55 bus timetable

32 different bus routes are numbered 55 across the UK and Ireland, run by 31 operators in 11 areas. They are separate services that happen to share a number — pick yours below for its timetable, stops, live map and fares.

55 bus in London

1 route

55 London — Walthamstow Bus Station ↔ Great Titchfield St / Oxford Circus Stn Stagecoach London 305 weekday journeys first 00:05 · last 23:58

55 bus in South East England

5 routes

55 Aylesbury — Aylesbury Bus Stn ↔ Broadway Red Rose Travel 7 weekday journeys first 07:05 · last 17:45
55 Colchester — Colchester Osborne ↔ West Mersea High St First Essex 71 weekday journeys first 06:30 · last 19:07
55 Letchworth — Southfields ↔ Bus Station Arriva Herts and Essex 89 weekday journeys first 05:51 · last 19:55
55 Portslade — Portslade Village ↔ Churchill Square C6 Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company 1 weekday journeys first 15:15 · last 15:15
55 Tangmere — Tangmere Nettleton Avenue ↔ Chichester Cathedral Stagecoach South 91 weekday journeys first 05:25 · last 23:10

55 bus in South West England

8 routes

55 Bodmin — Camelford Church ↔ Liskeard Bus Stn Go Cornwall Bus 17 weekday journeys first 05:40 · last 17:50
55 Chippenham — Chippenham Railway Station ↔ Fleming Way (H) Stagecoach West 253 weekday journeys first 04:20 · last 23:30
55 Exeter — Exeter Bus Station ↔ Tiverton Bus Station Stagecoach South West 110 weekday journeys first 05:30 · last 23:00
55 Kingston Deverill — Kingston Deverill ↔ Devizes Beeline Coaches 2 weekday journeys first 09:20 · last 13:15
55 Lulworth Cove — Lulworth Cove First Wessex, Dorset & South Somerset 18 weekday journeys first 09:05 · last 17:05
55 St Ives — St Ives ↔ Polmanter Royal Buses 27 weekday journeys first 09:45 · last 22:40
55 Wrantage — Wrantage ↔ Street, Strode College First Bristol, Bath & the West 2 weekday journeys first 07:18 · last 17:00
55 Yelverton — Tavistock ↔ Tavistock Bus Station Oakleys Coaches 9 weekday journeys first 07:26 · last 18:20

55 bus in East Midlands

6 routes

55 Arnold — Arnold via QMC ↔ Clifton via QMC Nottingham City Transport 13 weekday journeys first 09:08 · last 15:08
55 Boston — Boston Bus Station ↔ Coningsby PC Coaches first 06:27 · last 19:02
55 Chesterfield — Chesterfield ↔ Alfreton Bus Stn Notts and Derby 24 weekday journeys first 06:35 · last 19:10
55 Coningsby — Coningsby ↔ Lincoln Central Bus Station PC Coaches first 06:13 · last 19:22
55 Newark — Castle Gate ↔ Suthers School Marshalls of Sutton on Trent 2 weekday journeys first 07:40 · last 14:55
55 Northampton — Northampton Northampton Bus Interchange ↔ Swan Valley The Barn Way Stagecoach Midlands 47 weekday journeys first 05:10 · last 22:15

55 bus in West Midlands

1 route

55 Birmingham — Tesco ↔ Longbridge Station Kevs Cars and Coaches 14 weekday journeys first 09:09 · last 14:22

55 bus in Yorkshire & the Humber

3 routes

55 Hull — Hull Interchange ↔ Goole East Yorkshire 49 weekday journeys first 05:20 · last 23:00
55 Leeds — Leeds City Centre ↔ Leeds The Headrow L First Leeds 26 weekday journeys first 05:35 · last 18:23
55 Northallerton — Friarage Hospital ↔ Richmond Market Place Hodgsons 6 weekday journeys first 07:50 · last 17:45

55 bus in North West England

2 routes

55 Lancaster — Lancaster Bus Stn ↔ Carnforth Station Stagecoach Cumbria and Lancashire 54 weekday journeys first 06:10 · last 22:23
55 Liverpool — Queen Square Bus Station ↔ Old Roan Station Arriva North West 137 weekday journeys first 04:50 · last 23:49

55 bus in Scotland

2 routes

55 Kyle of Lochalsh — Kyle of Lochalsh Harbour Slipway ↔ Elgol Glasnakille Stagecoach Bluebird 17 weekday journeys first 07:10 · last 17:25
55 Perth — Princes Street ↔ Kinross Glenfarg Community Transport Group 22 weekday journeys first 07:00 · last 18:35

55 bus in Wales

2 routes

55 Llangefni — Llangefni Gwynfor Coaches 3 weekday journeys first 09:30 · last 14:50
55 Neath — Neath Bus Station ↔ Min-yr-Awel Turning Circle First South & West Wales 4 weekday journeys first 10:25 · last 16:00

55 bus in Northern Ireland

1 route

55 Lurgan — Market Street ↔ Bannfoot Ulsterbus 8 weekday journeys first 07:45 · last 17:56

55 bus in Ireland

1 route

55 Limerick — Limerick Bus Station ↔ Waterford Bus Éireann 17 weekday journeys first 07:40 · last 20:50

Frequently asked questions

Why are there so many different 55 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 55, and 32 of them do. The 55 in Liverpool has no connection to the 55 in Leeds: different operator, different road, different timetable.

How do I find the right 55 bus timetable?

Find your part of the country in the list above and open the 55 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 55 bus the same route in every town?

No. These are 32 unrelated services that happen to share a number, run by 31 different operators. Fares, timetables and accessibility differ on each one, so always open the specific 55 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.