4 bus timetable

100 different bus routes are numbered 4 across the UK and Ireland, run by 72 operators in 13 areas. They are separate services that happen to share a number — pick yours below for its timetable, stops, live map and fares.

4 bus in London

1 route

4 London — Archway Station ↔ Blackfriars Station Metroline Travel 392 weekday journeys first 00:11 · last 23:59

4 bus in South East England

19 routes

4 Aylesbury — Aylesbury ↔ Great Western Street Redline 2 weekday journeys first 06:55 · last 07:50
4 Aylesford — Ryarsh Turning ↔ Bennett Memorial School Hams Travel 2 weekday journeys first 07:15 · last 15:45
4 Bedford — Bedford Bus Station ↔ Woodside Norse Road Cemetery Stagecoach East 148 weekday journeys first 05:10 · last 23:00
4 Clacton — Clacton ↔ Pier Avenue Central Connect 72 weekday journeys first 06:12 · last 21:57
4 Eastbourne — Eastbourne Town Centre ↔ Eastbourne Town Centre Terminus Road Stagecoach South East 10 weekday journeys first 08:29 · last 16:40
4 Gatwick Airport — Gatwick South, Atlantic House ↔ St Mary's Drive, Park Way Metrobus 98 weekday journeys first 02:27 · last 00:54
4 Guildford — Guildford ↔ Friary Bus Station Safeguard Buses 89 weekday journeys first 05:51 · last 23:20
4 Harlow — Harlow Town Centre ↔ Temp Bus Station Arriva Herts and Essex 41 weekday journeys first 06:11 · last 19:25
4 Harlow — Harlow ↔ Town Railway Station Central Connect 13 weekday journeys first 08:30 · last 21:30
4 Harlow — Harlow ↔ Harlow Town Station First Essex 4 weekday journeys first 20:22 · last 21:37
4 Hemel Hempstead — Grovehill Arriva Herts and Essex 28 weekday journeys first 06:12 · last 19:35
4 Luton — Luton Station Interchange ↔ Asda Arriva Beds and Bucks 26 weekday journeys first 05:07 · last 17:40
4 Maidenhead — Maidenhead ↔ Maidenhead Town Centre, Frascati Way Carousel Buses 12 weekday journeys first 06:55 · last 17:55
4 Maidstone — Chequers Bus Station ↔ Pennine Way Arriva Kent and Surrey 23 weekday journeys first 09:13 · last 18:08
4 Milton Keynes — Church Street ↔ Bus Station Arriva Beds and Bucks 255 weekday journeys first 05:15 · last 22:15
4 Newbury — Newbury ↔ Lambourn Newbury & District 20 weekday journeys first 08:55 · last 17:45
4 Reading — Central Reading ↔ Bracknell Reading Buses 150 weekday journeys first 05:00 · last 23:05
4 Sevenoaks — Bus Station ↔ Quarry Hill Parade Go Bus 10 weekday journeys first 09:45 · last 17:15
4 Shoeburyness — Nth Shoebury, The R ↔ Southend Travel Cen First Essex 6 weekday journeys first 09:37 · last 18:03

4 bus in South West England

16 routes

4 Aldershot — Aldershot (Princes Gardens) ↔ Farnham Union Road Stagecoach South 28 weekday journeys first 08:40 · last 17:45
4 Andover — Mundy Road ↔ Andover Harrow Way School Stagecoach South 47 weekday journeys first 07:03 · last 19:08
4 Basingstoke — Basingstoke Railway Station ↔ Chineham Chineham Centre Stagecoach South 24 weekday journeys first 06:10 · last 18:23
4 Bath — Weston via RUH ↔ Odd Down Park & Ride First Bristol, Bath & the West 320 weekday journeys first 05:10 · last 00:15
4 Cribbs Causeway — Cribbs Causeway ↔ City Centre, Union Street First Bristol, Bath & the West 165 weekday journeys first 05:17 · last 05:42
4 Exeter — Pennsylvania North Park Road ↔ Cranbrook Court Royal Stagecoach South West 326 weekday journeys first 04:00 · last 00:13
4 Isle Brewers — Isle Brewers ↔ Street (Somerset) Isle Valley Transport 2 weekday journeys first 07:30 · last 16:45
4 Plymouth — Royal Parade A14 ↔ Ridgeway Stagecoach South West 79 weekday journeys first 06:45 · last 20:10
4 Poole — Poole ↔ Wimborne morebus 95 weekday journeys first 05:35 · last 23:58
4 Ryde — Transport Interchange ↔ Well Road Southern Vectis 57 weekday journeys first 06:35 · last 22:35
4 Southampton — Southampton ↔ Romsey Bluestar 96 weekday journeys first 06:00 · last 23:30
4 St Just — St Just Bus Stn ↔ Penzance Bus Stn Go Cornwall Bus 24 weekday journeys first 06:20 · last 18:00
4 Swindon — Fleming Way (A) ↔ St Andrew's Ridge Motorola Stagecoach West 143 weekday journeys first 06:02 · last 23:06
4 Taunton — Taunton ↔ Taunton Town Centre First Buses of Somerset 20 weekday journeys first 07:15 · last 17:15
4 Weymouth — Weymouth ↔ Preston First Wessex, Dorset & South Somerset 146 weekday journeys first 07:20 · last 22:25
4 Winchester — Highcliffe Nelson Road ↔ Winchester Bus Station Stagecoach South 20 weekday journeys first 07:46 · last 18:03

4 bus in East of England

6 routes

4 Aldborough — green ↔ Travel Hub Sunbeam Luxury Coaches 2 weekday journeys first 09:15 · last 13:26
4 Cambridge — Drummer St Bus Station Bay 10 ↔ Gt Cambourne Morrinsons Stagecoach East 108 weekday journeys first 05:39 · last 23:10
4 Ipswich — Tower Ramparts Bus Station ↔ Glemham Drive Ipswich Buses 72 weekday journeys first 06:30 · last 18:36
4 Ipswich — Tower Ramparts Bus ↔ Shops First Norfolk & Suffolk 18 weekday journeys first 08:35 · last 17:04
4 Kings Lynn — Kings Lynn ↔ Transport Interchange Go to Town 18 weekday journeys first 07:10 · last 18:15
4 Norwich — Bus Station ↔ Redfern Close Central Connect 41 weekday journeys first 06:00 · last 22:00

4 bus in East Midlands

12 routes

4 Corby — Earlstrees Industry ↔ Corby Stagecoach Midlands 2 weekday journeys first 05:15 · last 06:50
4 Derby — Bus Station ↔ Barrett Street Arriva Derby 48 weekday journeys first 07:01 · last 20:35
4 Grantham — Grantham Bus Station ↔ Stamford Bus Station TransportConnect 10 weekday journeys first 07:00 · last 17:25
4 Grimsby — Bradley Morrisons ↔ Cleethorpes Pier Stagecoach East Midlands 205 weekday journeys first 04:20 · last 22:55
4 Leicester — Leicester ↔ Haymarket Bus Stn First Leicester 103 weekday journeys first 06:13 · last 19:30
4 Lincoln — Lincoln ↔ Lincoln Bus Sta B Stagecoach East Midlands 27 weekday journeys first 06:20 · last 19:30
4 Northampton — University Senate ↔ Sunnyside Aynho Crescent Stagecoach Midlands 193 weekday journeys first 05:12 · last 00:08
4 Nottingham — Nottingham High School ↔ Villa Road CT4N 2 weekday journeys first 07:25 · last 16:15
4 Scunthorpe — Bus Station ↔ Cary Lane Hornsbys Bus & Coach 42 weekday journeys first 06:15 · last 21:30
4 Scunthorpe — Scunthorpe Bus Stn ↔ Brigg White Horse Stagecoach East Midlands 12 weekday journeys first 09:15 · last 18:30
4 Thorney — Thorney Wisbech Road ↔ City Hospital Bretton Gate Stagecoach East 158 weekday journeys first 05:20 · last 23:17
4 Worksop — Manton Radford Street ↔ Kilton Goldsmith Road Stagecoach East Midlands 46 weekday journeys first 07:15 · last 17:58

4 bus in West Midlands

11 routes

4 Ashby-de-la-Zouch — Ashby de la Zouch ↔ Burton Diamond Bus East Midlands 22 weekday journeys first 07:05 · last 18:20
4 Birmingham — Church Centre ↔ Solihull Station Interchange National Express West Midlands 502 weekday journeys first 04:19 · last 01:00
4 i54 — Moog ↔ Spring Hill Lane National Express West Midlands 196 weekday journeys first 05:25 · last 23:10
4 Kidderminster — Kidderminster Bus Station ↔ Puxton Drive, Beaulieu Close Diamond Bus 4 weekday journeys first 08:36 · last 18:00
4 Rugby — Rugby Boughton Road ↔ Bilton The Green Stagecoach Midlands 228 weekday journeys first 06:07 · last 20:00
4 Stratford-upon-Avon — Stratford-upon-Avon ↔ McDonalds Stratford-upon-Avon Stagecoach Midlands 6 weekday journeys first 09:00 · last 14:45
4 Stratford-upon-Avon — Stratford-upon-Avon ↔ Adj McDonalds Flexibus 4 weekday journeys first 10:15 · last 13:15
4 Tamworth — Victoria Road Bus Interchange ↔ Trojan Arriva Midlands 88 weekday journeys first 06:35 · last 18:16
4 Telford — Apley Wood School ↔ Madeley Centre Arriva Midlands 186 weekday journeys first 05:45 · last 21:23
4 Walsall — Saddlers Centre ↔ Sainsburys National Express West Midlands 301 weekday journeys first 04:05 · last 23:25
4 Walsall — Walsall, Bradford Place ↔ West Bromwich, Bus Station Diamond Bus 19 weekday journeys first 07:32 · last 20:10

4 bus in Yorkshire & the Humber

6 routes

4 Harrogate — Harrogate ↔ Harrogate Bus Stn The Harrogate Bus Company 7 weekday journeys first 06:15 · last 17:50
4 Hull — Hull Interchange ↔ Orchard Park Stagecoach East Midlands 99 weekday journeys first 05:50 · last 23:00
4 Pudsey — Pudsey Highfield Gr ↔ Seacroft Bus Stn First Leeds 92 weekday journeys first 04:50 · last 22:30
4 Scarborough — St Thomas Street Stop D ↔ Sea Life Centre East Yorkshire 18 weekday journeys first 07:21 · last 17:55
4 Selby — Selby ↔ Bus Stn Stand 4 Arriva Yorkshire 4 weekday journeys first 09:05 · last 16:05
4 York — Clifford Street ↔ Acomb Tudor Rd First York 189 weekday journeys first 05:30 · last 23:17

4 bus in North West England

7 routes

4 Blackburn — Blackburn Town Centre ↔ Blackburn Bus Stn The Blackburn Bus Company 42 weekday journeys first 05:37 · last 22:45
4 Blackpool — Tesco ↔ Park Terminus Blackpool Transport 88 weekday journeys first 06:10 · last 21:36
4 Burnley — Burnley Bus Station ↔ Worsthorne The Burnley Bus Company 48 weekday journeys first 06:37 · last 22:12
4 Holbeck Park — Holbeck Park School ↔ Barrow Tesco Stagecoach Cumbria and Lancashire 73 weekday journeys first 06:00 · last 22:30
4 Lancaster — Lancaster Rail Stn ↔ Uni Underpass Stagecoach Cumbria and Lancashire 50 weekday journeys first 07:15 · last 18:45
4 Liverpool — Liverpool ↔ Liverpool ONE, Stand 8 Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire 5 weekday journeys first 06:49 · last 18:21
4 Warrington — Warrington ↔ Warrington, Interchange - Stand B Warrington's Own Buses 18 weekday journeys first 06:36 · last 23:34

4 bus in North East England

4 routes

4 Darlington — Darlington ↔ Northgate Arriva North East 57 weekday journeys first 06:27 · last 23:31
4 Downhill — Downhill Kingsway Road-Keighley Avenue ↔ Doxford Park Hall Farm Road-Foxlair Close Stagecoach North East 188 weekday journeys first 05:07 · last 22:48
4 South Shields — South Shields ↔ Sth Shields Interchange Stagecoach North East 80 weekday journeys first 05:42 · last 23:09
4 Sunderland — Houghton-le-Spring Hillside Way ↔ Heworth Metro 'Stand E' Go North East 193 weekday journeys first 04:40 · last 23:37

4 bus in Scotland

12 routes

4 Aberdeen — Aberdeen Union Square Bus Station ↔ Westhill Drive Turning Circle Stagecoach Bluebird 18 weekday journeys first 04:50 · last 19:48
4 Achininver — Bridge ↔ Health Centre Tranport for Tongue 4 weekday journeys first 10:40 · last 15:07
4 Dalkeith — Dalkeith ↔ St Andrew Street Lothian Community Transport 1 weekday journeys first 12:40 · last 12:40
4 Dumfries — Great King St ↔ Calside Road DGC Buses 18 weekday journeys first 06:25 · last 16:44
4 Dunfermline — Dunfermline Bus Station ↔ Blairhall Houldsworth Street Stagecoach East Scotland 34 weekday journeys first 05:15 · last 18:45
4 Falkirk — Falkirk Midland Bluebird 29 weekday journeys first 05:45 · last 22:30
4 Glasgow — Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station ↔ Ayr Bus Station Stagecoach West Scotland 67 weekday journeys first 05:25 · last 21:45
4 Kirkwall — Kirkwall ↔ Kirkwall TC Stand 4 Stagecoach Bluebird 27 weekday journeys first 06:15 · last 19:30
4 Lairg — Lairg ↔ Tain George Rapson Travel 14 weekday journeys first 07:48 · last 18:25
4 Musselburgh — Queen Margaret University ↔ Snowsports Centre Lothian Buses 99 weekday journeys first 04:54 · last 23:48
4 Newton Mearns — Mearns Cross ↔ Broomhill Crow Rd TA First Greater Glasgow 61 weekday journeys first 05:12 · last 23:49
4 Perth — Perth Mill Street E ↔ Bertha Park Bertha Park Stagecoach East Scotland 25 weekday journeys first 07:54 · last 18:20

4 bus in Wales

4 routes

4 Cardiff — Cardiff Bus Station ↔ Leckwith Cardiff Bus 58 weekday journeys first 05:20 · last 21:45
4 Chester — Railway Station ↔ Bus Station Arriva Wales 51 weekday journeys first 05:30 · last 23:06
4 Llangefni — Ffordd Corn Hir ↔ Summer Hill Arriva Wales 47 weekday journeys first 05:43 · last 23:00
4 Neath — Neath Select Coaches 10 weekday journeys first 08:34 · last 16:23

4 bus in Northern Ireland

1 route

4 Bangor — Bangor Bus & Rail Centre ↔ Ulster Hospital Ulsterbus 8 weekday journeys first 09:30 · last 17:05

4 bus in Ireland

1 route

4 Dublin — Heuston Station ↔ Monkstown Ave Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus 158 weekday journeys first 05:30 · last 23:20

Frequently asked questions

Why are there so many different 4 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 4, and 100 of them do. The 4 in Dublin has no connection to the 4 in Birmingham: different operator, different road, different timetable.

How do I find the right 4 bus timetable?

Find your part of the country in the list above and open the 4 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 4 bus the same route in every town?

No. These are 100 unrelated services that happen to share a number, run by 72 different operators. Fares, timetables and accessibility differ on each one, so always open the specific 4 for your area.

Looking for the next bus rather than a timetable? Stops near you shows live departures. Browse all bus routes, every operator or timetables by town. Data from operators via the DfT Bus Open Data Service — see all sources.