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COVID-19 (Coronavirus) TfL has instructed all London bus operators to run a reduced service from Monday 23 March as follows: Initially all day routes operated a Saturday service on Mondays to Fridays From Monday 30 March, a Sunday service operated daily on approximately half of London's bus routes, with early morning enhancements in most cases (including at weekends) From Saturday 4 April further routes will operate a Sunday service daily From Saturday 11 April further routes will operate a Sunday service daily Night routes operate a weeknight service at weekends All weekend-only night bus services withdrawn School bus routes will still operate where the schools they serve are still open This is to reflect reduced passenger demand and reduced staff availability, both as a result of COVID-19. Bringing in revised Mon-Fri schedules, which would be the ideal solution, would take several weeks to organise, and in any case the situation is rapidly evolving, so this is a pragmatic compromise. However, a few points should be noted: Nominally, weeknight services remain on normal weeknight times, but in practice due to scheduling links with day service many, especially on 24hr routes, will operate a Saturday night/Sunday morning service on all nights except Sunday night/Monday morning where a Saturday service is operating, or a Sunday night/Monday morning service nightly otherwise (in many cases this is the same as a Monday to Thursday night/Tuesday to Friday morning service anyway). Details of which routes are affected are not available. Some routes may not be able to run a Saturday daytime service for the same reason. Some of the 24hr services listed above change from night to day later on a Sunday morning, and it is not known if a bank holiday schedule will run to fill the gap. The status of Monday to Friday only routes 521 and X68 is unknown. The Saturday schedule represents a hefty cut in both frequency and running time during the morning peak, and the Sunday service even more so. Therefore, services may be crowded and unreliable at this time of day. Times for the extras are not currently available and in most cases will only be 1-2 buses per hour so will not integrate with the existing timetable to provide a seamless service. The following is the provisional list of routes to operate Sunday services every day from Monday 30 March (* = Saturday 4 April, † = Saturday 11 April). Note that the actual list may be different, and it is also possible dates may have been changed on some routes. Essentially these are the routes where the cut in daytime service is not too severe, where there are alternative parallel services, and where the first buses are at similar times to a weekday, though there are some anomalies, in particular I have noticed a lot of errors in TfL's list of routes with "Sunday start time issues" used to perform the analysis. TfL Routes: 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 15 16 17† 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33† 34 35† 36 37 38 40† 43 44† 45† 47† 49 50† 52 55 56 57 58 59 60 70† 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 81 83† 85 86 87 88 89* 92 93 94 96 97 98 99† 100 101 102 104† 105 106 107 108† 109 110* 111 113 114 115 116† 118† 119 120 121† 122 123† 124† 125* 128† 130† 131 132† 133 134 135† 136* 137 139 140 141 144 145 147 148 149 150* 154† 155 156 157 158 159 163 164† 165* 168 169† 170 171 174† 176 177 182 183 185 188 189 191† 195 196† 197† 199 200 202† 203* 205 207 208 209 211 213 214 217† 219 220 221 222 228* 229† 236 237 238† 241† 242 243 244† 248† 249 250 252† 253 254 255† 257 259 260 261 262 263 264 266 267† 269 270 271 272 274 276 277 279 280 281 282 285 295 297 309 312† 316 319 321 322 323 325† 328 329 332 333 337 340 341 343 344 345 349 350 353* 354* 358† 360 363 365* 366† 381 386 388 390 391* 394* 396 412* 414 415* 417† 422 423* 425 427 430 432 436 450† 452 453 460 466 468* 469 472 473 474 476 482* 483 486† 488 490† C3* D3† D7 D8† E1 E2 E3 E6 E8 E9† EL2† H2† H9† H13* H25 H26* H28* H32† H91† U3† U4† U5† U7 W3 W7 W8 X26 X140 run a Sunday service. School routes continue to operate normal times where required, but may stop operating if the schools they serve are fully closed. All other day routes continue to operate a Saturday service for now. Non-TfL routes are also likely to be affected - please check with the individual bus operators - many have published special timetables on their websites. I am not currently planing to replicate these here. As a matter of interest, London Underground are introducing special timetables with cuts of up to 50% in the peaks hours. The same frequency will operate all day every day; in most cases this is every 4 minutes over the majority of the line, with the exception of the sub-surface lines which are less frequent on the various branches.

Timetables for all routes can be accessed by clicking the route numbers below.

The routes are divided up as follows:
Main daytime bus network - 1 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 401 507 A10 E1 K1 U1
Tram services
Night buses - N1 102 250
Mobility buses
School buses - 313 601 650
Non-TfL routes are amalgamated within the main route groups, but marked non-TfL. This refers to routes for which TfL is not responsible for marketing and ticketing, not the contractual position of the routes. In general TfL tickets are not accepted and fares may differ from those on other local bus services.

For a summary of frequencies and operating information about all routes see the details page.

If you want to find routes serving particular places, try using your browser's search webpage facility (ctrl+F typically), e.g. for 'Barkingside' (don't be too specific). Alternatively, visit London's Busroutes Homepage where you can find a proper index.

Route numbers written on a yellow background are normally operated using wheelchair-accessible buses (routes 15 has a supplementary operation of Heritage Routemasters over part of the route at certain times).

Route numbers written on a red background are normally operated using "New Bus for London" double deckers. These are being progressively converted to conventional boarding arrangements, but retaining the rear door for exit only - see the changes page for routes affected.

Route numbers written on a blue background are normally operated using (wheelchair accessible) single deckers.

Those on green are operated by (wheelchair accessible) single deckers where both doors may be used for both boarding and alighting.

Notes written in green refer to deviations and diversions that, while long-term, are not intended to be permanent.

Traditional matrix timetables are available for the vast majority of routes, available either on this site or on other sites (see below). Thanks are due to those who have helped me directly with the supply and publication of timetable information.

Some of the timetables are in Portable Document Format, and can be recognised by a .pdf extension on the filenames. If you do not already have Acrobat Reader installed, click on the icon below.

Where timetables are available you can click on the route number in this list. In some cases you will need to visit other websites to get full information. Please note that no responsibility can be accepted for accuracy or currency of pages on other sites. Due to the continually changing nature of the web, it is possible that some pages might have moved or been removed. I will check the links periodically, but if you spot a missing page please let me know: robert @ londonbusroutes.net.

Unless stated otherwise, bus passes are valid in the appropriate zones, and Travelcards and LT passes are valid throughout Greater London. In some cases passes may also be valid on sections of route outside greater London – please check first. Free travel is available in the immediate vicinity of Heathrow Airport.

Long distance/limited-stop services which do not carry local traffic within London have been omitted. Minor route variations outwith Greater London are not generally shown.

For reasons of practicality, updates to this list may be carried out a few days before or after the actual date of service changes. Please check the changes page for the latest information on service changes.

Main daytime bus network

Sections of route that do not operate at least hourly from 0700-2300 Mon-Sat, 0800-2300 Sunday are highlighted in red.

Tram services

Sections of route that do not operate at least hourly from 0700-2300 Mon-Sat, 0800-2300 Sunday are highlighted in red.

Please note: Route numbers are not displayed on trams or publicity.

Night buses

Sections of route that do not operate at least hourly from 0100-0500 7 nights a week are highlighted in red.

900 series routes

A number of 900 series routes operate around London to plug gaps in the main service network, usually providing a once-a-week return service to local shopping centres.

For further information, go to www.notrog.plus.com/busroutes/900series.htm.

School buses

These normally provide morning journeys in the direction shown, with return journeys in the afternoon, during school term only. In a few cases there is a regular service over part of the route, which is described in the main route list. Although available to all passengers, timetables are designed in accordance with school requirements and services are liable to alteration or cancellation in accordance with school requirements.

A number of other routes have additional journeys at school times over the normal route; these are not included below.

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