18 bus timetable

57 different bus routes are numbered 18 across the UK and Ireland, run by 50 operators in 12 areas. They are separate services that happen to share a number — pick yours below for its timetable, stops, live map and fares.

18 bus in London

1 route

18 London — Sudbury & Harrow Road Station ↔ Euston Station London Transit 934 weekday journeys first 00:04 · last 23:56

18 bus in South East England

9 routes

18 Buckingham — High Street ↔ Manorsfield Road Red Rose Travel first 07:47 · last 17:30
18 Canterbury — Canterbury Bus Station ↔ Hythe Hythe Light Railway Station Stagecoach South East 20 weekday journeys first 07:15 · last 18:15
18 Clare — Clare ↔ Haverhill Star Cabs 12 weekday journeys first 07:35 · last 17:40
18 Great Dunmow — High Street ↔ Railway Street Car Park JW Lodge & Sons 2 weekday journeys first 09:17 · last 12:52
18 Guildford — Merrow Compass Travel 25 weekday journeys first 07:35 · last 17:46
18 North Weald — North Weald, The Talbot ↔ Loughton Station Central Connect 33 weekday journeys first 07:12 · last 22:45
18 Reading — Tilehurst Triangle ↔ Kenavon Drive Reading Buses 149 weekday journeys first 05:59 · last 19:55
18 Royston — Royston Sassoon Drive (W) ↔ Buntingford London Rd opp Kingfisher Park Richmonds Coaches 15 weekday journeys first 06:30 · last 17:50
18 Steeple Claydon — High Street ↔ Bicester Pioneer Square Langston & Tasker 10 weekday journeys first 07:47 · last 17:30

18 bus in South West England

8 routes

18 Aldershot — Aldershot (Princes Gardens) ↔ Bordon Arrival Square Stagecoach South 100 weekday journeys first 05:12 · last 21:57
18 Bournemouth — Bournemouth ↔ Broadstone morebus 57 weekday journeys first 06:25 · last 18:50
18 Bristol — City Centre, Rupert Street ↔ Southmead Hospital First Bristol, Bath & the West 51 weekday journeys first 06:27 · last 19:20
18 Brixham — Brixham Town Square ↔ Kingswear Banjo Stagecoach South West 67 weekday journeys first 06:55 · last 19:00
18 Penzance — Penzance Bus Stn ↔ Bus Station Go Cornwall Bus 111 weekday journeys first 05:40 · last 23:35
18 Portsmouth — Almondsbury Road ↔ Clarence Pier Stagecoach South 162 weekday journeys first 04:10 · last 00:03
18 South Petherton — South Petherton ↔ Ilminster Somerset Council 6 weekday journeys first 09:15 · last 12:52
18 Southampton — Millbrook ↔ Thornhill Bluestar 321 weekday journeys first 04:15 · last 00:40

18 bus in East of England

5 routes

18 Cambourne — Drummer St bus station ↔ St Neots, Market Square Whippet Coaches 27 weekday journeys first 06:04 · last 20:40
18 Cambridge — Newmarket Park & Ride ↔ Newmarket Bus Station A2B Bus and Coach 4 weekday journeys first 09:30 · last 14:05
18 Cromer — Cromer ↔ North Walsham Sanders Coaches 4 weekday journeys first 08:55 · last 13:05
18 Dereham — Dereham ↔ Market Place Central Connect 2 weekday journeys first 10:25 · last 13:55
18 Ipswich — Old Cattle Market Bus Station ↔ Broke Avenue Ipswich Buses 30 weekday journeys first 07:10 · last 23:21

18 bus in East Midlands

6 routes

18 Kettering — Kettering Churchill Way ↔ Market Harborough Market Hall Stagecoach Midlands 26 weekday journeys first 05:45 · last 19:40
18 Leicester — Leicester ↔ St Margarets Bus St First Leicester 61 weekday journeys first 06:11 · last 21:46
18 Lincoln — Lincoln ↔ Lincoln Bus Sta D Stagecoach East Midlands 19 weekday journeys first 07:10 · last 00:15
18 Northampton — University Senate ↔ Sixfields Football Ground Stagecoach Midlands 32 weekday journeys first 07:00 · last 19:40
18 Nottingham — Beastmarket Hill (B1) ↔ Ilkeston Road CT4N 33 weekday journeys first 05:18 · last 20:20
18 Nottingham — Nottingham ↔ Stapleford Nottingham City Transport 30 weekday journeys first 05:35 · last 19:40

18 bus in West Midlands

7 routes

18 Birmingham — Yardley Wood Depot ↔ Bartley Green War Memorial National Express West Midlands 298 weekday journeys first 05:35 · last 23:35
18 Burton upon Trent — Burton ↔ Dalebrook, Newton Road Diamond Bus East Midlands 24 weekday journeys first 09:15 · last 16:23
18 Coventry — Pool Meadow Bus Station ↔ Trevor Close National Express Coventry 211 weekday journeys first 05:52 · last 23:25
18 Dudley — Evolve Campus ↔ Merry Hill Bus Station National Express West Midlands 91 weekday journeys first 04:57 · last 23:30
18 Nuneaton — Nuneaton ↔ Nuneaton Bus Station A3 Stagecoach Midlands 15 weekday journeys first 06:07 · last 19:25
18 Perton — Perton ↔ Sainsbury's Store National Express West Midlands 14 weekday journeys first 09:06 · last 16:58
18 Stoke-on-Trent — Hanley (City Cent) ↔ Leek First Potteries 26 weekday journeys first 06:14 · last 19:28

18 bus in Yorkshire & the Humber

3 routes

18 Holme upon Spalding Moor — HOSM ↔ Piccadilly East Yorkshire 12 weekday journeys first 06:58 · last 23:00
18 Hull — Hull Interchange ↔ Castle Hill Hosp Stagecoach East Midlands 14 weekday journeys first 07:00 · last 17:55
18 Sheffield — Sheffield Intc ↔ Hillsborough Intc First South Yorkshire 49 weekday journeys first 05:12 · last 19:15

18 bus in North West England

5 routes

18 Blackpool — Clifton Street ↔ St Chads Church Blackpool Transport 132 weekday journeys first 07:00 · last 18:25
18 Lancaster — Lancaster City Centre ↔ Lancaster Bus Stn Stagecoach Cumbria and Lancashire first 10:05 · last 18:05
18 Liverpool — Liverpool ↔ Liverpool ONE Bus Station Arriva North West 122 weekday journeys first 05:42 · last 23:32
18 Manchester City Centre — Shudehill Interchange ↔ Rowrah Crescent Bee Network 313 weekday journeys first 04:23 · last 00:07
18 Warrington — Warrington ↔ Old Hall Warrington's Own Buses 1 weekday journeys first 07:50 · last 07:50

18 bus in North East England

3 routes

18 Darlington — Terminus ↔ Tubwell Row Arriva North East 20 weekday journeys first 07:45 · last 17:29
18 Four Lane Ends — (TP) Four Lane Ends M ↔ (TP) Church Walk Shops Northstar 98 weekday journeys first 06:13 · last 23:03
18 South Shields — South Shields ↔ Sth Shields Interchange Stagecoach North East 84 weekday journeys first 05:38 · last 23:05

18 bus in Scotland

7 routes

18 Auchterarder — Auchterarder (High Street) ↔ Crieff (High Street) Dochertys Midland Coaches 6 weekday journeys first 06:18 · last 17:50
18 Dundee — Albert Square ↔ Middleton Crescent Xplore Dundee 114 weekday journeys first 04:59 · last 23:29
18 Edinburgh — Fort Kinnaird West ↔ Airport Lothian Buses 77 weekday journeys first 03:08 · last 23:50
18 Glasgow — City Centre, Douglas St ↔ Greenhills, Langlands Drive First Greater Glasgow 86 weekday journeys first 00:01 · last 23:29
18 Kelty — Westcroft Way ↔ Leven Bay Travel 20 weekday journeys first 05:44 · last 18:50
18 Redmoss — Redmoss Road ↔ Dyce First Aberdeen 66 weekday journeys first 05:42 · last 19:13
18 Stevenston — Stevenston ↔ Stevenston Schoolwell Street Stagecoach West Scotland 61 weekday journeys first 07:07 · last 21:16

18 bus in Wales

2 routes

18 Cardiff — Cardiff Cardiff Bus 108 weekday journeys first 05:30 · last 23:30
18 Pwllheli — Pwllheli Nefyn 15 weekday journeys first 07:03 · last 17:45

18 bus in Northern Ireland

1 route

18 Ballynahinch — Windmill Street ↔ Newcastle Bus Station Ulsterbus 9 weekday journeys first 06:35 · last 17:50

Frequently asked questions

Why are there so many different 18 buses?

Route numbers in the UK are chosen locally — by the operator, or by the local transport authority that tenders the service — not from any national list. Nothing stops two towns hundreds of miles apart both running a 18, and 57 of them do. The 18 in Glasgow has no connection to the 18 in Liverpool: different operator, different road, different timetable.

How do I find the right 18 bus timetable?

Find your part of the country in the list above and open the 18 that starts or finishes near you — each one links to its full timetable, every stop, a live map and its fares. If you know the stop you'll be waiting at, searching for the stop name instead gives you the next departures from that exact stop, which is more reliable than any timetable.

Is the 18 bus the same route in every town?

No. These are 57 unrelated services that happen to share a number, run by 50 different operators. Fares, timetables and accessibility differ on each one, so always open the specific 18 for your area.

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