List of bus routes in London


This is a list of Transport for London contracted bus routes in London, England, as well as non-TfL bus routes that enter Greater London.
TfL bus routes in London are operated by 7 operators. Those operators are: Arriva London, Go-Ahead London, Metroline, First Bus London, Stagecoach London, Transport UK London Bus and Uno.
Some non-TfL bus routes enter Greater London, and operate with a London Service Permit provided by TfL. Therefore, those routes are shown at TfL bus stops. Those non-TfL operators are: Arriva Herts & Essex, Carlone Limited, Carousel Buses, Diamond South East, Falcon Buses, First Berkshire & The Thames Valley, Go-Coach, Kent Country, Metrobus, NIBS Buses, Reading Buses, Red Eagle, Red Rose Travel, Reptons Coaches, Sullivan Buses, Thames Valley Buses, Uno and White Bus Services.

Classification of route numbers

In Victorian times, people who took the bus would recognise the owner and the route of an 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 London Motor Omnibus Company 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 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.

Historic classification

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 Arthur Ernest Bassom of the Metropolitan Police who devised it. For many decades, variant and short workings used letter suffixes. The numbers reflected the company that operated the route.
The numbering was revised in 1934 after London Transport was formed:

Current classification

List of routes

All routes operate in both directions unless detailed.

1–99

RouteStartEndOperatorNotes
1Canada Water bus stationHampstead HeathGo-Ahead London
2Marylebone stationNorwood bus garageArriva London
3Crystal Palace bus stationVictoria bus stationTransport UK London Bus
4Archway tube stationBlackfriars stationMetroline
5Canning Town bus stationRomford MarketGo-Ahead London
6London Victoria stationWillesden bus garageMetrolineOperates as a 24-hour service.
7East ActonOxford CircusMetroline
8Bow ChurchTottenham Court Road stationStagecoach London
9AldwychHammersmith bus stationMetroline
11Fulham Town HallLondon Waterloo stationGo-Ahead London
12Oxford CircusDulwich LibraryGo-Ahead LondonOperates as a 24-hour service.
13North Finchley bus stationLondon Victoria stationFirst Bus LondonOperates as a 24-hour service.
14Putney HeathRussell SquareGo-Ahead LondonOperates as a 24-hour service.
15Blackwall DLR stationCharing Cross tube stationGo-Ahead London
16Brent ParkLondon Paddington stationMetroline
17Archway tube stationLondon Bridge bus stationMetroline
18Euston bus stationSudbury & Harrow Road railway stationFirst Bus London
19Battersea BridgeFinsbury Park bus stationArriva London
20DebdenWalthamstow bus stationStagecoach London
21Lewisham Shopping CentreHollowayGo-Ahead London
22Oxford CircusPutney CommonGo-Ahead London
23AldwychWestbourne Park tube stationFirst Bus LondonOperates as a 24-hour service.
24Hampstead HeathPimlicoTransport UK London BusOperates as a 24-hour service.
25IlfordCity Thameslink railway stationStagecoach London
26Hackney WickLondon Victoria stationStagecoach London
27Chalk FarmHammersmith GroveTransport UK London Bus
28Kensal Rise railway stationSouthside WandsworthMetroline
29Trafalgar SquareWood Green tube stationArriva London
30Hackney WickEuston bus stationMetroline
31White City bus stationCamden Town tube stationFirst Bus London
32Edgware bus stationKilburn Park tube stationMetroline
33Fulwell railway stationCastelnauFirst Bus LondonTemporarily withdrawn between Castelnau and Hammersmith bus station until further notice due to the closure of Hammersmith Bridge.
34Barnet ChurchWalthamstow bus stationArriva London
35Clapham Junction railway stationShoreditchGo-Ahead LondonOperates as a 24-hour service.
36New Cross bus garageQueen's Park stationGo-Ahead LondonOperates as a 24-hour service.
37PeckhamPutney HeathGo-Ahead LondonOperates as a 24-hour service.
38Clapton PondVictoria bus stationArriva LondonSeveral buses start from and terminate at Hackney Central during weekday daytimes.
39Clapham Junction railway stationPutney Bridge tube stationGo-Ahead London
40Clerkenwell RoadDulwich LibraryGo-Ahead London
41Archway tube stationTottenham Hale bus stationArriva London
42East DulwichShoreditchGo-Ahead London
43Friern BarnetLondon Bridge bus stationMetrolineOperates as a 24-hour service.
44Tooting railway stationLondon Victoria stationGo-Ahead London
45Morden tube stationCamberwell GreenTransport UK London Bus
46London Paddington stationSt Bartholomew's HospitalMetrolineOperated with electric buses since 20 October 2018.
47Catford bus garageShoreditchStagecoach LondonOperates as a 24-hour service.
49Clapham JunctionWhite City bus stationFirst Bus London
50Fairfield HallsStockwell tube stationArriva London
51Orpington railway stationBeresford SquareGo-Ahead London
52Victoria bus stationWillesden bus garageMetrolineOperates as a 24-hour service.
53Plumstead railway stationLower MarshStagecoach London
54Woolwich railway stationElmers End stationStagecoach London
55Walthamstow bus stationOxford CircusStagecoach London
56St Bartholomew's HospitalWhipps CrossStagecoach London
57Clapham ParkFairfield bus stationGo-Ahead LondonOperates as a 24-hour service.
58East HamWalthamstow bus stationStagecoach London
59St Bartholomew's HospitalClapham ParkArriva London
60Old Coulsdon
Oasis Academy Coulsdon
Streatham railway stationArriva London
61Bromley North railway stationChislehurstStagecoach London
62BarkingMarks GateStagecoach London
63London King's Cross railway stationHonor OakTransport UK London Bus
64New AddingtonThornton Heath PondArriva LondonOperates as a 24-hour service.
65Ealing Broadway stationKingston upon ThamesFirst Bus London
66Leytonstone bus stationRomford railway stationArriva London
67Wood Green tube stationDalstonArriva London
68Euston bus stationWest NorwoodTransport UK London Bus
69Canning Town bus stationWalthamstow bus stationGo-Ahead LondonOperates as a 24-hour service.
70Chiswick Business ParkSouth Kensington tube stationFirst Bus London
71Chessington World of AdventuresCromwell Road bus stationFirst Bus London
72East ActonHammersmith BridgeFirst Bus LondonTemporarily withdrawn between Hammersmith Bridge and Roehampton until further notice due to the closure of Hammersmith Bridge.
73Oxford CircusStoke Newington CommonArriva London
74Baker Street tube stationPutney ExchangeGo-Ahead London
75Fairfield HallsLewisham stationStagecoach London
76Tottenham Hale bus stationLower MarshArriva LondonOperates as a 24-hour service.
77Tooting railway stationLondon Waterloo stationGo-Ahead London
78NunheadShoreditchGo-Ahead London
79Stonebridge Park stationEdgware bus stationFirst Bus London
80Downview & High Down PrisonsHackbridgeGo-Ahead London
81SloughHounslow bus stationMetroline
83Golders Green tube stationAlpertonMetroline
85Kingston upon ThamesPutney Bridge tube stationFirst Bus London
86Romford railway stationStratford bus stationStagecoach London
87AldwychWandsworthGo-Ahead LondonOriginally numbered 77A until 3 June 2006.
88Parliament Hill FieldsClapham CommonGo-Ahead LondonOperates as a 24-hour service.
89Lewisham stationSlade Green railway stationGo-Ahead London
90FelthamNortholt tube stationMetrolineOperated with double-decker buses since 29 August 2015.
91Crouch EndTrafalgar SquareGo-Ahead London
92Ealing HospitalSt Raphael's NorthMetroline
93North CheamPutney Bridge tube stationGo-Ahead LondonOperates as a 24-hour service.
94Acton GreenPiccadilly CircusFirst Bus LondonOperates as a 24-hour service.
95Shepherd's Bush GreenSouthall Town HallMetroline
96Bluewater Shopping CentreWoolwichArriva London
97Chingford railway stationStratford City bus stationStagecoach London
98Red Lion SquareWillesden bus garageMetroline
99Bexleyheath Shopping CentreBeresford SquareGo-Ahead London