Route RV1

Tower Gateway - London Bridge - Tate Modern - National Theatre - Waterloo - Covent Garden

A full timetable is available via the "Plan your journey with ease" Timetables link on the First London site

Note: On Boxing Day, the first journeys depart Tower Gateway at 0800 and Covent Garden at 0800, after which a special timetable operates, at the Sunday frequency.
Click here for printable Boxing Day PDF timetable.

There is no service on Christmas Day.

Operated by First London for London Buses.

Timetable revised 05/12/11 (temporarily diverted away from part of Tooley Street eastbound up to and including 23/12/11). This new timetable actually started on 03/12/11, at which point buses were also being diverted in both directions away from the Upper Ground area.

Route record

Tower Gateway - London Bridge - Tate Modern - National Theatre - Waterloo - Covent Garden
Tower Gateway Station - Goodmans Yard - Mansell Street - Tower Bridge Approach - Tower Bridge - Tower Bridge Road - Tooley Street - Duke Street Hill - London Bridge Station - Borough High Street - Southwark Street - Great Guildford Street - Tate Modern - Great Guildford Street - Sumner Street - Southwark Street - Blackfriars Road - Upper Ground - National Theatre - Belvedere Road - Chichely Street - York Road - Waterloo Station - Waterloo Road - Waterloo Bridge - Lancaster Place - Aldwych - Catherine Street - Russell Street - Wellington Street - Tavistock Street - Covent Garden Catherine Street
Note: When Tower Bridge is closed, buses are diverted between Tower Gateway and London Bridge Station via Aldgate, Fenchurch Street and London Bridge.

Covent Garden - Waterloo - National Theatre - Tate Modern - London Bridge - Tower Gateway
Covent Garden Catherine Street - Catherine Street - Aldwych - Strand - Lancaster Place - Waterloo Bridge - Waterloo Road - Tenison Way - Waterloo Station - York Road - Chichely Street - Belvedere Road - National Theatre - Upper Ground - Broad Wall - Stamford Street - Southwark Street (junction with Sumner Street or Great Guildford Street for Tate Modern) - Borough High Street - London Bridge Station - Duke Street Hill - Tooley Street - Tower Bridge Road - Tower Bridge - Tower Bridge Approach - Minories - Tower Gateway Station
Note: When Tower Bridge is closed, buses are diverted between London Bridge Station and Tower Gateway via London Bridge and Lower Thames Street.