harrow bus station Heathrow Central bus station London Sovereign Express Route Limited stop Express, introduced in December 2019.[45]

Night only routes (N-prefixed)[]

Main article: Night buses in London

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.[70]

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.[70]

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.

Route Start End Operator
N1 Thamesmead Tottenham Court Road London General
N2 Crystal Palace Marylebone station Arriva London
N3 Bromley North Oxford Circus Abellio London
N5 Edgware Trafalgar Square London Sovereign
N7 Northolt Oxford Circus Metroline
N8 Hainault Oxford Circus Stagecoach London
N9 Heathrow Airport, Terminal 5 Aldwych London United
N11 Ealing Broadway Liverpool Street London General
N15 Romford Market Oxford Circus Blue Triangle
N16 Edgware Victoria Metroline
N18 Harrow Weald Trafalgar Square London United
N19 Clapham Junction Finsbury Park Arriva London
N20 Barnet Trafalgar Square Metroline
N21 Bexleyheath Trafalgar Square London Central
N22 Fulwell Oxford Circus London General
N25 Ilford Oxford Circus Stagecoach London
N26 Chingford Trafalgar Square HCT Group
N27 Hammersmith Chalk Farm Abellio London
N28 Camden Town Wandsworth London United
N29 Enfield Town Trafalgar Square Arriva London
N31 Camden Town Clapham Junction Metroline
N33[9] Fulwell Hammersmith London United
N38 Walthamstow Central Victoria bus station Arriva London
N41 Tottenham Hale Trafalgar Square Arriva London
N44 Sutton Station Aldwych London General
N53 Plumstead station Whitehall, Horse Guards Stagecoach London
N55 Woodford Wells Oxford Circus Stagecoach London
N63 Crystal Palace King's Cross London Central
N65 Chessington Ealing Broadway London United
N68 Old Coulsdon Tottenham Court Road Abellio London
N72[9] East Acton Roehampton London United
N73 Walthamstow Central Oxford Circus Arriva London
N74 Roehampton Baker Street London General
N83 Ealing Hospital Golders Green Metroline
N86 Harold Hill Stratford Stagecoach London
N87 Kingston Aldwych London General
N89 Erith Trafalgar Square London Central
N91 Cockfosters Trafalgar Square Metroline
N97 Hammersmith Trafalgar Square London Transit
N98 Stanmore Holborn Metroline
N109 Croydon Oxford Circus Abellio London
N113 Edgware Trafalgar Square Metroline
N133 Morden Liverpool Street Arriva London
N136 Chislehurst Oxford Circus London Central
N137 Crystal Palace Oxford Circus Arriva London
N140 Harrow Weald Heathrow Airport, Central bus station Metroline
N155 Morden Aldwych London General
N171 Hither Green Tottenham Court Road London Central
N199 St Mary Cray Trafalgar Square Stagecoach London
N205 Leyton Paddington station Stagecoach London
N207 Uxbridge Holborn Abellio London
N242 Homerton Hospital Tottenham Court Road Arriva London
N250 Brixton station Croydon Town Centre Arriva London
N253 Aldgate Tottenham Court Road Arriva London
N266 Brent Cross Hammersmith London United
N277 Cubitt Town Islington Stagecoach London
N279 Waltham Cross Trafalgar Square Arriva London
N343 New Cross Gate Trafalgar Square London Central
N381 Peckham Trafalgar Square Abellio London
N550 Canning Town Station Trafalgar Square HCT Group
N551 Gallions Reach, Shopping Park Trafalgar Square HCT Group

Non-TfL bus routes in Greater London[]

These bus routes are not contracted to TfL and are therefore not 'London Buses'. All but three run from villages and towns outside Greater London to destinations within (the exception being 812, which runs entirely within the boundary). They are painted in a colour chosen by the operator, so are not necessarily red like London Buses, and most of them do not accept Oyster cards. These routes are operated with a London Service Permit issued by TfL so they are recognised by TfL bus maps and appear on TfL bus stops.[citation needed]

Route Start End Operator Source Notes
3 Slough Uxbridge First Berkshire & The Thames Valley [71]
4 Maidenhead Heathrow Central bus station First Berkshire & The Thames Valley [71]
7 Britwell Heathrow Terminal 5 First Berkshire & The Thames Valley [71]
8 Slough Heathrow Airport, Terminal 5 First Berkshire & The Thames Valley [71]
8 Mount Vernon Hospital Abbots Langley Arriva Shires & Essex [72]
10 Dedworth Heathrow Terminal 5 Courtney Buses [73]
84[74] New Barnet station St Albans Metroline [75] to cease 1 April 2022[76]
101 High Wycombe Uxbridge Carousel Buses [77]
102 High Wycombe Uxbridge Carousel Buses [77]
104 High Wycombe Uxbridge Carousel Buses [78]
105 Chesham Uxbridge Carousel Buses [78]
269 Brentwood Grays NIBS Buses [79]
355 Carterhatch, Enfield Oaklands Sullivan Buses [80]
409 East Grinstead Selsdon Southdown PSV [81]
420 Sutton Redhill/Gatwick Airport (Mon-Sat), Crawley (Sunday) Metrobus [82]
429 West Kingsdown Dartford Go-Coach [83]
442 Staines Heathrow Terminal 5 Carlone Buses [84]
458 Kingston Staines Diamond South East [85]
459 Heathrow Terminal 5 Iver Courtney Buses [86]
461 Kingston St Peter's Hospital Falcon Coaches [87]
477 Bluewater, Kent Orpington Arriva Kent Thameside [88]
513 Kingston upon Thames Downside Repton Coaches [89]
514 Kingston upon Thames Hersham Falcon Coaches [90]
515 Kingston upon Thames Hersham Falcon Coaches [91]
555 Heathrow Central bus station Whiteley Village, Surrey Diamond South East [92]
581 Uxbridge station Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire Carousel Buses [93]
610 Enfield Luton, Bedfordshire Uno [94]
611 Enfield Hatfield Business Park, Hertfordshire Uno [94]
614 Queensbury station Hatfield Business Park Uno [95][96]
644 Queensbury station Hatfield Business Park Uno [96]
668 North Cheam St Andrew's Catholic School London General [97]
695 Oxted School Westerham Southdown PSV [98]
715 Kingston Upon Thames Guildford Stagecoach South [99]
724 Harlow, Essex Heathrow Arriva Shires & Essex [100]
812 Hoxton Bridport Place Clerkenwell (9.30-16.00) HCT Group [101]
820 Sutton Redhill Metrobus [102]
847 Here East shuttle Stratford station Here East complex Go-Ahead London [103]
866 Coulsdon The Beacon School Metrobus [104]
E16 Epsom Worcester Park Falcon Coaches [105]
R1 Mount Vernon Hospital Maple Cross Red Eagle [106]
R2 Mount Vernon Hospital Chorleywood Red Eagle [106]
R17 Carpenders Park Hatch End Uno [107] Only runs on Wednesdays
S31, S32, S33 St Paul's Cray Sevenoaks Schools Go-Coach [108]
Z2 Canning Town Tilbury Ensignbus [109]

Former routes[]

Route Start End Withdrawal date Notes
5[110][111] Shepherd's Bush Green Ladbroke Grove May 1954
9H[112] Kensington High Street Trafalgar Square 25 July 2014[113]
10[114] Hammersmith Kings Cross 24 November 2018[115]
15H Tower Hill Trafalgar Square 14 November 2020 (last day of operation 29 September 2019)[116]
48[117] London Bridge Walthamstow 12 October 2019[118]
82[119] North Finchley Victoria 1 April 2017[120]
305[65] Kingsbury Edgware 24 August 2018
310 Enfield Waltham Cross 2006 Continues to operate between Hertford and Waltham Cross[56]
311 Enfield Waltham Cross 2006 Continues to operate between Hertford and Waltham Cross[56]
391[68] Richmond Hammersmith bus station 1 December 2020
402 Bromley Tunbridge Wells 24 July 2017[121] Continues to operate between Sevenoaks and Tunbridge Wells.[56]
609 The Harrodian School Hammersmith bus station 2019[122] School service[123]
648 Romford Cranham 24 July 2021
718 Morden Morden December 2021
C2[124][65] Parliament Hill Fields Regent Street 29 March 2019[125]
RV1[126] Covent Garden Tower Gateway station 14 June 2019[127]
T31 New Addington Forestdale 2015[33] Operated by Arriva.[20]
W10[128] Enfield Town Crews Hill station 12 March 2021[129]

Planned routes[]

Route Start End Notes
439 Whyteleafe Waddon Marsh Consultation held in 2020.[130] Transport for London announced its intention to go ahead with the proposed route in September 2021.[131]
443 Caterham West Croydon bus station Consultation held in 2020.[130] Transport for London announced its intention to go ahead with the proposed route in September 2021.[131]
S2 Sutton Wimbledon Consultation held in 2020.[130] Transport for London announced its intention to go ahead with the proposed route in September 2021.[131]

Temporary routes[]

There are three special TfL express routes which only run during the Notting Hill Carnival: 2X, 36X and 205X.[132]

Route 23A operates on one day per year to Imber using heritage vehicles.[133][134]

See also[]

  • Category: London bus operators

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