56 bus timetable
28 different bus routes are numbered 56 across the UK and Ireland, run by 25 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.
56 bus in London
1 route
- 56 London — Whipps Cross Bus Stand ↔ St. Bartholomew's Hospital Stagecoach London 203 weekday journeys first 00:06 · last 23:55
56 bus in South East England
3 routes
- 56 Chichester — Chichester St Pancras ↔ Bosham Car Park Stagecoach South 18 weekday journeys first 07:15 · last 18:48
- 56 Colchester — Colchester Osborne ↔ Shrub End Hazell Av First Essex 82 weekday journeys first 06:24 · last 23:10
- 56 Hitchin — Hermitage Road ↔ Bus Station Arriva Herts and Essex 19 weekday journeys first 06:03 · last 17:20
56 bus in South West England
4 routes
- 56 Newquay — Newquay Bus Stn ↔ Padstow Go Cornwall Bus 60 weekday journeys first 06:30 · last 18:50
- 56 Warminster — Warminster ↔ Salisbury Beeline Coaches 2 weekday journeys first 09:05 · last 13:15
- 56 West Coker — West Coker ↔ Yeovil South Somerset Community Transport 16 weekday journeys first 07:55 · last 17:27
- 56 Yelverton — Tavistock ↔ Yelverton Roundabout Oakleys Coaches 5 weekday journeys first 09:25 · last 17:30
56 bus in East of England
1 route
- 56 Wisbech — Wisbech Horse Fair Bus Station ↔ Manea Park Road Stagecoach East Midlands 20 weekday journeys first 07:20 · last 17:20
56 bus in East Midlands
5 routes
- 56 Horncastle — Horncastle Interchange Shelter ↔ Skegness Bus Station D Stagecoach East Midlands 46 weekday journeys first 05:00 · last 22:02
- 56 Leicester — Leicester ↔ Haymarket Bus Station Arriva Midlands 5 weekday journeys first 07:35 · last 17:05
- 56 Lincoln — Lincoln Central Bus Station ↔ Jubilee Way Stagecoach East Midlands 44 weekday journeys first 05:49 · last 21:20
- 56 Northampton — Northampton Northampton Bus Interchange ↔ Yusen Logistics Stagecoach Midlands 18 weekday journeys first 02:03 · last 20:03
- 56 Nottingham — City ↔ Arnold, Front St Nottingham City Transport 88 weekday journeys first 06:10 · last 23:05
56 bus in West Midlands
1 route
- 56 Nuneaton — Nuneaton Bus Station B1 ↔ Coventry Sainsbury's Stagecoach Midlands 83 weekday journeys first 05:15 · last 22:45
56 bus in Yorkshire & the Humber
3 routes
- 56 Cottingham — Castle Hill ↔ ASDA Bilton East Yorkshire 111 weekday journeys first 05:30 · last 22:52
- 56 Leeds — Whinmoor Shop Ctr ↔ Moor Grange First Leeds 226 weekday journeys first 05:08 · last 23:28
- 56 Sheffield — Nether Edge ↔ Manor Park Centre Shops First South Yorkshire 93 weekday journeys first 05:19 · last 23:33
56 bus in North West England
2 routes
- 56 Manchester City Centre — Shudehill ↔ Shudehill Interchange Bee Network 23 weekday journeys first 06:30 · last 18:05
- 56 Netherton — Netherton ↔ Magdalene Square Arriva North West 50 weekday journeys first 05:03 · last 23:26
56 bus in North East England
2 routes
- 56 Durham — Bus Station stand K ↔ Football Ground Arriva North East 52 weekday journeys first 05:54 · last 20:58
- 56 Sunderland — Sunderland Interchange 'Stand F' ↔ Newcastle Market Street East Go North East 258 weekday journeys first 00:02 · last 23:56
56 bus in Scotland
3 routes
- 56 Glenfarg — Kinross Park and Ride ↔ Perth Bus Station Stagecoach East Scotland 10 weekday journeys first 09:30 · last 20:40
- 56 Portree — Portree Somerled Square ↔ Lonmore Stagecoach Bluebird 19 weekday journeys first 06:54 · last 17:40
- 56 Stirling — Stirling ↔ Cowie Midland Bluebird 110 weekday journeys first 05:28 · last 23:20
56 bus in Wales
2 routes
- 56 Blackwood — Tredegar Lidl ↔ Newport Market Square Stagecoach South Wales 75 weekday journeys first 05:55 · last 23:18
- 56 Pontardawe — Pontardawe Jubilee ↔ Neath Bus Station First South & West Wales 6 weekday journeys first 10:35 · last 17:35
56 bus in Northern Ireland
1 route
- 56 Lurgan — Market Street ↔ Banbridge Bus Station Ulsterbus 22 weekday journeys first 07:05 · last 17:40
Frequently asked questions
Why are there so many different 56 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 56, and 28 of them do. The 56 in Nottingham has no connection to the 56 in Leicester: different operator, different road, different timetable.
How do I find the right 56 bus timetable?
Find your part of the country in the list above and open the 56 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 56 bus the same route in every town?
No. These are 28 unrelated services that happen to share a number, run by 25 different operators. Fares, timetables and accessibility differ on each one, so always open the specific 56 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.