Night buses in London

N3
N3
Overview
Operator	Abellio London
Garage	Battersea (QB)
Vehicle	New Routemaster
Peak vehicle requirement	13
Night-time	23:53 until 06:49
Route
Start	Bromley North
Via	Beckenham; Crystal Palace; Brixton; Kennington; Trafalgar Square
End	Oxford Circus
Length	16 miles (26 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Weekend frequency	15 minutes
Journey time	62-84 minutes

N2
N2
Overview
Operator	Arriva London
Garage	Norwood (N)
Vehicle	Volvo B7TL 10.6m / Alexander ALX400
Peak vehicle requirement	5
Night-time	23:45 until 05:54
Route
Start	Crystal Palace
Via	West Norwood; Brixton; Stockwell; Vauxhall; Westminster; Victoria
End	Trafalgar Square
Length	8 miles (13 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Weekend frequency	15 minutes
Journey time	35-42 minutes
	The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night

N1
N1
Overview
Operator	London General
Garage	Belvedere (BV); Mandela Way (MW)
Vehicle	Volvo B7TL 10.6m / Wright Eclipse Gemini
Peak vehicle requirement	9
Night-time	00:20 until 06:45
Route
Start	Thamesmead
Via	Woolwich; Greenwich; Surrey Quays; Waterloo
End	Tottenham Court Road station
Length	16 miles (26 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Weekend frequency	20 minutes
Journey time	59-74 minutes
	The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night

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 Victoria 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 52 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 Rail network) have no corresponding daytime routes.

Route	Start	End	Operator
N1	Thamesmead	Tottenham Court Road Station	London General
N2	Crystal Palace	Trafalgar Square	Arriva London
N3	Bromley North	Oxford Circus	Abellio London
N5	Edgware	Trafalgar Square	Metroline
N7	Northolt	Oxford Circus	Metroline
N8	Hainault	Tottenham Court Road Station	Stagecoach London
N9	Aldwych	Heathrow Terminal 5	London United
N11	Ealing Broadway	Liverpool Street	London General
N13	Aldwych	North Finchley	London Sovereign
N15	Romford	Trafalgar Square	Stagecoach London
N16	Edgware	Victoria Station	Metroline
N18	Harrow Weald	Trafalgar Square	Metroline
N19	Clapham Junction	Finsbury Park	London General
N20	Barnet	Trafalgar Square	Metroline
N21	Bexleyheath	Trafalgar Square	London Central
N22	Fulwell	Piccadilly Circus	London General
N26	Chingford	Trafalgar Square	Tower Transit
N28	Camden Town	Wandsworth	Tower Transit
N29	Enfield Town	Trafalgar Square	Arriva London
N31	Camden Town	Clapham Junction	Tower Transit
N35	Clapham Junction	Tottenham Court Road Station	Abellio London
N38	Victoria Station	Walthamstow Central	Arriva London
N41	Tottenham Hale	Trafalgar Square	Arriva London
N44	Aldwych	Sutton station	London General
N55	Oxford Circus	Woodford Wells	Stagecoach London
N63	Crystal Palace	King's Cross	London Central
N68	Old Coulsdon	Tottenham Court Road Station	London Central
N73	Victoria Station	Walthamstow Central	Arriva London
N74	Baker Street	Roehampton	London General
N83	Ealing Hospital	Goldern Green station	Metroline
N86	Harold Hill	Stratford Bus Station	Stagecoach London
N87	Aldwych	Kingston	London General
N89	Erith	Trafalgar Square	London Central
N91	Cockfosters	Trafalgar Square	Metroline
N97	Hammersmith	Trafalgar Square	Tower Transit
N98	Holborn	Stanmore	Metroline
N109	Croydon	Oxford Circus	Abellio London
N113	Edgware	Trafalgar Square	Metroline
N133	Liverpool Street	Morden	Arriva London
N136	Chislehurst	Oxford Circus	Stagecoach London
N137	Crystal Palace	Oxford Circus	Arriva London
N155	Aldwych	Morden	London General
N171	Hither Green	Tottenham Court Road Station	London Central
N199	St Mary Cray	Trafalgar Square	Stagecoach London
N205	Leyton	Paddington	Stagecoach London
N207	Holborn	Uxbridge	Metroline
N253	Aldgate	Tottenham Court Road Station	Arriva London
N279	Trafalgar Square	Waltham Cross	Arriva London
N343	New Cross Gate	Trafalgar Square	Abellio London
N381	Peckham	Trafalgar Square	Abellio London
N550	Canning Town	Trafalgar Square	Tower Transit
N551	Gallions Reach Shopping Park	Trafalgar Square	Tower Transit

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.^{[citation needed]} 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]

N2

London Buses route N2 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Crystal Palace and Trafalgar Square, 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]

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 commenced 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. It's 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]

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N5

N5
Overview
Operator	Metroline
Garage	Edgware (EW) Holloway (HT)
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro400 10.1m
Peak vehicle requirement	16
Night-time	00:00 until 06:00
Route
Start	Edgware
Via	Burnt Oak Colindale Hendon Golders Green Hampstead Chalk Farm Camden Town
End	Trafalgar Square
Length	13 miles (21 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	15 minutes
Weekend frequency	10 minutes
Journey time	50-65 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night

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]

N7

N7
Overview
Operator	Metroline
Garage	Perivale West (PA)
Vehicle	Volvo B5LH 10.5m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 3
Peak vehicle requirement	6
Night-time	00:00 until 07:00
Route
Start	Northolt
Via	Greenford Ealing Acton Paddington Marble Arch
End	Oxford Circus
Length	16 miles (26 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Journey time	63-90 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night

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]

N8

N8
Overview
Operator	Stagecoach London
Garage	Bow (BW)
Vehicle	New Routemaster
Peak vehicle requirement	19
Night-time	00:00 until 06:39
Route
Start	Hainault
Via	Barkingside Wanstead Stratford Bethnal Green Bank
End	Tottenham Court Road station
Length	16 miles (26 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	15-20 minutes
Weekend frequency	7-8 minutes
Journey time	69-94 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night

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 Berkley 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]

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N9

N9

Overview
Operator	London United
Garage	Hounslow (AV)
Vehicle	Scania OmniCity 10.8m
Peak vehicle requirement	18
Night-time	00:00 until 05:00
Route
Start	Heathrow Terminal 5
Via	Hounslow Brentford Hammersmith Kensington
End	Aldwych
Length	16 miles (26 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	20 minutes
Weekend frequency	10 minutes
Journey time	58-76 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night

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 Airport 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

N11

N11
Overview
Operator	London General
Garage	Stockwell (SW)
Vehicle	Volvo B7TL 10.1m / Wright Eclipse Gemini Alexander Dennis Enviro400H 10.2m
Peak vehicle requirement	7
Night-time	00:00 until 06:00
Route
Start	Liverpool Street station
Via	Trafalgar Square Victoria Chelsea Acton
End	Ealing Broadway
Length	19 miles (30 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Journey time	77-96 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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 station Bus station • Bank station • Mansion House station • St Paul's • 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

N13

N13
Overview
Operator	London Sovereign
Garage	Edgware (BT)
Vehicle	Volvo B5LH 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2
Peak vehicle requirement	10
Night-time	00:00 until 06:45
Route
Start	North Finchley
Via	Golders Green Swiss Cottage Oxford Street Piccadilly Circus
End	Aldwych
Length	10 miles (16 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Weekend frequency	15 minutes
Journey time	44-57 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

London Buses route N13 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between North Finchley and Aldwych, it is operated by London Sovereign.

History

Night bus N13 is the night service for routes 13 and 82 between North Finchley and Aldwych. The N13 started on 13 April 1984 running via the day route 13 between Trafalgar Square and North Finchley, from Finchley Garage using Metrobuses. A few months later on 27 October the route was extended from North Finchley to Barnet Church, via the current route 263. On 18 July 1992 the route was extended in Central London to Victoria station, running via Trafalgar Square, Whitehall and Westminster.

A further extension on the northern end of the route took place on 4 December 1993 when the route was transferred to Potters Bar Garage, on the closure of Finchley, and extended to Potters Bar, via Hadley Highstone, on garage journeys. A route restructing took place on 23 June 1995 when the route was transferred to Holloway Garage, being withdrawn between Potters Bar and North Finchley, and between Victoria and Trafalgar Square.

On 1 September 2001, London Sovereign commenced operating N13. The route was also extended from Trafalgar Square to Aldwych to follow the day route at the same time. London Sovereign's service on the N13 initially used a mixture of Volvo Olympians and Plaxton President bodied Volvo B7TLs. On 22 October 2005, brand new Scania OmniDekkas were introduced.

On 31 August 2013, night route N13 was retained by London Sovereign with new Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B5LHs.

Current route

• North Finchley Bus station • Finchley Central station • Golders Green station • Finchley Road & Frognal station • Finchley Road station • Swiss Cottage station • St. John's Wood station • Lord's Cricket Ground • Baker Street station for Marylebone station • Bond Street station • Oxford Circus station • Regent Street • Piccadilly Circus station • Trafalgar Square • Charing Cross station • Aldwych

N15

N15
Overview
Operator	Stagecoach London
Garage	Bow (BW) Barking (BK)
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro400 10.2m Alexander Dennis Enviro400H 10.2m
Peak vehicle requirement	22
Night-time	00:20 until 06:44
Route
Start	Romford
Via	Barking East Ham Poplar Aldgate
End	Trafalgar Square
Length	18 miles (29 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	10 minutes
Weekend frequency	7 1/2 minutes
Journey time	77-100 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

London Buses route N15 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Romford and Trafalgar Square, it is operated by Stagecoach London.

This is a night service for route 5 (Romford - East Ham) route 115 (East Ham - Blackwall) and route 15 (Blackwall - Trafalgar Square)

History

Current route

• Romford St Edward's Way • Becontree Heath • Barking station • East Ham • Plaistow • Canning Town station • Poplar (All Saints station) • Limehouse station • Aldgate East station • Aldgate station • Tower Gateway station • Tower Hill station • Monument station • Cannon Street station • Mansion House station • St Paul's Churchyard • City Thameslink station • Aldwych • Charing Cross station • Trafalgar Square

N16

N16
Overview
Operator	Metroline
Garage	Cricklewood (W) Harrow Weald (HD)
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro400H 10.2m Volvo B7TL 10.1m / Plaxton President
Peak vehicle requirement	6
Night-time	00:00 until 06:00
Route
Start	Edgware
Via	Burnt Oak Colindale West Hendon Staples Corner Cricklewood Kilburn Brondesbury Maida Vale Edgware Road Marble Arch Hyde Park Corner
End	Victoria
Length	10 miles (16 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	20 minutes
Journey time	40-46 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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

N18
Overview
Operator	Metroline
Garage	Willesden Junction (WJ)
Vehicle	Volvo B9TL 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2
Peak vehicle requirement	15
Night-time	23:00 until 06:00
Route
Start	Trafalgar Square
Via	Piccadilly Circus Oxford Circus Great Portland Street Regent's Park tube station Baker Street Marylebone Edgware Road Royal Oak Kensal Green Harlesden Wembley Sudbury Harrow, London
End	Harrow Weald
Length	14 miles (23 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	15 minutes
Weekend frequency	10 minutes
Journey time	65-79 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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.^{[citation needed]} 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

N19
Overview
Operator	London General
Garage	Stockwell (SW)
Vehicle	Volvo B9TL 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 Volvo B5LH 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2
Peak vehicle requirement	8
Night-time	00:40 until 05:54
Route
Start	Clapham Junction
Via	Battersea Chelsea Piccadilly Circus Holborn Islington
End	Finsbury Park
Length	10 miles (16 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Journey time	41-70 minutes

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

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.^{[citation needed]}

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 station stationPlace

N20

N20
Overview
Operator	Metroline
Garage	Potters Bar (PB) Holloway (HT)
Vehicle	Volvo B9TL 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 10.1m
Peak vehicle requirement	16
Night-time	00:00 until 06:00
Route
Start	Trafalgar Square
Via	Tottenham Court Road Warren Street Euston Camden Town Kentish Town Archway Highgate East Finchley Finchley North Finchley
End	Barnet
Length	13 miles (21 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Weekend frequency	12 minutes
Journey time	50-66 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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 v • 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

N21
Overview
Operator	London Central
Garage	New Cross (NX) Bexleyheath (BX)
Vehicle	Volvo B9TL 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2
Peak vehicle requirement	5
Night-time	01:00 until 05:00
Route
Start	Trafalgar Square
Via	London Bridge New Cross Lewisham Eltham
End	Bexleyheath
Length	11 miles (17 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Journey time	56-70 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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.

Current route

• Trafalgar Square • Charing Cross station • Strand • Aldwych • Fleet Street • Ludgate Circus • City Thameslink station • Ludgate Hill • St Paul's Churchyard • 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

N22
Overview
Operator	London General
Garage	Putney (AF)
Vehicle	Volvo B7TL 10.1m / Wright Eclipse Gemini
Peak vehicle requirement	8
Night-time	23:48 until 06:26
Route
Start	Fulwell
Via	Richmond Barnes Putney Bridge Chelsea
End	Piccadilly Circus
Length	16 miles (26 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Weekend frequency	20 minutes
Journey time	46-57 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

London Buses route N22 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Fulwell and Piccadilly 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 • Piccadilly Circus station • Haymarket

N26

N26

Overview
Operator	Tower Transit
Garage	Lea Interchange (LI)
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro400 10.1m
Peak vehicle requirement	8
Night-time	00:28 until 05:37
Route
Start	Chingford
Via	Liverpool Street Hackney Leyton Walthamstow
End	Trafalgar Square
Length	16 miles (25 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	20 minutes
Journey time	69-72 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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

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 stationvia 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.^{[citation needed]} 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 Central station 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 Churchyard • City Thameslink station • Ludgate Hill • Ludgate Circus • Fleet Street • Strand • Aldwych • Strand • Charing Cross station • Strand • Charing Cross • Trafalgar Square

N28

N28
Overview
Operator	Tower Transit
Garage	Atlas Road (AS)
Vehicle	Volvo B7TL 10.1m / Wright Eclipse Gemini
Peak vehicle requirement	5
Night-time	00:00 until 05:00
Route
Start	Camden Town
Via	Chalk Farm Harrow Road Westbourne Park Kensington Fulham
End	Wandsworth
Length	10 miles (16 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	60 minutes
Weekend frequency	30 minutes
Journey time	52-53 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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

N29
Overview
Operator	Arriva London
Garage	Wood Green (WN)
Vehicle	Volvo B5LH 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2
Peak vehicle requirement	37
Night-time	00:15 until 06:27
Route
Start	Trafalgar Square
Via	Camden Town Finsbury Park Wood Green Palmers Green
End	Enfield Town
Length	14 miles (22 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	7-8 minutes
Weekend frequency	3-4 minutes
Journey time	49-57 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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.^{[citation needed]}

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

N31
Overview
Operator	Tower Transit
Garage	Atlas Road (AS)
Vehicle	Volvo B7TL 10.1m / Wright Eclipse Gemini
Peak vehicle requirement	4
Night-time	00:00 until 06:00
Route
Start	Camden Town
Via	Chalk Farm Swiss Cottage Kilburn High Road Kilburn Park Notting Hill Gate Kensington
End	Clapham Junction
Length	9 miles (15 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	60 minutes
Weekend frequency	30 minutes
Journey time	47-60 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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.^{[citation needed]}

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

N35

N35
Overview
Operator	Abellio London
Garage	Walworth (WL)
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro400 10.1m/Wright Eclipse Gemini B7TL
Peak vehicle requirement	15
Night-time	00:34 until 05:32
Route
Start	Clapham Junction
Via	Brixton Camberwell Bank Shoreditch
End	Tottenham Court Road station
Length	11 miles (17 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Weekend frequency	12 minutes
Journey time	55-77 minutes

London Buses route N35 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to Abellio London.

History

Current route

• Clapham Junction station Meyrick Arms • Clapham Common station • Brixton station • Loughborough Junction station • Camberwell Green • Elephant & Castle station • Borough station • London Bridge station • Monument station • Liverpool Street station • Shoreditch High Street station • Old Street station • Vernon Place (for Holborn station) • Tottenham Court Road station St Giles High Street

N38

N38
Overview
Operator	Arriva London
Garage	Clapton (CT)
Vehicle	New Routemaster
Peak vehicle requirement	26
Night-time	23:30 until 06:05
Route
Start	Victoria
Via	Holborn Islington Hackney Leyton
End	Walthamstow Central station
Length	11 miles (18 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	12 minutes
Weekend frequency	7-8 minutes
Journey time	46-69 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

London Buses route N38 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Victoria and Walthamstow Central 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

N41
Overview
Operator	Arriva London
Garage	Tottenham (AR)
Vehicle	VDL DB300 10.4m / Wright Gemini 2
Peak vehicle requirement	7
Night-time	23:30 until 06:05
Route
Start	Tottenham Hale
Via	Turnpike Lane station Crouch End Archway Islington
End	Trafalgar Square
Length	9 miles (14 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Weekend frequency	20 minutes
Journey time	47-62 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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

N44
Overview
Operator	London General
Garage	Stockwell (SW)
Vehicle	Volvo B7TL 10.1m / Wright Eclipse Gemini Alexander Dennis Enviro400H 10.2m
Peak vehicle requirement	9
Night-time	23:35 until 05:41
Route
Start	Sutton
Via	Mitcham Tooting Wandsworth Battersea Victoria Trafalgar Square
End	Aldwych
Length	14 miles (23 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Weekend frequency	20 minutes
Journey time	56-66 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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

N55
Overview
Operator	Stagecoach London
Garage	Leyton (T)
Vehicle	New Routemaster
Peak vehicle requirement	11
Night-time	23:55 until 04:39
Route
Start	Oxford Circus
Via	Shoreditch Hackney Leyton Wanstead
End	Woodford Wells
Length	14 miles (22 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Weekend frequency	15 minutes
Journey time	60-72 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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

History

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 Horse & Well

N63

N63
Overview
Operator	London Central
Garage	Peckham (PM)
Vehicle	Volvo B9TL 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2/Alexander Dennis Enviro 400/Plaxton President Volvo B7TL
Peak vehicle requirement	8
Night-time	00:00 until 06:20
Route
Start	Crystal Palace
Via	Honor Oak Peckham Elephant & Castle Ludgate Circus
End	Kings Cross
Length	9 miles (15 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Weekend frequency	15 minutes
Journey time	45 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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

N68
Overview
Operator	London Central
Garage	Camberwell (Q)
Vehicle	Volvo B9TL 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2/Volvo B7TL Wright Eclipse Gemini
Peak vehicle requirement	6
Night-time	23:20 until 06:39
Route
Start	Old Coulsdon
Via	Croydon Norwood Camberwell Waterloo
End	Tottenham Court Road
Length	15 miles (24 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Weekend frequency	15 minutes
Journey time	74-86 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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.^{[citation needed]}

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

N73
Overview
Operator	Arriva London
Garage	Stamford Hill (SF)
Vehicle	Volvo B5L 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2
Peak vehicle requirement	13
Night-time	23:41 until 06:31
Route
Start	Walthamstow
Via	Tottenham Stoke Newington Kings Cross Oxford Circus
End	Victoria
Length	12 miles (19 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Weekend frequency	12 minutes
Journey time	57-69 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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 Central 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 • Kings Cross station • St Pancras station • Euston station • Euston Square station for Warren Street station • Tottenham Court Road station • Oxford Circus station • Bond Street station • Marble Arch station • Hyde Park Corner station • Victoria station Bus station

N74

N74
Overview
Operator	London General
Garage	Putney (AF)
Vehicle	Volvo B7TL 10.1m / Wright Eclipse Gemini
Peak vehicle requirement	5
Night-time	00:00 until 06:00
Route
Start	Baker Street
Via	Marble Arch Hyde Park South Kensington Earl's Court West Brompton Putney
End	Roehampton
Length	11 miles (18 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Journey time	41-57 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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

N83
Overview
Operator	Metroline
Garage	Alperton (ON)
Route
Start	Ealing Hospital
Via	Hanwell West Ealing Ealing Broadway Alperton Wembley Hendon
End	Golders Green station
Length	13 miles (21 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night

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.^[27]^[28]

Current route

Route N83 operates via these primary locations:^[27]

N86

N86
Overview
Operator	Stagecoach London
Garage	Romford (NS)
Vehicle	Dennis Trident 2 10.5m/ Alexander ALX400
Peak vehicle requirement	5
Night-time	00:27 until 06:20
Route
Start	Harold Hill
Via	Romford Chadwell Heath Ilford Manor Park
End	Stratford
Length	13 miles (21 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Journey time	50-52 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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 Brockley Rise (Chandos) 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.^{[citation needed]}

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

N87
Overview
Operator	London General
Garage	Stockwell (SW)
Vehicle	Volvo B7TL 10.1m / Wright Eclipse Gemini Alexander Dennis Enviro400H 10.2m
Peak vehicle requirement	16
Night-time	00:00 until 06:00
Route
Start	Aldwych
Via	Charing Cross Westminster Vauxhall Wandsworth Town Clapham Junction Wandsworth Wimbledon
End	Kingston
Length	14 miles (23 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	15 minutes
Weekend frequency	10 minutes
Journey time	59-69 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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

N89
Overview
Operator	London Central
Garage	Bexleyheath (BX)
Vehicle	Volvo B9TL 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2
Peak vehicle requirement	10
Night-time	00:30 until 05:00
Route
Start	Trafalgar Square
Via	Elephant & Castle Peckham Lewisham Welling Bexleyheath
End	Erith
Length	21 miles (34 km)
Service
Level	Every Night
Frequency	30 minutes
Weekend frequency	20 minutes
Journey time	71-79 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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.^{[citation needed]}

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

N91
Overview
Operator	Metroline
Garage	Potters Bar (PB) Holloway (HT)
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro400 10.1m Volvo B9TL 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2
Peak vehicle requirement	14
Night-time	00:00 until 06:17
Route
Start	Trafalgar Square
Via	King's Cross Holloway Crouch End Wood Green Southgate
End	Cockfosters
Length	14 miles (23 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Weekend frequency	15 minutes
Journey time	62-72 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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.^{[citation needed]}

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 station 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

N97
Overview
Operator	Tower Transit
Garage	Westbourne Park (X)
Peak vehicle requirement	9
Night-time	00:15 until 05:45
Route
Start	Trafalgar Square
Via	Piccadilly Circus Green Park Hyde Park Corner Knightsbridge South Kensington Earl's Court West Brompton
End	Hammersmith
Length	6 miles (10 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	20 minutes
Weekend frequency	10 minutes
Journey time	26-36 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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

History

Night Bus Route N97 has the distinction of being the shortest dedicated Night Bus Route at only 6 miles (9.7 km) long. However, the route began as the 297 in October 1934 (itself being renumbered from route 614) and ran between Liverpool Street and Turnham Green. It was renumbered as 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[29]

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

N98
Overview
Operator	Metroline
Garage	Edgware (EW) Willesden (AC)
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro400 10.1m Volvo B7TL 10.1m / Plaxton President
Peak vehicle requirement	13
Night-time	23:30 until 06:00
Route
Start	Stanmore
Via	Queensbury Kingsbury Neasden Willesden Kilburn Edgware Road Marble Arch
End	Russell Square
Length	13 miles (21 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	20 minutes
Weekend frequency	10 minutes
Journey time	50-61 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

London Buses route N98 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Stanmore and Russell Square, 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.^{[citation needed]}

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 • Goodge Street station • Great Russell Street for British Museum • Russell Square

N109

N109
Overview
Operator	Abellio London
Garage	Beddington Cross (BC)
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro400H MMC 10.2m
Peak vehicle requirement	9
Night-time	00:45 until 05:26
Route
Start	Croydon
Via	Streatham Brixton Kennington Westminster
End	Oxford Circus
Length	12 miles (19 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	20 minutes
Journey time	55-71 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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.^{[citation needed]}

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

N113
Overview
Operator	Metroline
Garage	Edgware (EW) Holloway (HT)
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro400 10.1m
Peak vehicle requirement	4
Night-time	00:30 until 05:45
Route
Start	Edgware
Via	Swiss Cottage Oxford Street
End	Trafalgar Square
Length	13 miles (21 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Journey time	49-55 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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.^{[citation needed]} TfL have now published their proposals which are 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.^[30]

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 • Trafalgar Square

N133

N133
Overview
Operator	Arriva London
Garage	Norwood (N)
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro400 10.1m
Peak vehicle requirement	6
Night-time	00:37 until 05:22
Route
Start	Morden
Via	Mitcham Streatham Brixton Elephant & Castle London Bridge
End	Liverpool Street station
Length	13 miles (17 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	20 minutes
Journey time	48-56 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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 station Bus station

N136

N136
Overview
Operator	Stagecoach London
Garage	Catford (TL)
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro400 10.2m Alexander Dennis Enviro400H 10.2m
Peak vehicle requirement	10
Night-time	00:20 until 05:41
Route
Start	Oxford Circus
Via	Victoria Peckham Lewisham Grove Park
End	Chislehurst
Length	17 miles (27 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Weekend frequency	Weekends: 20 minutes
Journey time	74-91 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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

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

N137
Overview
Operator	Arriva London
Garage	Norwood (N)
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro400 10.1m^{[citation needed]}
Peak vehicle requirement	11
Night-time	00:03 until 06:19
Route
Start	Crystal Palace
Via	Norwood Streatham Hill Clapham Common Sloane Square
End	Oxford Circus
Length	11 miles (18 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Weekend frequency	15 minutes
Journey time	49-51 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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

N155
Overview
Operator	London General
Garage	Sutton (A) Merton (AL)
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro400 9.9m / Optare Olympus Volvo B7TL 10.1m / Plaxton President
Peak vehicle requirement	18
Night-time	23:45 until 06:00
Route
Start	Morden
Via	Tooting Clapham Kennington Trafalgar Square
End	Aldwych
Length	11 miles (17 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	15 minutes
Weekend frequency	8 minutes
Journey time	37-59 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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

N171
Overview
Operator	London Central
Garage	New Cross (NX)
Vehicle	Volvo B9TL 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2
Peak vehicle requirement	5
Night-time	00:10 until 05:31
Route
Start	Hither Green
Via	Catford Brockley New Cross Peckham Elephant & Castle
End	Tottenham Court Road station
Length	12 miles (19 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Journey time	45-54 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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.^[31]

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

N199
Overview
Operator	Stagecoach London
Garage	Catford (TL)
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro400 10.2m
Peak vehicle requirement	11
Night-time	00:20 until 05:41
Route
Start	St Mary Cray
Via	Orpington Petts Wood Bromley Catford Lewisham Greenwich Deptford Surrey Quays Canada Water London Bridge
End	Trafalgar Square
Length	22 miles (35 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Weekend frequency	20 minutes
Journey time	84-101 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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.^[32]

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 Churchyard • Ludgate Hill • City Thameslink station • Ludgate Circus • Fleet Street • Aldwych • Charing Cross station • Trafalgar Square

N205

N205
Overview
Operator	Stagecoach London
Garage	Bow (BW)
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro400H 10.2m
Peak vehicle requirement	7
Night-time	00:30 until 06:15
Route
Start	Paddington
Via	Marylebone Euston bus station Islington Liverpool Street station Bow Stratford
End	Leyton
Length	11 miles (18 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Weekend frequency	20 minutes
Journey time	58-74 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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 station Bus station • St Pancras station • Kings 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

N207
Overview
Operator	Metroline
Garage	Hayes (HZ)
Vehicle	Scania OmniCity 10.8m
Peak vehicle requirement	21
Night-time	00:00 until 05:00
Route
Start	Uxbridge
Via	Hayes End Southall Ealing Acton Shepherd's Bush Oxford Circus
End	Holborn
Length	17 miles (28 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	15 minutes
Weekend frequency	7-8 minutes
Journey time	63-94 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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

N253
Overview
Operator	Arriva London
Garage	Stamford Hill (SF)
Vehicle	Volvo B5L 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2
Peak vehicle requirement	13
Night-time	00:05 until 06:05
Route
Start	Aldgate
Via	Hackney Finsbury Park Camden Town Euston
End	Tottenham Court Road station
Length	11 miles (18 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	15 minutes
Weekend frequency	12 minutes
Journey time	55-63 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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 station Bus station • Euston Square station (for Warren Street station) • Tottenham Court Road station St Giles High Street

N279

N279
Overview
Operator	Arriva London
Garage	Enfield (E)
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro400 10.2m
Peak vehicle requirement	15
Night-time	00:10 until 06:31
Route
Start	Trafalgar Square
Via	Warren Street Camden Holloway Seven Sisters Tottenham Edmonton Enfield
End	Waltham Cross
Length	14 miles (23 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	20 minutes
Weekend frequency	12 minutes
Journey time	61-74 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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 • Walttham Cross station Bus station

N343

N343
Overview
Operator	Abellio London
Garage	Walworth Road (WL)
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro400 10.1m
Peak vehicle requirement	5
Night-time	00:20 until 05:37
Route
Start	New Cross Gate
Via	Brockley Peckham Elephant & Castle London Bridge
End	Trafalgar Square
Length	11 miles (17 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Journey time	42-48 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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

N381
Overview
Operator	Abellio London
Garage	Walworth Road (WL)
Vehicle	Volvo B7TL 10.6m / Wright Eclipse Gemini
Peak vehicle requirement	4
Night-time	00:25 until 05:25
Route
Start	Peckham
Via	Surrey Quays Rotherhithe London Bridge Waterloo
End	Trafalgar Square
Length	9 miles (14 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Journey time	40-45 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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 • Trafalgar Square (for Charing Cross station)

N550

N550
Overview
Operator	Tower Transit
Garage	Lea Interchange (LI)
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro400 10.1m
Peak vehicle requirement	5
Night-time	23:52 until 06:36
Route
Start	Canning Town
Via	Isle of Dogs Limehouse Aldgate Blackfriars
End	Trafalgar Square
Length	11 miles (17 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Journey time	42-50 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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.^{[citation needed]}

Current route

• Canning Town station Bus station • 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

N551
Overview
Operator	Tower Transit
Garage	Lea Interchange (LI)
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro400 10.1m
Peak vehicle requirement	5
Night-time	23:30 until 06:30
Route
Start	Gallions Reach station
Via	Beckton Prince Regent Keir Hardie Estate Canning Town Poplar Limehouse Aldgate Bank St. Paul's Aldwych
End	Trafalgar Square
Length	10 miles (16 km)
Service
Level	Nights
Frequency	30 minutes
Journey time	48-58 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

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.^{[citation needed]}

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 • Poplar (All Saints station) • Limehouse station • Shadwell • Aldgate station • Bank • Mansion House station • St Paul's • City Thameslink station • Aldwych • Charing Cross Station Road • Trafalgar Square Cockspur Street

References

^ Route N73 Transport for London
^ Route 73 Transport for London
^ Central London Night Bus map Transport for London
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Wallis, Philip (2013). London's Night Buses 1984-2013 (2 ed.). London: Capital Transport Publishing. ISBN 978-1854143723.
^ Tender Results Stagecoach London 16 July 2014
^ London's Bus Contracting and Tendering Process Transport for London
^ TfL introduces new Friday and Saturdaynight bus services to support Night Tube Transport for London 17 August 2016
^ "The Night Bus" community on Arriva London buses Arriva London 11 May 2015
^ The Night Bus; nocturnal naughtiness on the N29 The Guardian 11 May 2015
^ Go-Ahead Acquires East Thames Buses Go-Ahead Group 30 July 2009
^ Go-Ahead buys East Thames Buses Bus & Coach Professional 3 August 2009
^ East Thames Buses Go-Ahead London
^ Route N1 Map Transport for London
^ Route N2 Map Transport for London
^ National Express buys 200 London buses The Telegraph 27 February 2004
^ National Express Group plc agreement to sell Travel London National Express Group 21 May 2009
^ NedRailways acquisition reinforces long term commitment to UK transport market NedRailways 9 June 2009
^ Route N3 Map Transport for London
^ Route N5 Map Transport for London
^ "Route 7 change reveals increased tendering competition" Buses issue 625 April 2007 page 20
^ Tender News Bus Talk (Go-Ahead London) issue 25 December 2013
^ Route N7 Map Transport for London
^ Major Routes Retained & First New Bus for London Stagecoach
^ Tender News Bus Talk (Go-Ahead London) issue 26 February 2014
^ Service Changes 24 May to 5 July 2014 inclusive Transport for London 5 June 2014
^ Route N8 Map Transport for London
^ ^a ^b Changes to route 83 and the introduction of new route 483 Transport for London 7 June 2016
^ Bus Service Changes 5 August to 24 September inclusive Transport for London 27 August 2016
^ "Over 50 new electric buses on their way to London" Coach & Bus Week issue 1198 21 July 2015 page 6
^ "Citizen Space - Bus service proposal: new night bus route N113 and changes to route N13". Consultations.tfl.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
^ Citizen Space - Bus service proposal: route N171
^ https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/buses/night-bus-review/user_uploads/night-bus-changes-from-12-september-2015.pdf

[1] Route N73 Transport for London

[2] Route 73 Transport for London

[3] Central London Night Bus map Transport for London

[NightBuses-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Wallis, Philip (2013). London's Night Buses 1984-2013 (2 ed.). London: Capital Transport Publishing. ISBN 978-1854143723.

[5] Tender Results Stagecoach London 16 July 2014

[6] London's Bus Contracting and Tendering Process Transport for London

[7] TfL introduces new Friday and Saturdaynight bus services to support Night Tube Transport for London 17 August 2016

[8] "The Night Bus" community on Arriva London buses Arriva London 11 May 2015

[9] The Night Bus; nocturnal naughtiness on the N29 The Guardian 11 May 2015

[10] Go-Ahead Acquires East Thames Buses Go-Ahead Group 30 July 2009

[11] Go-Ahead buys East Thames Buses Bus & Coach Professional 3 August 2009

[12] East Thames Buses Go-Ahead London

[13] Route N1 Map Transport for London

[14] Route N2 Map Transport for London

[15] National Express buys 200 London buses The Telegraph 27 February 2004

[16] National Express Group plc agreement to sell Travel London National Express Group 21 May 2009

[17] NedRailways acquisition reinforces long term commitment to UK transport market NedRailways 9 June 2009

[18] Route N3 Map Transport for London

[19] Route N5 Map Transport for London

[20] "Route 7 change reveals increased tendering competition" Buses issue 625 April 2007 page 20

[21] Tender News Bus Talk (Go-Ahead London) issue 25 December 2013

[22] Route N7 Map Transport for London

[23] Major Routes Retained & First New Bus for London Stagecoach

[24] Tender News Bus Talk (Go-Ahead London) issue 26 February 2014

[25] Service Changes 24 May to 5 July 2014 inclusive Transport for London 5 June 2014

[26] Route N8 Map Transport for London

[Tfl83-27] Changes to route 83 and the introduction of new route 483 Transport for London 7 June 2016

[28] Bus Service Changes 5 August to 24 September inclusive Transport for London 27 August 2016

[29] "Over 50 new electric buses on their way to London" Coach & Bus Week issue 1198 21 July 2015 page 6

[30] "Citizen Space - Bus service proposal: new night bus route N113 and changes to route N13". Consultations.tfl.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2012.

[31] Citizen Space - Bus service proposal: route N171

[32] ttps://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/buses/night-bus-review/user_uploads/night-bus-changes-from-12-september-2015.pdf

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