Which bus companies run in London?

Go Ahead London (148 routes), Stagecoach London (126 routes), Metroline Travel (118 routes), National Express (97 routes), Transport UK (81 routes) and FlixBus (57 routes), and 51 smaller operators.

What are the busiest bus routes in London?

the 18 (Euston – Sudbury), the London Trams (Wimbledon – Croydon), the 148 (White City – Camberwell), the 23 (Temple – Kensal Town) and the 453 (Deptford Bridge – Lisson Grove).

Where are the main bus stations in London?

King's Cross St. Pancras Underground station, Kings Cross, Golders Green Station, Cromwell Road Bus Station, Kingston Upon Thames, Heathrow Terminal 5, Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 and Canary Wharf Underground station.

How can I see live bus times in London?

StopToStop shows the next departures from every stop in London, with live times for buses already on the road (from their positions, via the Department for Transport's Bus Open Data Service), and a live map of every bus.

Buses in London

1030 bus routes, run by 57 bus companies, serve 797 towns and villages and 11,321 stops across London. Timetables, live departures and journey planning for all of them.

Main towns

Belgravia 135 routes
Heathrow Airport 114 routes
Victoria 82 routes
Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 68 routes
Marble Arch 49 routes
City of London 46 routes
Golders Green 43 routes
Hammersmith 43 routes
Charing Cross 41 routes
Earls Court 40 routes
Elephant & Castle 40 routes
Croydon 38 routes
Sipson 37 routes
Soho 36 routes
South Hampstead 36 routes
Temple 36 routes
Kingston Upon Thames 34 routes
Lisson Grove 34 routes
Brixton 33 routes
Romford 33 routes
Lewisham 32 routes
Tottenham Court Road 32 routes
Waterloo 31 routes
Lambeth 30 routes

Bus stations and interchanges

Busiest routes

18: Euston – Sudbury London Transit
London Trams: Wimbledon – Croydon London Trams
148: White City – Camberwell London United
23: Temple – Kensal Town London Transit
453: Deptford Bridge – Lisson Grove Go Ahead London
53: Lambeth North – Plumstead Stagecoach London
EL1: Creekmouth – Ilford Go Ahead London
66: Romford – Leytonstone Arriva London North
60: Old Coulsdon – Streatham Arriva London South
94: Acton Green – St James London United
49: White City – Clapham Junction London United
H13: Ruislip Common – Northwood Hills Metroline Travel

Bus companies

Go Ahead London 148 routes
Stagecoach London 126 routes
Metroline Travel 118 routes
National Express 97 routes
Transport UK 81 routes
FlixBus 57 routes
London United 56 routes
Arriva London North 54 routes
Replacement Service 30 routes
Metrobus 29 routes
Arriva London South 26 routes
Arriva London 22 routes
London Sovereign 17 routes
Diamond Bus South East 16 routes
Hotel Hoppa 13 routes
Go Ahead Luton Parkway 12 routes
Uno 11 routes
London Underground 11 routes
London Transit 10 routes
First Berkshire & The Thames Valley 9 routes
Newport Bus 7 routes
Falcon Buses 7 routes
Carousel Buses 6 routes
Docklands Buses 6 routes
Go-Coach Hire 5 routes
Blackpool Transport 5 routes
First Leeds 3 routes
Red Eagle 3 routes
Oxford Bus Company 3 routes
Thames Valley Buses 3 routes
White Bus Services 3 routes
Carlone Buses 3 routes
Centaur Coaches 3 routes
Stagecoach Cumbria and North Lancashire 2 routes
Arriva Herts and Essex 2 routes
Red Rose Travel 2 routes
Sullivan Buses 2 routes
FIRST CAPITAL EAST LIMI 2 routes
New Bharat Coaches (Southall, London) 2 routes
Go Cornwall Bus 1 route
Central Connect 1 route
First Essex 1 route
Reading Buses 1 route
Arriva Beds and Bucks 1 route
NIBSbuses 1 route
First Halifax, Calder Valley & Huddersfield 1 route
Newbury & District 1 route
York Pullman 1 route
Reptons Coaches 1 route
Edward Thomas 1 route
Quality Line 1 route
Green Line (operated by Arriva) 1 route
London Cable Car 1 route
Docklands Light Railway 1 route
Golden Tours 1 route
London Trams 1 route
Reading RailAir 1 route

Places by borough

Barking and Dagenham

Barnet

Bexley

Brent

Bromley

Camden

City of London

Croydon

Ealing

Enfield

Greenwich

Hackney

Hammersmith and Fulham

Haringey

Harrow

Havering

Hillingdon

Hounslow

Islington

Kensington and Chelsea

Kingston upon Thames

Lambeth

Lewisham

Merton

Newham

Redbridge

Richmond upon Thames

Southwark

Sutton

Tower Hamlets

Waltham Forest

Wandsworth

Westminster

Questions

Which bus companies run in London?: Go Ahead London (148 routes), Stagecoach London (126 routes), Metroline Travel (118 routes), National Express (97 routes), Transport UK (81 routes) and FlixBus (57 routes), and 51 smaller operators.
What are the busiest bus routes in London?: the 18 (Euston – Sudbury), the London Trams (Wimbledon – Croydon), the 148 (White City – Camberwell), the 23 (Temple – Kensal Town) and the 453 (Deptford Bridge – Lisson Grove).
Where are the main bus stations in London?: King's Cross St. Pancras Underground station, Kings Cross, Golders Green Station, Cromwell Road Bus Station, Kingston Upon Thames, Heathrow Terminal 5, Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 and Canary Wharf Underground station.
How can I see live bus times in London?: StopToStop shows the next departures from every stop in London, with live times for buses already on the road (from their positions, via the Department for Transport's Bus Open Data Service), and a live map of every bus.

Timetables from the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), updated Tuesday, 3 November 2026. Stop details from NaPTAN. Train timetables contain data from Network Rail, licensed under the Open Government Licence; live train times from National Rail. Times are UK local time and can change at short notice: check before you travel.

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