List of night buses in London

First London Alexander Dennis Enviro400 on route N26 in July 2011

The London Night Bus network is a series of night bus routes that serve Greater London. Services broadly operate between the hours of 23:00 and 06:00.

Many services commence from or operate via Trafalgar Square and are extensions or variations of daytime routes and hence derive their number from these; for example, route N73 Oxford Circus to Walthamstow follows that of route 73 as far as Stoke Newington, before continuing further north.^[1][2][3]

History

The first night bus was introduced in 1913. A few more services were introduced over the following decades, before all ceased during World War II. Services resumed after the war, increasing as trams and trolleybuses were replaced in the late 1950s and 1960s. In April 1984, the number of routes was increased from 21 to 32. At this point the peak service required 80 buses, by August 2013 this had grown to 890.^[4]

Originally the night bus network had its own fare structure, but with the introduction of the Oyster card in 2003, was incorporated into the Transport for London fare structure. Up until the mid-2000s, all routes had N prefixes. However, as some routes merely mirrored their day time equivalents, the N prefixes were dropped and these routes became 24-hour services; for example, route N14 was no longer differentiated from route 14.^[4]

Services are operated by private operators under contract to London Buses. The Night Bus contracts are often bundled with that of the equivalent daytime route and awarded for a five-year period, with an optional two-year extension based on performance standards being met. Some however are tendered individually.^[4][5][6]

With some London Underground lines operating a 24-hour service from August 2016 on weekends, a further eight routes commenced 24 hour operation on Friday and Saturday nights.^[7] Further changes are expected as the Night Tube network is expanded.

In May 2015, the Night Bus network was the subject of The Night Bus, a Channel 4 documentary.^[8][9]

Operation

Currently there are 53 night bus routes in London. There are also 72 daytime routes which run 24 hours a day.

Trafalgar Square has the highest concentration of night bus routes with 28 routes either commencing from or operating via there. Many of these routes are extensions or variations of daytime routes and derive their number from these.

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.

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 Docklands Light Railway network) have no corresponding daytime routes. The Most recent night bus route in London started in 2018 which is the N65 Replacing the 65 night Service.

N1

London Buses route N1 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Thamesmead and Tottenham Court Road station, it is operated by London General.

History

Route N1 commenced operating on 28 June 1995 between Plumstead garage and Trafalgar Square. It was originally operated by London Central, being taken over by First London in November 1998. In January 2000 it was extended beyond Plumstead to Thamesmead, and in April 2000 withdrawn between Trafalgar Square and Aldwych being diverted to Tottenham Court Road station. In October 2005, the route was taken over by East Thames Buses.^[4]

In October 2009, East Thames Buses was sold to London General, which included a five-year contract to operate route N1.^[10][11][12]

Current route

Route N1 operates via these primary locations:^[13]

• Thamesmead Boiler House
• Abbey Wood station
• Plumstead station
• Woolwich Arsenal station
• Greenwich
• Surrey Quays station
• Surrey Quays Shopping Centre
• Bermondsey
• Elephant & Castle station
• Waterloo station
• Aldwych
• Holborn station
• Tottenham Court Road station

N2

London Buses route N2 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Crystal Palace and Marylebone station, it is operated by Arriva London.

History

Route N2 commenced operating on 13 April 1984 between West Norwood station and Trafalgar Square. In October 1984, it was extended north from Trafalgar Square to Friern Barnet. In June 1995, it was withdrawn between Camden Town and Friern Barnet, and rerouted to Hampstead Heath. In November 1999, the Trafalgar Square to Hampstead Heath section was withdrawn and replaced by route N24. Upon being retendered, it passed from Metroline to Arriva London in April 2000.^[4]

Current route

Route N2 operates via these primary locations:^[14]

• West Norwood station
• Tulse Hill station
• Brixton station
• Stockwell station
• Vauxhall bus station
• Pimlico
• Victoria
• Marble Arch
• Marylebone station

N3

London Buses route N3 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London. Running between Bromley North and Oxford Circus, it is operated by Abellio London.

History

Route N3 began operating on 27 October 1989 between Beckenham Junction station and Victoria bus station via Oxford Circus. In October 1993, it was extended to start back at Chislehurst. In May 2000, it was altered to operate between Bromley North station and Oxford Circus. Its operation also passed from London Central to Connex on the same date.^[4]

Route N3 was included in the sale of Connex to Travel London in February 2004^[15] which in turn was sold to Abellio London in May 2009.^[16][17]

Current route

Route N3 operates via these primary locations:^[18]

• Bromley North station
• Bromley South station
• Park Langley
• Beckenham Junction
• Clock House station
• Beckenham Road Tramlink
• Anerley station
• Crystal Palace station
• Crystal Palace
• West Dulwich
• Herne Hill station
• Brixton station
• Kennington
• Westminster station
• Trafalgar Square
• Piccadilly Circus station
• Oxford Circus station

N5

London Buses route N5 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Edgware and Trafalgar Square, it is operated by Metroline.

History

Route N5 commenced operating on 28 October 1989 between Edgware station and Victoria bus station. In June 1995, it was withdrawn between Trafalgar Square and Victoria. It has been operated by Metroline since its inception.^[4]

Current route

Route N5 operates via these primary locations:^[19]

• Edgware station
• Burnt Oak station
• Colindale station
• Hendon station
• Hendon Central station
• Golders Green station
• Hampstead station
• Belsize Park station
• Chalk Farm station
• Camden Town station
• Euston bus station
• Leicester Square station
• Trafalgar Square

N7

London Buses route N7 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Northolt and Oxford Circus, it is operated by Metroline.

History

Route N7 commenced operating on 30 August 2003 between Northolt and Russell Square. It was initially operated by First London. Upon being retendered it passed to Metroline on 23 June 2007^[20] who commenced a further contract on 21 June 2014.^[21]

Current route

Route N7 operates via these primary locations:^[22]

• Northolt station
• Yeading, White Hart
• Greenford Broadway
• Ealing Broadway station
• Ealing Common station
• East Acton station
• Hammersmith Hospital
• Ladbroke Grove station
• Westbourne Grove
• Paddington station
• Marble Arch station
• Oxford Circus station
• Russell Square

N8

London Buses route N8 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Hainault and Tottenham Court Road station, it is operated by Stagecoach London.

History

Route N8 commenced operating on 13 August 1988 between Bow Church and Queensbury station via the City of London. In July 1992, the Marble Arch to Queensbury section was withdrawn, with the route redirected to Victoria bus station. In July 1995, it was altered to operate from Woodford Wells to Trafalgar Square. In June 1999, it once again began operating to Victoria, albeit via Piccadilly Circus. This was altered in April 2000 with it now routed via Berkeley Square. In June 2004, its eastern terminus was altered to Hainault. In June 2009, it was again withdrawn between Oxford Circus and Victoria being replaced by route C2.^[4]

Route N8 has been operated by East London/Stagecoach London since its inception. On 28 June 2014, a further contract commenced with New Routemasters.^[23][24][25]

Current route

Route N8 operates via these primary locations:^[26]

• Hainault
• Gants Hill station
• Redbridge station
• Wanstead station
• Leytonstone bus station
• Leytonstone High Road station
• Maryland station
• Stratford Broadway
• Old Ford
• Bethnal Green station
• Shoreditch High Street station
• Liverpool Street station
• Bank station
• St Paul's station
• City Thameslink station
• Chancery Lane station
• Holborn station
• Tottenham Court Road station

N9

London Buses route N9 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Heathrow Terminal 5 and Aldwych, it is operated by London United.

History

Route N9 commenced operating on 25 February 1994 between Kingston and Trafalgar Square replacing parts of routes N65 and N92. In March 1997 it was extended from Trafalgar Square to Aldwych. In September 2001, the Hammersmith bus station to Kingston section was withdrawn and the route diverted to Heathrow Central bus station, In March 2008 it was extended to the new Heathrow Terminal 5. Route N9 has been operated by London United since its inception.^[4]

Current route

• Heathrow Terminal 5
• Heathrow Central bus station
• Hounslow West station
• West Thames College
• Isleworth station
• Brentford
• Kew Bridge station
• Turnham Green
• Hammersmith bus station
• High Street Kensington station
• Knightsbridge station
• Green Park station
• Trafalgar Square
• Aldwych

N11

London Buses route N11 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to London General.

History

The route N11 started on 13 April 1984 running between Shepherds Bush Green and Liverpool Street, using two Daimler Fleetlines from Victoria Garage, these were changed to Metrobuses in July of that year. The following year, on 27 April 1985, the route was extended at both ends running between Acton Town and Hackney Central, with an increased pvr to three buses. A further extension, on the eastern end of the route, took place on 2 November from Hackney Central to Hackney Wick.

The N11 was rerouted away from Shepherd Bush to serve Turnham Green on 9 August 1986. On 28 October 1989, the allocation was split between Victoria and Shepherds Bush Garages, with one Metrobus from each, and also withdrawn between Trafalgar Square and Hackney Wick, replaced by a new route N6. The Shepherds Bush allocation was replaced with a Hounslow Garage allocation during March 1993. On the closure of Victoria Garage, during July 1993, the allocation transferred to Stockwell Garage.

The route was withdrawn from Turnham Green and returned to terminating at Shepherds Bush Green, on 26 February 1994, and also extended from Trafalgar Square back to Liverpool Street station, and rerouted as per the day route. The complete allocation was moved to Stamford Brook and transferred to Houslow once again during 1996. The allocation moved to Shepherds Bush during 1999. The route was converted to single deck in April 2000, but reverted to double deck in March 2001. The route was diverted at Hammersmith, away from Shepherds Bush, to Wembley Central on 31 March 2001.

London General gained route N11 from London United on 29 June 2003, and the route transferred to Stockwell Garage, using Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B7TLs from the day route. On 7 June 2008, the route was diverted at West Ealing to run via route 207 to terminate at Ealing Broadway, with route 297 being converted into a 24-hour service to replace the withdrawn section between Wembley Central and Argyle Road Cleveland Road.

Current route

 • Liverpool Street bus station  • Bank station  • Mansion House station  • St Paul's Cathedral  • City Thameslink station  • Aldwych  • Charing Cross station  • Trafalgar Square  • Westminster station  • Victoria station  • Victoria Coach Station  • Sloane Square station  • Chelsea  • Fulham Broadway station  • Charing Cross Hospital  • Hammersmith station (District/Piccadilly lines) Bus station for Hammersmith station (Hammersmith & City and Circle lines)  • King Street for Ravenscourt Park station  • Turnham Green station  • Acton High Street  • Acton Town station  • Northfields station  • Ealing Broadway

N15

London Buses route N15 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Romford Market and Oxford Circus, it was operated by Stagecoach London until August 2017. The service is now operated by Go Ahead London.

Current route

 • Romford Market  • Becontree Heath  • Barking station  • East Ham  • Plaistow  • Canning Town station  • South Bromley  • Poplar  • Limehouse station  • Aldgate East station  • Aldgate station  • Tower Gateway DLR station  • Tower Hill station  • Monument station  • Cannon Street station  • Mansion House station  • St Paul's Cathedral  • City Thameslink station  • Aldwych  • Charing Cross station  • Trafalgar Square  • Piccadilly Circus  • Oxford Circus

N16

London Buses route N16 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to Metroline.

History

Night bus N16 is night service for route 16 between Cricklewood & Victoria and route 32 between Edgware & Kilburn High Road.

This night route dates back at least as far as 1934, when it was numbered 294, running between Cricklewood Bus Garage and Liverpool Street station, via Marble Arch, Oxford Circus and Trafalgar Square. The route originally ran from Cricklewood Bus Garage using AEC Renown LT type double deckers. The route was then renumbered N94 in September 1960 and renumbered again to the present N16 in 1991. By 1991, the route had been extended from Cricklewood to Edgware, and was running from Edgware Bus Garage using MCW Metrobuses, reverting to Cricklewood Bus Garage in March 1993, only for the allocation to return to Edgware Garage in January 1994.

On 29 January 1994 the Trafalgar Square to Liverpool Street section was withdrawn, and the rerouted from Trafalgar Square, down Whitehall to Victoria.

In February 2001, the allocation was adjusted to be shared between Edgware and Cricklewood Bus Garages.

In October 2002, the Cricklewood allocation was again withdrawn and at the same time,the route was rerouted away from Trafalgar Square to run direct from Marble Arch via Park Lane to Victoria, following the day route 16.

In February 2005, Harrow Weald (HD) gained a weekend allocation for route N16.

On 29 June 2012, the Edgware (EW) allocation for route N16 was transferred to Cricklewood (W).

Current route

 • Edgware station Bus station  • Station Road  • High Street  • Burnt Oak Broadway  • Edgware Road  • The Hyde  • West Hendon Broadway  • Edgware Road  • Staples Corner  • Edgware Road  • Cricklewood Bus Garage  • Cricklewood Broadway  • Kilburn High Road  • Kilburn station  • Kilburn High Road  • Brondesbury station  • Kilburn High Road  • Kilburn High Road station  • Kilburn High Road  • Maida Vale  • Maida Vale station  • Maida Vale  • Edgware Road  • Edgware Road station  • Edgware Road  • Marble Arch station  • Park Lane  • Hyde Park Corner station  • Grosvenor Place  • Lower Grosvenor Place  • Buckingham Palace Road  • Victoria station Bus station

N18

London Buses route N18 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to Metroline.

History

Route N18 was introduced on 13 April 1984 between Sudbury (Swan) and Aldwych via Wembley, Stonebridge Park, Harlesden, Kensal Green, Harrow Road, Royal Oak, Bishops Bridge Road, Paddington station, Praed Street, Edgware Road, Marble Arch, Oxford Circus, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square; with meal relief journeys projected to Liverpool Street via Fleet Street, Ludgate Circus, St. Paul’s and Bank. Although this was a new route, the only new section was from Craven Park to Sudbury as the N91 already operated between Willesden Garage and Liverpool Street via Craven Park. Garage journeys ran in service over route 260. In April 1985 the route was extended from Sudbury to Edgware over portions of routes 182 and 286, but withdrawn between Trafalgar Square and Aldwych except for the meal break projection. In August the meal relief journeys were diverted to Waterloo, running over Waterloo Bridge. After the break buses ran light to Liverpool Street and then on times as before. In September 1987 certain journeys were diverted to Watford Junction via Bushey Heath and Watford (serving route 142), diverging at Stanmore Broadway after "double running" past Stanmore station. In October 1989 the meal relief point was changed to Victoria. At the end of January 1994 the service was withdrawn between Harrow Weald (Red Lion) and Watford. In February 2001, the route was rerouted direct via Harrow Road, instead of serving Paddington station. In 2003 the N18 was rerouted via Marylebone Road, Great Portland Street and runs across Oxford Street, instead of through it.

The N18 had always been based at the Westbourne Park garage on a contract to First London, using double deckers. But in June 2007, when route N7 was lost to Metroline which created space at Alperton (ON), so route N18 (with a higher PVR) swapped garages with route N10.

In November 2010, route N18 was transferred to Willesden Junction (WJ).

On 22 June 2013, the operation of route N18 was transferred to Metroline.

Current route

 • Harrow Weald Wealdstone Inn  • Harrow & Wealdstone station  • Harrow on the Hill station Bus station  • Northwick Park Hospital  • Sudbury & Harrow Road station  • Wembley Central station  • Stonebridge Park station  • Harlesden Jubilee Clock  • Kensal Green station  • Royal Oak station  • Edgware Road station  • Baker Street station  • Great Portland Street station  • Oxford Circus station  • Piccadilly Circus station  • Trafalgar Square for Charing Cross station

N19

London Buses route N19 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to Arriva London.

History

On 31 March 2012, London General commenced operating route N19 with new Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B5LHs and new Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TLs.

Current route

 • Clapham Junction station  • Falcon Road  • Battersea  • Battersea Park Road  • Battersea Bridge Road  • Battersea Bridge  • Chelsea  • King's Road  • Sloane Square station  • Sloane Street  • Knightsbridge  • Hyde Park Corner station  • Piccadilly  • Green Park station  • Piccadilly  • Piccadilly Circus station  • Shaftesbury Avenue  • Charing Cross Road  • Tottenham Court Road station  • New Oxford Street  • Bloomsbury Way  • Vernon Place for Holborn station  • Theobalds Road  • Clerkenwell Road  • Rosebery Avenue  • St John Street  • Angel station  • Islington High Street  • Upper Street  • Highbury & Islington station  • St Paul's Road  • Highbury Grove  • Highbury Park  • Blackstock Road  • Rock Street  • St Thomas's Road  • Finsbury Park bus station

N20

London Buses route N20 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to Metroline.

History

Route N20, like route N5, is a special night service for the Northern line between Charing Cross and High Barnet station(except it does not directly serve Totteridge & Whetstone, Woodside Park, Mill Hill East or West Finchley station).

The route was initially numbered N1 and began operating on the morning of 28 October 1989 running from High Barnet to Charing Cross and then via the Strand to terminate at the Aldwych. Some journeys diverted via Whitehall and Westminster to Victoria station. (Returning via Victoria Embankment and Arundel Street before continuing from Aldwych). The section between Aldwych and Trafalgar Square (Charing Cross) was withdrawn on 18 July 1992. The journeys to Victoria were withdrawn on 24 June 1995, when the route was renumbered N20, as the number N1 was needed for the night service of the day route 1.

The route was run from Holloway (HT) using MCW Metrobuses, until 24 June 1995 when a single bus Potters Bar allocation was introduced. The weekend service was increased in 1997 and the allocations were increased. On 15 July 1998 the route was transferred to Northumberland Park bus garage to be operated by First London using Leyland Olympians. On 8 January 2000 extra Friday/Saturday night journeys were added between Trafalgar Square and Finchley Central. After 5 years with First, on 25 August 2003, the route transferred back to Potters Bar with Metroline, and the extra journeys were extended from Finchley Central to High Barnet. The route returned to Holloway (HT) during February 2005, when a weekend night allocation was introduced.

Current route

 • Trafalgar Square for Charing Cross station  • Leicester Square station  • Charing Cross Road  • Tottenham Court Road station  • Tottenham Court Road  • Goodge Street  • Warren Street station  • Slip Road  • Euston Road  • Euston bus station  • Eversholt Street  • Mornington Crescent station  • Camden High Street  • Camden Town station  • Kentish Town Road  • Kentish Town station  • Tufnell Park station  • Junction Road  • Archway station  • Archway Road  • Highgate station  • Highgate Wood  • Great North Road  • East Finchley  • East Finchley station  • East End Road  • Regent Park Road  • Finchley Central station  • Ballards Lane  • North Finchley  • Whetstone  • High Road  • Great North Road  • High Barnet station  • Barnet Hill  • Barnet Church

N21

London Buses route N21 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to London Central.

History

Night Bus Route N21 is the night service for route 21 between Bank and Lewisham, and - until 10 October 2009 - for route 233 between Eltham and Foots Cray, for route 51 between Blackfen and Foots Cray and for route 321 between New Cross Gate and Eltham and Sidcup (Police station) and Foots Cray.

The N21 was introduced to provide a night service over the original route 21 between Central London and Sidcup (Foots Cray), but with a deviation via Avery Hill and Blackfen, to serve the University of Greenwich, which provides the route with steady patronage between there and Central London (not just at weekends either). It originally operated from Victoria to Foots Cray via its current routing but on Friday and Saturday Nights some journeys ran via New Eltham and Mottingham, terminating at Sidcup. In 1999 the route was re-structured again with the extra weekend journeys via New Eltham being revised to operate from Eltham to Chislehurst via Mottingham and was introduced to run every night (not just weekends). The original service to Foots Cray via Blackfen and Sidcup remained unchanged. Changes to the frequency meant buses running every 30 minutes between Victoria and Eltham then every 60 mins to Chislehurst and Foots Cray respectively.

In 2002, another re-structure saw the Chislehurst Journeys withdrawn and run through to Foots Cray. Instead, providing a 30 min service over the whole route. The route was also shortened to start and terminate at Trafalgar Square as opposed to Victoria. On Friday and Saturday nights, patronage was such that extras were introduced between Eltham High Street and Trafalgar Square, combined with the Foots Cray Buses providing a 15-minute service over that section of route. With the withdrawal of the Chislehurst Services, Mottingham and Chislehurst were without a night bus route until Feb 2008 when the N136 was introduced (replacing parts of the N36).

The route was further amended on 10 October 2009, being withdrawn between Blackfen and Sidcup, instead running to Bexleyheath via Blendon, Bridgen and Old Bexley along the established day route 132. The Night service to Sidcup was simultaneously replaced by a 24-hour service on route 321, restoring a night service to New Eltham after an absence of 10 years. On 27 May 2017, the route was transferred to London Central.^[27]

Current route

 • Trafalgar Square  • Charing Cross station  • Strand  • Aldwych  • Fleet Street  • Ludgate Circus  • City Thameslink station  • Ludgate Hill  • St Paul's Cathedral  • Cannon Street  • Mansion House station  • Queen Victoria Street  • Bank station  • King William Street  • Monument station  • London Bridge  • London Bridge station  • Borough High Street  • Borough station  • Great Dover Street  • Bricklayer's Arms  • Old Kent Road  • New Cross Road  • New Cross Gate station  • New Cross station  • Amersham Road  • Lewisham Way  • Loampit Hill for St Johns station  • Loampit Vale for Lewisham station  • Lewisham High Street  • Lee Bridge  • Lee High Road  • Eltham Road  • Eltham Hill  • Eltham High Street  • Bexley Road  • Avery Hill  • Blackfen Road  • Blendon Road  • Parkhill Road  • Bexley High Street  • Bourne Road  • Gravel Hill  • Broadway  • Arnsberg Way  • Market Place  • Bexleyheath Clocktower

N22

London Buses route N22 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Fulwell and Oxford Circus, it is operated by London General.

History

Route N22 has previously run beyond Fulwell to Kingston, however this was withdrawn on 3 June 2006.

Current route

 • Fulwell Stanley Road  • Twickenham  • Richmond Bridge  • Richmond station  • Mortlake High Street (junction with Sheen Lane for Mortlake station)  • Barnes Bridge station  • Barnes High Street  • Putney Common  • Putney High Street  • Wandsworth Town station  • Wandsworth Bridge  • Chelsea  • Sloane Square station  • Knightsbridge station  • Knightsbridge  • Hyde Park Corner station  • Piccadilly  • Green Park station  • Berkeley Square  • Oxford Circus

N26

London Buses route N26 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to CT Plus.

History

Route N26 began operating in July 1992 as a replacement for the eastern section of the withdrawn N6. It ran between Victoria and Walthamstow Central station via Westminster, Trafalgar Square, Aldwych, Fleet Street, Ludgate Circus, Mansion House, Bank, Liverpool Street, Shoreditch, Hackney Road, Cambridge Heath, Hackney, Morning Lane, Hackney Wick, Ruckholt Road, Leyton High Road and Bakers Arms. In 1995 it was withdrawn between Trafalgar Square and Victoria, but extended from Walthamstow Central to Walthamstow (Fulbourne Road) via Church Hill and Shernhall Street. Unofficially, the route went to Crooked Billet, which was the destination shown on the blind. In 2001 the route was withdrawn between Walthamstow Central and Fulbourne Road, but extended to Chingford stationvia Crooked Billet, Chingford Mount and The Ridgeway to replace route N38 which was curtailed at Walthamstow Central. At the same time it was also diverted between Mare Street, Hackney, and Leyton Town Hall via Well Street instead of Morning Lane, and Clays Lane instead of direct via Ruckholt Road. On 25 June 2011, First London gained commenced operating route N26 with new Alexander Dennis Enviro400s.

On 22 June 2013, the operation of route N26 was transferred to Tower Transit.

Current route

 • Chingford station  • Station Road  • The Green  • The Ridgeway  • Old Church Road  • Chingford Mount  • Chingford Mount Road  • Chingford Road  • Crooked Billet Roundabout  • Chingford Road  • Hoe Street  • Selborne Road  • Walthamstow bus station  • Selborne Road  • Hoe Street  • Leyton Green  • Leyton High Road  • Leyton (Midland Road) station  • Leyton High Road (junction with Ruckholt Road for Leyton station)  • Ruckholt Road  • Eastway  • Hackney Wick  • Wick Road  • Kenton Road  • Valentine Road  • Well Street  • Hackney  • Mare Street  • Cambridge Heath station  • Hackney Road  • Shoreditch High Street  • Norton Folgate  • Bishopsgate  • Liverpool Street station  • Bishopsgate  • Threadneedle Street  • Bank station  • Queen Victoria Street  • Mansion House station  • Queen Victoria Street  • Friday Street  • Cannon Street  • St Paul's Cathedral  • City Thameslink station  • Ludgate Hill  • Ludgate Circus  • Fleet Street  • Strand  • Aldwych  • Strand  • Charing Cross station  • Strand  • Charing Cross  • Trafalgar Square

N28

London Buses route N28 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to Tower Transit.

History

Night bus N28 runs the night service for route 28 between Wandsworth & Harrow Road. Route N28, together with route N31, run the night service for 31 between Notting Hill Gate & Camden Town station.

The route started out on the night of 29 May 1999 as single-deck route, but was converted, along with the day routes, to double-deck using brand new Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B7TLs in late 2004.

On 22 June 2013, the operation of route N28 was transferred to Tower Transit.

Current route

 • Camden Town Bayham Street  • Bayham Street  • Crowndale Road  • Mornington Crescent station  • Camden High Street  • Camden Town station  • Chalk Farm Road  • Chalk Farm station  • Adelaide Road  • Swiss Cottage station  • Finchley Road  • Fairfax Road  • South Hampstead station  • Belsize Road  • Kilburn High Road station  • Kilburn High Road  • Cambridge Avenue  • Kilburn Park station  • Cambridge Gardens  • Rudolph Road  • Kilburn Park Road  • Shirland Road  • Maida Hill The Chippenham  • Chippenham Road  • Elgin Avenue  • Great Western Road  • Westbourne Park station  • Westbourne Park Road  • Chepstow Road  • Pembridge Villas  • Pembridge Road  • Notting Hill Gate station  • Palace Gardens Terrace  • Kensington Mall  • Kensington Church Street  • Kensington High Street  • High Street Kensington station  • Kensington High Street  • Hammersmith Road  • Olympia station  • Hammersmith Road  • North End Road  • West Kensington station  • North End Road  • Fulham Road  • Fulham Broadway  • Fulham Broadway station  • Harwood Street  • New King's Road  • Wandsworth Bridge Road  • Wandsworth Bridge  • Bridgend Road  • Swandon Way  • Wandsworth Town station  • Old York Road  • Fairfield Street  • Wandsworth High Street  • Garratt Lane  • Wandsworth Southside Shopping Centre

N29

London Buses route N29 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to Arriva London.

History

Route N29 was introduced in the early 1980s, running from Trafalgar Square to Enfield Town (Little Park Gardens) via Piccadily Circus, Shaftsbury Avenue, Camden Town, Holloway, Finsbury Park, Manor House, Harringay, Turnpike Lane station, Wood Green, Palmers Green and Winchmore Hill. It was later extended to Ponders End.

Current route

 • Trafalgar Square for Charing Cross station  • Leicester Square  • Tottenham Court Road station  • Goodge Street station  • Warren Street station  • Mornington Crescent station  • Camden Town station  • Camden Road station  • Holloway  • Finsbury Park station  • Manor House station  • Harringay Green Lanes station  • Turnpike Lane station  • Wood Green station  • Palmers Green  • Winchmore Hill  • Bush Hill Park  • Cecil Road for Enfield Town station  • Enfield Town Little Park Gardens

N31

London Buses route N31 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to Tower Transit.

History

Route N31 was introduced in 1990 between Camden Town and Kensington via Chalk Farm, Swiss Cottage, Kilburn, Westbourne Park and Notting Hill Gate, then circular via Earls Court and Fulham. It only ran on the weekend nights of Friday/Saturday and Saturday/Sunday, and was the first orbital night route. In 2000 the N31 was extended from Earls Court to Clapham Junction station (St. John’s Hill) via Chelsea and Battersea.

Night bus N31 shares the night service with N28 for routes 28, 31 and 328.

On 22 June 2013, the operation of route N31 was transferred to Tower Transit.

Current route

 • Camden Town Bayham Street  • Camden Town station  • Chalk Farm station  • Swiss Cottage station  • Finchley Road  • Fairfax Road  • South Hampstead station  • Belsize Road  • Kilburn High Road station  • Kilburn High Road  • Cambridge Avenue  • Kilburn Park station  • Cambridge Gardens  • Rudolph Road  • Kilburn Park Road  • Shirland Road  • Maida Hill The Chippenham  • Chippenham Road  • Elgin Avenue  • Great Western Road  • Westbourne Park station  • Westbourne Park Road  • Chepstow Road  • Pembridge Villas  • Pembridge Road  • Notting Hill Gate station  • Palace Gardens Terrace  • Kensington Mall  • Kensington Church Street  • Kensington High Street  • High Street Kensington station  • Kensington High Street  • Earl's Court station  • Chelsea  • Battersea  • Clapham Junction station

N38

London Buses route N38 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Victoria bus station and Walthamstow bus station, it is operated by Arriva London.

History

Night bus N38 provides a night service for route 38, between Victoria and Clapton Pond and then continue to Walthamstow Central.

Current route

 • Victoria bus station  • Hyde Park Corner station  • Green Park station  • Piccadilly Circus  • Tottenham Court Road station  • Vernon Place for Holborn station  • Islington High Street  • Angel station  • Essex Road station  • Dalston Junction station  • Hackney Downs station  • Hackney Central station  • Clapton Pond  • Walthamstow bus station

N41

London Buses route N41 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to Arriva London.

History

In 2005, N41 was extended from Archway via Holloway Road, Angel, and Holborn to Trafalgar Square, replacing the withdrawn N43.

Current route

 • Tottenham Hale station Forecourt  • Seven Sisters station  • Turnpike Lane station  • Hornsey station  • Crouch End Broadway  • Homsey Rise  • Archway station  • Upper Holloway station  • Holloway Road station  • Highbury & Islington station  • Angel station  • Islington High Street  • Vernon Place (for Holborn station)  • Leicester Square station  • Trafalgar Square Whitehall (for Charing Cross station)

N44

London Buses route N44 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to London General.

History

Current route

 • Sutton station The Quadrant  • Sutton High Street  • St Helier  • Mitcham Tramlink  • Mitcham  • Tooting station  • Tooting Broadway station  • Earlsfield station  • Wandsworth  • Wandsworth Town station  • Battersea Park station  • Victoria Coach Station  • Victoria station  • Parliament Square (for Westminster station)  • Trafalgar Square  • Charing Cross station  • Aldwych

N55

London Buses route N55 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to Stagecoach London.

Night bus N55 is the night service for day routes 55 (between Oxford Circus and Leyton Bakers Arms), 257 (between Leyton Baker's Arms and Leytonstone Green Man) and W13 (between Leytonstone Green Man and Woodford Wells).

Current route

 • Oxford Circus Vere Street  • Tottenham Court Road station  • Vernon Place for Holborn station  • Old Street station  • Shoreditch  • Cambridge Heath station  • Hackney Central station  • Hackney Downs station  • Clapton Pond  • Clapton station  • Leyton Bakers Arms  • Whipps Cross  • Leytonstone Green Man Roundabout  • Wanstead station  • South Woodford station  • Woodford Green  • Woodford Wells St Thomas church

N63

London Buses route N63 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to London Central.

History

Current route

 • Crystal Palace Parade  • Honor Oak  • Peckham Rye station  • Peckham High Street  • Bricklayers Arms  • Elephant & Castle station  • Southwark station  • Blackfriars station  • Ludgate Circus  • City Thameslink station  • Farringdon station  • King's Cross station

N68

London Buses route N68 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to London Central.

History

The original route N68 was introduced in the 1970s, and ran between Wandsworth (Armoury Way) and Farringdon Street via Clapham Junction, Lavender Hill, Vauxhall, Millbank, Parliament Square, Trafalgar Square and Aldwych. It replaced the night service on route 168, and was the last night route to be introduced before the major enhancement of the night bus network during the 1980s, when a great many more routes were introduced. The N68 had the meal relief journeys to Liverpool Street "livened up" in 1975, and was diverted to run via Strand and Aldwych instead of Victoria Embankment during the 1970s. It is mainly covered now by route N87, and today’s N68 covers day routes 68, 468 and 60.

Current route

 • Old Coulsdon Tudor Rose  • Coulsdon South station  • Coulsdon  • Coulsdon Town station  • Reedham station  • Purley Cross (for Purley station)  • South Croydon  • Croydon High Street  • double run via George Street to East Croydon station  • Wellesley Road Tramlink  • Wellesley Road (for West Croydon Bus station and Tramlink)  • Thornton Heath  • Upper Norwood  • West Norwood station  • Tulse Hill station  • Herne Hill station  • Camberwell Green  • Elephant & Castle station  • Waterloo station Interchange  • Aldwych  • Holborn station  • Tottenham Court Road station St Giles High Street

N73

London Buses route N73 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to Arriva London.

History

Current route

Walthamstow bus station  • Blackhorse Road station  • Tottenham Hale station  • Seven Sisters station  • South Tottenham station  • Stamford Hill  • Stoke Newington station  • Stoke Newington High Street  • Newington Green  • Essex Road station  • Angel station  • Islington High Street  • King's Cross station  • St Pancras station  • Euston bus station  • Euston Square station for Warren Street station  • Tottenham Court Road station  • Oxford Circus station

N74

London Buses route N74 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Baker Street and Roehampton, it is operated by London General.

History

On 31 January 2003, route N74 was introduced to replace the discontinued night route N14 between Roehampton and Putney Bridge.

Current route

 • Baker Street station  • Marble Arch station  • Hyde Park Corner station  • Knightsbridge station  • Harrods  • South Kensington station  • Gloucester Road station  • Earl's Court  • West Brompton station  • Charing Cross Hospital  • Fulham High Street  • Wandsworth Town station  • Wandsworth High Street  • East Putney station  • Putney station  • Barnes Common  • Roehampton Danebury Avenue

N83

London Buses route N83 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Ealing Hospital and Golders Green station, it is operated by Metroline.

History

Route N83 commenced operating on 10 September 2016 between Ealing Hospital and Golders Green station when route 83 was curtailed to only operate between Alperton and Golders Green stations and route 483 introduced between Ealing Hospital and Harrow bus station.^[28][29]

Current route

Route N83 operates via these primary locations:^[28]

• Ealing Hospital
• Ealing Broadway station
• North Ealing station
• Hanger Lane station
• Alperton station
• Wembley Central station
• Wembley Stadium station
• Hendon station
• Hendon Central station
• Golders Green station

N86

London Buses route N86 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to Stagecoach London.

History

Original route

Route N86 was renumbered from 286 in 1960. It ran from Victoria Embankment to New Cross via Blackfriars, Elephant & Castle, Camberwell Green and Peckham. Subsequently, a couple of journeys were extended to Brockley Rise (Chandos) via Brockley. Some years later it was rerouted to serve Trafalgar Square via Fleet Street and Strand, and finally formed part of route N171.

Current route

 • Harold Hill Dagnam Park Square  • Gallows Corner  • Romford station  • Chadwell Heath  • Seven Kings station  • Ilford High Road (for Ilford station)  • Manor Park  • Woodgrange Park station  • Forest Gate  • Stratford Broadway  • Stratford station Bus station

N87

London Buses route N87 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to London General.

History

The N87 was a long-standing night-route with its origins as an all-night tram service. Introduced as route 287 after the withdrawal of the trams in 1952, it ran in both directions around a circular route in a figure of "8" from Victoria Embankment via Westminster, Kennington, Balham, Clapham, Tooting, Streatham, Brixton, Stockwell, Kennington, Elephant & Castle and Blackfriars back to Victoria Embankment. It was re-numbered N87 in 1960 in order to free up its original number for the new bus routes which were replacing the trolleybus services from the late 1950s. In later years it was rerouted to serve Whitehall, Trafalgar Square, Strand and Fleet Street instead of Victoria Embankment. Buses ran both ways around the loops every 24 minutes, which in those days made it the most frequent (and regular) night bus. It was replaced in the mid-1990s by a number of other routes when the re-organisation and enhancement of the night bus network took place, and is now covered mainly by the 88, today’s N44 and the N133. On 3 June 2006, route N77 was renumbered N87. At the same time route N87 was withdrawn between Kingston and Tolworth.

Current route

 • Aldwych  • Charing Cross station  • Trafalgar Square  • Westminster station  • Tate Gallery  • Vauxhall station  • Wandsworth Road station  • Clapham Junction station  • Wandsworth High Street  • Wimbledon station  • Raynes Park station  • New Malden  • Kingston Fairfield Road Bus station

N89

London Buses route N89 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to London Central.

History

Route N89 was renumbered from 289 in 1960. It ran from London Bridge station to Southall (Brent Road) via Bank, Holborn, Oxford Street, Marble Arch, Lancaster Gate/Notting Hill Gate, Shepherds Bush, Acton, Ealing and Hanwell. It was later diverted between Marble Arch and Lancaster Gate to serve Paddington station. In 1976 the journeys that ran out of service to Liverpool Street were changed to run in service, and so at Bank some journeys ran to Liverpool Street instead of London Bridge, meaning that at that point the N89 ran in three different directions. In 1981 the route was diverted at Southall Town Hall to run to Uxbridge via Hayes End and Hillingdon. The route was absorbed mainly by route N207, running between Holborn and Uxbridge.

Route N89 was introduced in 2003 when it replaced the withdrawn N81 between Trafalgar Square and Bexleyheath. Night bus N81 ran between Victoria station and Bexleyheath. Throughout its existence as a South East London Night Route, the N81 had many projections and diversions, at one stage running as far as Dartford and Gillingham. The Route was then curtailed to Crayford for a short period of time before finally being cut back further to Bexleyheath. The N81 Generally followed the same routeing between Victoria and Bexleyheath, despite the changes.

The N89 runs from Trafalgar Square over most of the old N81 routing to Bexleyheath and was extended onwards to Erith via Slade Green, over the then 89 and 469 route's. The Erith Extension was introduced to prevent idling buses causing a nuisance to Slade Green residents, as well as providing a 'useful' connection. Between Lewisham and Slade Green the N89 matched the daytime 89 route, so the renumbering from N81 to N89 reflected this. The Erith extension also enabled route N53 to be curtailed at Plumstead, later to be replaced by the 53 becoming a 24-hour service between Plumstead and Whitehall only. The Thamesmead services on the N53 were replaced by an extension of the N1. With the loss of the N53 Between Plumstead and Erith, the Lesnes Heath and Upper Belvedere areas became deprived of a night bus Service, whereby other nearby areas of Northumberland Heath, North End and Slade Green—all previously unserved—gained a Night Bus with the introduction of the N89.

Night bus N89 is London's longest at 34-kilometre (21 mi) length, closely followed by the N9 at 33 kilometres (21 miles).

On 28 January 2012, night bus N89 was retained by London Central with new Alexander Dennis Enviro400s.

Current route

 • Erith Cross Street  • Slade Green station  • Bexleyheath  • Welling High Street  • Blackheath station  • Lewisham High Street for Lewisham station  • Deptford Bridge station  • Deptford Broadway  • New Cross station  • New Cross Gate station  • Queens Road Peckham station  • Peckham High Street  • Camberwell Green  • Walworth Road  • Elephant & Castle station  • Southwark station  • Blackfriars station  • Ludgate Circus  • Aldwych  • Charing Cross station  • Trafalgar Square

N91

London Buses route N91 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to Metroline.

History

Route N91 was renumbered from 291 in 1960 to allow for the greater need of numbers for day routes. It ran between Liverpool Street and Willesden Garage via Bank, St. Paul’s, Ludgate Circus, Fleet Street, Strand, Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus, Oxford Circus, Marble Arch, Edgware Road, Harrow Road and Harlesden. It was subsequently rerouted to serve Paddington station, and the route now forms part of today’s route 6 which runs 24 hours.

The present route N91 is the night service for route 91 between Trafalgar Square and Crouch End, and the Piccadilly line between Holborn and Cockfosters, albeit not serving Holloway Road, Arsenal, Finsbury Park, and Manor House stations. Passengers can then continue their journey using night routes N97 to Hammersmith and N9 to Heathrow Airport Central. There is currently no night service for the Uxbridge branch.

Current route

 • Trafalgar Square  • Charing Cross station  • Aldwych for Covent Garden station  • Holborn station  • Russell Square station  • Euston bus station  • King's Cross station  • Caledonian Road station  • Holloway  • Crouch End  • Turnpike Lane station  • Wood Green station  • Bounds Green station  • New Southgate station  • Arnos Grove station  • Southgate station  • Oakwood station  • Cockfosters station

N97

London Buses route N97 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to Tower Transit.

History

N97 is the shortest dedicated Night Bus Route at 6 miles (9.7 km) long. The route began as 614 but was renumbered 297 in October 1934 and N97 in 1960. It ran between Liverpool Street and Turnham Green Garage via Bank, St. Paul’s, Ludgate Circus, Fleet Street, Strand, Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus, Green Park, Hyde Park Corner, Knightsbridge, South Kensington, Fulham Broadway, Dawes Road, Hammersmith and Stamford Brook. It was subsequently rerouted to serve Earl’s Court. In 1977, when the Piccadilly line was extended to Heathrow, the N97 underwent a major change when it was extended to Heathrow Airport via Chiswick, Gunnersbury, Brentford, Isleworth, Hounslow, Hounslow West, Cranford and Harlington Corner, and at the same time was introduced on Saturday night/Sunday morning and substantially increased in frequency.

The route is primarily used as a night replacement for the Piccadilly line between Piccadilly Circus and Hammersmith stations. Passengers can then continue their journey using night routes N91 (to Cockfosters) or N9 (to Heathrow). There is currently no night service for the Uxbridge branch. Operation of the route passed from London United to Tower Transit on 5 March 2016.^[30]

Current route

 • Trafalgar Square Northumberland Avenue  • Piccadilly Circus station  • Green Park station  • Hyde Park Corner station  • Knightsbridge station  • Harrods  • South Kensington station  • Gloucester Road station  • Earl's Court station  • West Brompton station  • Charing Cross Hospital  • Hammersmith bus station

N98

London Buses route N98 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Stanmore and Holborn, it is operated by Metroline

History

Route N98 was introduced in 1960 when the night buses were renumbered with an "N" prefix from the 2×× series, and so the 298 became N98. It ran from Trafalgar Square to Hornchurch Garage via Tottenham Court Road station, Holborn, St. Paul’s, Bank, Aldgate, Stepney Green, Mile End, Bow, Stratford, Forest Gate, Manor Park, Ilford, Seven Kings, Chadwell Heath, Romford and Roneo Corner. The Hornchurch extension was cut back to Romford station, but some journeys were extended from Trafalgar Square to Victoria via Westminster for crews’ meal reliefs. It was one of the few night routes in the early days to run on Saturday night, but the service only came into central London as far as Holborn. The Trafalgar Square to Oxford Circus section was withdrawn in 2003, with no replacement, and instead rerouted to Holborn Red Lion Square. The original service now forms part of 24-hour route 25.

Night bus N98 runs a night service for route 98 between Holborn and Willesden, and then continues to Stanmore via Kingsbury and Neasden as a night service for the Northern end of the Jubilee line. The route is structured so that every other bus runs beyond Willesden to Stanmore.

The route was also on a contract to First London, operating from Alperton (ON), using Leyland Olympians and MCW Metrobuses. In 2003, the allocation was transferred to Metroline, operating from Willesden (AC) and Edgware (EW), using Plaxton President bodied Volvo B7TLs.

In June 2013, Alexander Dennis Enviro400s were introduced.

Current route

 • Stanmore station  • Queensbury station  • Kingsbury station  • Blackbird Cross  • Neasden  • Willesden Bus Garage  • Kilburn High Road station  • Maida Vale station  • Edgware Road station  • Edgware Road station (Bakerloo line)  • Marble Arch station  • Oxford Circus station  • Tottenham Court Road station  • Holborn Red Lion Square

N109

London Buses route N109 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to Abellio London.

History

Route N109 began operating in the summer of 1994 between Aldwych and Croydon via Trafalgar Square, Brixton and Streatham; then continued either to New Addington or to Coulsdon via Purley.

On 28 August 2010, route N109 was reintroduced to replace the discontinued N159 between Oxford Circus and Croydon.

Route N109 was passed to Abellio London from 31 January 2015.

Current route

 • Croydon Katharine Street  • Wellesley Road Tramlink  • West Croydon Bus station and Tramlink  • West Croydon station  • Thornton Heath  • Norbury station  • Streatham station  • Streatham Hill station  • Brixton station  • Kennington Oval station  • Lambeth North station  • Westminster station  • Trafalgar Square for Charing Cross station  • Piccadilly Circus station  • Oxford Circus station Harewood Place

N113

London Buses route N113 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to Metroline.

History

On 30 June 2012, London Buses route N113 was introduced. TfL have published their proposals which were to create an N113 running along the normal daytime route from Edgware to Oxford Street, but additionally serving Oxford Circus, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.^[31]

Current route

 • Edgware station Bus station  • Mill Hill Circus  • Hendon Central station  • Brent Cross  • Finchley Road & Frognal station  • Finchley Road station  • Swiss Cottage station  • St. John's Wood station  • Lord's Cricket Ground  • Baker Street station  • Oxford Circus station  • Piccadilly Circus station  •

N133

London Buses route N133 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to Arriva London.

History

Current route

 • Morden station  • Mitcham Raleigh Gardens  • Streatham Vale  • Streatham Common station  • Streatham station  • Streatham Hill station  • Brixton station  • Kennington (Oval station)  • Elephant & Castle station  • Borough station  • London Bridge station  • Monument station  • Bank station  • Moorgate station  • Liverpool Street bus station

N136

London Buses route N136 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to London Central.

History

On 9 February 2008, night bus N136 was introduced to replace the discontinued night bus N36.

Current route

 • Oxford Circus  • Piccadilly Circus  • Trafalgar Square Charring Cross station  • Westminster station  • Victoria station  • Vauxhall station Bus station  • Oval station  • Camberwell Green  • Queen's Road station (Peckham)  • New Cross Gate station  • Lewisham station  • Catford  • Catford Garage  • Grove Park station Bus station  • Chislehurst

N137

London Buses route N137 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. The service is contracted to Arriva London.

History

Current route

 • Crystal Palace Bus station  • Norwood  • Streatham Hill station  • Clapham Common station  • Queenstown Road station  • Battersea Park station  • Sloane Square station  • Knightsbridge station  • Hyde Park Corner station  • Marble Arch station  • Bond Street station  • Oxford Circus station Regent Street

N155

London Buses route N155 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to London General.

History

The service used to run as far as Sutton, but was cut back and now terminates at Morden.

Current route

 • Morden station  • Morden Road Tramlink  • South Wimbledon station  • Colliers Wood station  • Tooting Broadway station  • Tooting Bec station  • Balham station  • Clapham South station  • Clapham Common station  • Clapham High Street station  • Clapham North station  • Stockwell station  • Kennington (Oval station)  • Elephant & Castle station  • Lambeth North station  • Westminster station  • Trafalgar Square  • Charing Cross station  • Aldwych

N171

London Buses route N171 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to London Central.

History

The original N171 route ran from Tottenham Court Road to Hither Green station. In 2006, the route was changed to terminate at Catford Bus Garage instead of Hither Green, and so mirror the day 171 route.

On 25 June 2010, a consultation was held, proposing to reintroduce the service to Hither Green. On 30 April 2011, following the consultation, the N171 was rerouted to Hither Green station.^[32]

Current route

Tottenham Court Road station  • Holborn station  • Aldwych  • Waterloo station  • Elephant & Castle station  • Camberwell Green  • Peckham High Street  • Queens Road Peckham station  • New Cross Gate station  • New Cross station  • Brockley Cross for Brockley station  • Crofton Park station  • Brockley Rise  • Catford station  • Catford Bridge station  • Hither Green station

N199

London Buses route N199 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to Stagecoach London.

History

Route N199 was introduced on 12 September 2015, to replace discontinued night bus N47.^[33]

Current route

 • St Mary Cray station Station Approach  • Cray Avenue  • Orpington High Street  • Station Road  • Station Approach  • Orpington station  • Petts Wood station  • Bromley Common  • Masons Hill Bromley South station  • High Street  • Elmfield Road  • Kentish Way  • Widmore Road  • Bromley Market Square  • High Street  • London Road  • Bromley Hill  • Bromley Road (junction with Randlesdown Road for Bellingham station)  • Catford  • Lewisham High Street  • Loampit Vale (for Lewisham station)  • Greenwich station  • Greenwich Church Street (for Cutty Sark station)  • Deptford Evelyn Street  • Grove Street  • Pepys Estate  • Rotherhithe Old Road  • Surrey Quays station  • Canada Water station  • Bermondsey station  • Jamaica Road  • Tooley Street  • London Bridge station  • King William Street  • Monument station  • Cannon Street station  • Mansion House station  • Queen Victoria Street  • St Paul's Cathedral  • Ludgate Hill  • City Thameslink station  • Ludgate Circus  • Fleet Street  • Aldwych  • Charing Cross station  • Trafalgar Square

N205

London Buses route N205 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Paddington and Leyton, it is operated by Stagecoach London.

History

Route N205 was introduced on 31 August 2013, to replace the night service on 24-hour route 205. No timetable change took place; the existing night-time services on the 205 was simply re-numbered as N205 and extended to Leyton, Drapers Field via Stratford as part of the Stratford development scheme.

Current route

 • Paddington Cleveland Terrace  • Paddington station  • Edgware Road station  • Marylebone station  • Baker Street station  • Regent's Park station  • Great Portland Street station  • Warren Street station  • Euston Square station  • Euston bus station  • St Pancras station  • King's Cross station  • Angel station  • Old Street station  • Liverpool Street station  • Aldgate station  • Aldgate East station  • Whitechapel station  • Stepney Green station  • Mile End station  • Bow Road station  • Bow Church station  • Stratford City bus station  • East Village  • High Road Leyton Temple Mills Lane

N207

London Buses route N207 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to Metroline.

History

N207 replaced the former night bus N89, which ran from Uxbridge station to Victoria station, in 2001. It was then rerouted to Aldwych, and in 2005 it was rerouted again to Holborn. Night bus N207's Acton allocation was transferred to Hayes in March 2008. On 29 May 2010, route N207 was temporarily withdrawn between Holborn to Oxford Circus.

On 22 June 2013, the operation of route N207 was transferred to Metroline.

Current route

 • Uxbridge station  • Hayes End  • Hayes Grapes  • Hayes By-Pass  • Southall High Street  • Ealing Hospital  • Hanwell Broadway  • West Ealing Broadway  • Ealing Broadway station  • Ealing Common station  • Acton High Street  • Acton Vale  • Shepherd's Bush Market station  • Shepherd's Bush stations  • Holland Park station  • Notting Hill Gate station  • Queensway station  • Lancaster Gate station  • Marble Arch station  • Bond Street station  • Oxford Circus station  • Tottenham Court Road station  • Holborn Red Lion Square

N253

London Buses route N253 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to Arriva London.

History

Current route

 • Aldgate station Bus station  • Aldgate East station  • Whitechapel station  • Bethnal Green Tube station  • Cambridge Heath station  • Hackney Central station  • Hackney Downs station  • Clapton station  • Stamford Hill  • Stamford Hill station  • Manor House station  • Finsbury Park station  • Holloway  • Camden Road station  • Camden Town station  • Mornington Crescent station  • Euston bus station  • Euston Square station (for Warren Street station)  • Tottenham Court Road station St Giles High Street

N279

London Buses route N279 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to Arriva London.

History

Night bus N279 is the night service for route 279 between Waltham Cross and Manor House station, it then continues to Trafalgar Square via Holloway, Camden, Warren Street, Tottenham Court Road and Leicester Square. It previously continued to Victoria. Back in 1998, there were journeys continuing out into the countryside to Upshire. Route N279 is the only London night bus route terminating outside the Greater London boundary.

It once ran via St Pancras, King's Cross & Euston but due to Pancras Road being a one way system it was rerouted via Eversholt Street and Hampstead Road in 2006.

On 15 October 2011, night route N279 was retained by Arriva London with new Alexander Dennis Enviro400s.

Current route

 • Trafalgar Square Charing Cross station  • Leicester Square station  • Tottenham Court Road station  • Goodge Street station  • Warren Street station  • Mornington Crescent station  • Camden Town station  • Camden Road station  • Holloway Nag's Head  • Finsbury Park station  • Manor House station  • Seven Sisters station  • Tottenham Swan  • Bruce Grove station  • Upper Edmonton  • Edmonton Green station  • Ponders End  • Enfield Highway  • Waltham Cross station Bus station

N343

London Buses route N343 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to Abellio London.

History

Current route

 • New Cross Gate Jerningham Road  • Brockley  • Peckham Rye station  • Elephant & Castle station  • Borough station  • London Bridge station  • Southwark  • Tenison Way (for Waterloo station)  • Aldwych  • Charing Cross station  • Trafalgar Square Whitehall

N381

London Buses route N381 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to Abellio London.

History

Current route

 • Peckham Bus station  • Bonamy Estate  • Surrey Quays station  • Canada Water station  • Rotherhithe station  • Bermondsey station  • London Bridge station  • Southwark  • Waterloo station  • Westminster station  • Whitehall Horse Guards for Trafalgar Square

N550

London Buses route N550 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to Tower Transit.

History

On 30 October 2008, route N550 was introduced to replace route N50.

On 31 August 2013, Tower Transit commenced operating route N550.

Current route

 • Canning Town station Bus station  • South Bromley  • Poplar (All Saints station)  • Cubitt Town  • Island Gardens station  • Canary Wharf station  • Heron Quays station  • Westferry station  • Limehouse station  • Aldgate East station  • Aldgate station  • Bank station  • Mansion House station  • Blackfriars station  • Embankment station  • Trafalgar Square Cockspur Street (for Charing Cross station)

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N551

London Buses route N551 is a Transport for London contracted night bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to Tower Transit.

History

On 30 October 2008, route N551 was introduced to replace route N50.

On 31 August 2013, Tower Transit commenced operating route N551.

Current route

 • Gallions Reach Retail Park  • Gallions Reach station  • Beckton Bus station for Beckton station  • Prince Regent station  • Custom House station  • Keir Hardie Estate  • Canning Town station  • South Bromley  • Poplar (All Saints station)  • Limehouse station  • Shadwell  • Aldgate station  • Bank  • Mansion House station  • St Paul's Cathedral  • City Thameslink station  • Aldwych  • Charing Cross Station Road  • Trafalgar Square Cockspur Street

See also

• Night Tube

References