26 bus timetable
44 different bus routes are numbered 26 across the UK and Ireland, run by 42 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.
26 bus in London
1 route
- 26 London — St Mary of Eton Church ↔ St. Katherine's Cathedral / Victoria Stn Stagecoach London 363 weekday journeys first 00:05 · last 23:53
26 bus in South East England
9 routes
- 26 Bicester — Bicester Town Centre ↔ Bicester Town Centre Pioneer Square Stagecoach Oxfordshire 31 weekday journeys first 06:40 · last 19:05
- 26 Brighton — Imperial Arcade C7 ↔ Hollingbury Asda Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company 154 weekday journeys first 00:23 · last 23:53
- 26 Eastbourne — Eastbourne Town Ctr ↔ Seaford Morrisons Cuckmere Buses 11 weekday journeys first 09:05 · last 18:00
- 26 Harlow — Harlow Town Centre ↔ Harlow, Temp Bus Station, E Central Connect 14 weekday journeys first 07:30 · last 19:55
- 26 Horley — Horley ↔ Meadowcroft Close Compass Travel 4 weekday journeys first 09:53 · last 12:53
- 26 Maidstone — Maidstone ↔ Laddingford Nu-Venture 3 weekday journeys first 09:54 · last 15:50
- 26 Reading — Reading Station ↔ Calcot, IKEA Reading Buses 360 weekday journeys first 03:20 · last 03:20
- 26 Royston — Royston ↔ Cambridge A2B Bus and Coach 14 weekday journeys first 05:37 · last 18:00
- 26 Southend-on-Sea — Shoeburyness, East ↔ Hadleigh, The Memor First Essex 15 weekday journeys first 08:45 · last 17:40
26 bus in South West England
5 routes
- 26 Dulverton — Dulverton, Barns Cl ↔ Wiveliscombe, Squar Somerset Council 7 weekday journeys first 09:05 · last 15:05
- 26 Poole — Poole ↔ Tower Park morebus 86 weekday journeys first 06:25 · last 23:35
- 26 Salisbury — Salisbury ↔ Hindon Salisbury Reds 13 weekday journeys first 07:20 · last 14:10
- 26 Southampton — City Centre ↔ Primary School Bluestar 40 weekday journeys first 06:00 · last 22:03
- 26 St Austell — St Austell Station ↔ Bodmin Parkway Stn Go Cornwall Bus 57 weekday journeys first 05:30 · last 23:25
26 bus in East of England
2 routes
- 26 Fakenham — Fakenham ↔ Burnham Market Sanders Coaches 12 weekday journeys first 08:30 · last 14:15
- 26 Norwich — Thorpe Road,Rail St ↔ N&N University Hosp First Norfolk & Suffolk 159 weekday journeys first 06:45 · last 23:20
26 bus in East Midlands
6 routes
- 26 Aslackby — Aslackby, Robin Hood PH ↔ Grantham Bus Station (Stand 6) Centrebus 2 weekday journeys first 07:20 · last 16:50
- 26 Billingborough — Billingborough ↔ Grantham Bus Station TransportConnect 2 weekday journeys first 10:30 · last 13:15
- 26 Derby — Derby ↔ Bus Station Arriva Derby 53 weekday journeys first 06:15 · last 21:40
- 26 Leicester — Leicester ↔ Haymarket Bus Stn First Leicester 65 weekday journeys first 06:03 · last 23:05
- 26 Nottingham — Nottingham ↔ Southwell Nottingham City Transport 79 weekday journeys first 05:50 · last 23:10
- 26 Peterborough — Peterborough ↔ Queensgate Bus Station, Bay 15 Central Connect 13 weekday journeys first 05:52 · last 19:27
26 bus in West Midlands
5 routes
- 26 Cannock — Cannock Town Centre Chaserider 46 weekday journeys first 05:32 · last 22:15
- 26 Shrewsbury — Shrewsbury Bus Station ↔ Cooklock Close Junction Hotspur 32 weekday journeys first 06:50 · last 18:33
- 26 Shrewsbury — Cooklock Close Jct ↔ Bus Station Arriva Midlands 30 weekday journeys first 06:50 · last 18:33
- 26 Stoke-on-Trent — Bus Station ↔ Glandore Road Stanton's of Stoke 10 weekday journeys first 09:30 · last 14:30
- 26 Stratford-upon-Avon — NatWest Bank Stratford-upon-Avon ↔ Redditch Redditch Bus Station Stagecoach Midlands 40 weekday journeys first 06:10 · last 19:55
26 bus in Yorkshire & the Humber
2 routes
- 26 Beverley — Beverley ↔ Hessle Square East Yorkshire 13 weekday journeys first 06:30 · last 18:00
- 26 Waterthorpe — Crystal Peaks TM Travel 6 weekday journeys first 08:30 · last 17:50
26 bus in North West England
4 routes
- 26 Blackpool — Marton ↔ Leisure Park Coastliner Buses 10 weekday journeys first 09:30 · last 17:30
- 26 Guilden Sutton — Guilden Sutton, Oaklands ↔ Ellesmere Port Bus Interchange, Stand A Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire 11 weekday journeys first 08:10 · last 17:03
- 26 Liverpool — Liverpool ↔ Liverpool ONE Bus Station Arriva North West 123 weekday journeys first 04:39 · last 23:30
- 26 Widnes — Widnes ↔ Green Oaks Widnes Ashcroft Travel 11 weekday journeys first 07:57 · last 17:30
26 bus in North East England
1 route
- 26 Hebburn — Lukes Lane Estate Entrance ↔ South Shields Interchange 'Stand F' Go North East 77 weekday journeys first 05:25 · last 23:46
26 bus in Scotland
4 routes
- 26 Inverness — Inverness Stn Plat 4 ↔ Cromarty The Links Stagecoach Bluebird 20 weekday journeys first 05:47 · last 22:15
- 26 Paisley — Nethercraigs ↔ Glasgow McGill's 208 weekday journeys first 05:16 · last 23:10
- 26 Port Seton — Road End ↔ Clerwood Terminus Lothian Buses 205 weekday journeys first 00:05 · last 23:55
- 26 Stonehaven — Stonehaven ↔ Laurencekirk Smith & Sons 14 weekday journeys first 06:23 · last 18:55
26 bus in Wales
4 routes
- 26 Blackwood — Blackwood Interchange ↔ Ebbw Vale Stand 3 Stagecoach South Wales 37 weekday journeys first 05:45 · last 22:30
- 26 Cardiff — Cardiff Greyfriars Road Stop GJ ↔ Blackwood Interchange Stagecoach South Wales 59 weekday journeys first 06:30 · last 22:35
- 26 Great Orme — Great Orme ↔ Summit Arriva Wales 13 weekday journeys first 08:08 · last 17:45
- 26 Swansea — Swansea ↔ Fforestfach DANSA 8 weekday journeys first 10:00 · last 13:32
26 bus in Northern Ireland
1 route
- 26 Lisburn — Lisburn Bus Station ↔ Dromora Bus Station Ulsterbus 15 weekday journeys first 07:10 · last 21:35
Frequently asked questions
Why are there so many different 26 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 26, and 44 of them do. The 26 in Liverpool has no connection to the 26 in Nottingham: different operator, different road, different timetable.
How do I find the right 26 bus timetable?
Find your part of the country in the list above and open the 26 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 26 bus the same route in every town?
No. These are 44 unrelated services that happen to share a number, run by 42 different operators. Fares, timetables and accessibility differ on each one, so always open the specific 26 for your area.
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