6 bus timetable

103 different bus routes are numbered 6 across the UK and Ireland, run by 73 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.

6 bus in London

1 route

6 London — Bertie Road ↔ Victoria Station Metroline Travel 346 weekday journeys first 00:03 · last 23:55

6 bus in South East England

18 routes

6 Aylesbury — Aylesbury ↔ Great Western Street Redline 12 weekday journeys first 08:56 · last 14:26
6 Bedford — Bedford Bus Station ↔ Brickhill Bourneside Stagecoach East 149 weekday journeys first 05:35 · last 22:45
6 Clacton — Pier Avenue ↔ Point Clear Central Connect 41 weekday journeys first 05:45 · last 21:50
6 Guildford — Guildford ↔ Friary Bus Station Stagecoach South 115 weekday journeys first 05:35 · last 22:55
6 Harlow — Harlow Town Centre ↔ Temp Bus Station Arriva Herts and Essex 5 weekday journeys first 10:09 · last 14:09
6 Luton — Luton Station Interchange ↔ Axe Close Arriva Beds and Bucks 176 weekday journeys first 05:02 · last 23:35
6 Maidstone — Chequers Bus Station ↔ Railway Station Arriva Kent and Surrey 35 weekday journeys first 06:30 · last 17:40
6 Maidstone — Maidstone Nu-Venture 1 weekday journeys first 15:25 · last 15:25
6 Milton Keynes — Church Street ↔ Buttermere Close Arriva Beds and Bucks 184 weekday journeys first 05:30 · last 23:40
6 Newbury — Newbury ↔ West Ilsley Newbury & District 21 weekday journeys first 07:22 · last 18:15
6 Oxford — Oxford City Centre, Magdalen Street ↔ Lower Wolvercote, Papermill Square Oxford Bus Company 193 weekday journeys first 05:55 · last 00:05
6 Polegate — Eastbourne Town Centre Terminus Road ↔ Shopping Centre (o/s) Langney Stagecoach South East 35 weekday journeys first 07:30 · last 18:25
6 Portslade — Sainsbury Benfield Valley ↔ Brighton Station B3 Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company 200 weekday journeys first 00:10 · last 23:40
6 Reading — Central Reading ↔ Whitley Wood Reading Buses 564 weekday journeys first 04:15 · last 04:00
6 Sevenoaks — Bus Station ↔ Greenlands Road Go Bus 19 weekday journeys first 06:44 · last 16:50
6 Slough — Slough ↔ Burnham, Priory Estate Shops Thames Valley Buses 44 weekday journeys first 08:51 · last 20:55
6 Tunbridge Wells — Railway Station ↔ Mascalls Academy Grounds Hams Travel 2 weekday journeys first 07:15 · last 15:15
6 Tunbridge Wells — Tunbridge Wells ↔ Mascalls Academy Autocar Bus & Coach Services 2 weekday journeys first 07:15 · last 15:15

6 bus in South West England

15 routes

6 Basingstoke — Basingstoke ↔ Basingstoke Bus Station Stagecoach South 111 weekday journeys first 04:57 · last 23:10
6 Bath — Bath City Centre ↔ Bath Abbey First Bristol, Bath & the West 23 weekday journeys first 07:26 · last 18:10
6 Bournemouth — Bournemouth ↔ Wimborne morebus 103 weekday journeys first 05:10 · last 00:30
6 Bristol — City Centre, Broad Quay ↔ Kingswood First Bristol, Bath & the West 168 weekday journeys first 05:00 · last 04:25
6 Bude — Bude The Strand ↔ Railway Station Stagecoach South West 16 weekday journeys first 06:05 · last 19:30
6 Dorchester — Dorchester Damory Coaches 19 weekday journeys first 08:38 · last 17:30
6 Farnborough — Farnborough ↔ Farnborough Kingsmead Stagecoach South 103 weekday journeys first 05:20 · last 23:20
6 Gloucester — Gloucester ↔ Gloucester Transport Hub arrival Stagecoach West 12 weekday journeys first 09:00 · last 14:10
6 Newport — Bus Station ↔ Boots Southern Vectis 22 weekday journeys first 07:49 · last 22:45
6 Penzance — Penzance Bus Stn ↔ Mousehole, Parade Go Cornwall Bus 102 weekday journeys first 06:30 · last 22:56
6 Southampton — City Centre ↔ Midanbury Bluestar 72 weekday journeys first 06:27 · last 22:50
6 Swindon — Link Leisure Centre Link Centre ↔ Symmetry Park Stagecoach West 31 weekday journeys first 04:45 · last 18:30
6 Taunton — Taunton ↔ Taunton Town Centre First Buses of Somerset 22 weekday journeys first 06:54 · last 18:24
6 Weston-super-Mare — Worle Retail Park ↔ Weston-super-Mare Interchange First Bristol, Bath & the West 19 weekday journeys first 07:15 · last 17:55
6 Winchester — Winchester ↔ Winchester Bus Station Stagecoach South 52 weekday journeys first 05:38 · last 23:40

6 bus in East of England

5 routes

6 Cambridge — Emmanuel Street E4 ↔ Oakington Manor Farm Cl Stagecoach East 56 weekday journeys first 06:22 · last 18:55
6 Ipswich — Tower Ramparts Bus Station ↔ Ipswich Hospital Ipswich Buses 71 weekday journeys first 06:00 · last 19:05
6 North Walsham — North Walsham ↔ Great Yarmouth Sanders Coaches 2 weekday journeys first 07:15 · last 16:20
6 Norwich — Bus Station ↔ Wayland Avenue Central Connect 23 weekday journeys first 05:45 · last 19:20
6 Watton — Swaffham Road ↔ Costa Central Connect 3 weekday journeys first 06:30 · last 18:35

6 bus in East Midlands

11 routes

6 Derby — St Peter's Street ↔ Harrier Way Arriva Derby 83 weekday journeys first 06:50 · last 19:45
6 Grimsby — Mayfair Drive East ↔ Alexander Road Stagecoach East Midlands 69 weekday journeys first 07:26 · last 18:26
6 Leicester — Leicester ↔ Haymarket Bus Station Arriva Midlands 23 weekday journeys first 06:42 · last 19:30
6 Lincoln — Lincoln ↔ Lincoln Bus Sta I Stagecoach East Midlands 73 weekday journeys first 05:15 · last 00:35
6 Mansfield — Ladybrook Intake Farm School ↔ Bull Farm Ruskin Road Stagecoach East Midlands 100 weekday journeys first 06:00 · last 19:20
6 Nottingham — City Loop ↔ Gamston, Morrisons Nottingham City Transport 178 weekday journeys first 05:02 · last 00:00
6 Nottingham — Nottingham High School ↔ Kings Mill Hospital CT4N 2 weekday journeys first 07:10 · last 16:15
6 Peterborough — Queensgate Bus Stn 8 ↔ Hampton Hampton College Stagecoach East 146 weekday journeys first 05:00 · last 23:43
6 Scunthorpe — Scunthorpe Bus Stn ↔ Ashby Sunshine Hall Stagecoach East Midlands 62 weekday journeys first 07:15 · last 18:02
6 Scunthorpe — Bus Station ↔ Hornsby Depot Hornsbys Bus & Coach 42 weekday journeys first 07:17 · last 18:00
6 Worksop — Worksop ↔ Worksop Bus Station Bay A Stagecoach East Midlands 7 weekday journeys first 06:45 · last 18:45

6 bus in West Midlands

10 routes

6 Birmingham — Moor Street Station ↔ Solihull Town Centre National Express West Midlands 690 weekday journeys first 04:24 · last 01:10
6 Burton upon Trent — Burton ↔ Opp Ruskin Place Diamond Bus East Midlands 24 weekday journeys first 08:40 · last 14:18
6 Coventry — Pool Meadow Bus Station ↔ Tanyard Farm Terminus National Express Coventry 213 weekday journeys first 05:20 · last 23:30
6 Dudley — Evolve Campus ↔ Stourbridge Interchange National Express West Midlands 338 weekday journeys first 05:00 · last 23:45
6 Stoke-on-Trent — Hanley (City Cent) ↔ Coalville First Potteries 64 weekday journeys first 05:35 · last 20:05
6 Stoke-on-Trent — Hanley ↔ Market Street D & G Bus 1 weekday journeys first 07:10 · last 07:10
6 Stratford-upon-Avon — Stratford-upon-Avon ↔ Reading Court & Saffron Meadow Flexibus 5 weekday journeys first 09:40 · last 13:45
6 Tamworth — Corporation St ↔ Callender Farm Arriva Midlands 60 weekday journeys first 05:05 · last 21:12
6 Walsall — Walsall Bus Station ↔ Gracechurch Centre National Express West Midlands 122 weekday journeys first 05:15 · last 23:05
6 Wolverhampton — Wolverhampton Bus Station ↔ Upton Green National Express West Midlands 244 weekday journeys first 05:20 · last 23:20

6 bus in Yorkshire & the Humber

5 routes

6 Barnsley — Barnsley Town Centre Stagecoach Yorkshire 58 weekday journeys first 05:45 · last 23:03
6 Harrogate — Harrogate ↔ Harrogate Bus Stn The Harrogate Bus Company 72 weekday journeys first 06:35 · last 22:55
6 Hull — Hull Interchange ↔ Arncliffe Close Stagecoach East Midlands 84 weekday journeys first 06:15 · last 23:30
6 Sheffield — Millhouses ↔ Millhouses Tesco/Abbeydale Road Stagecoach Yorkshire 15 weekday journeys first 05:05 · last 19:05
6 York — Clifton Moor ↔ University First York 157 weekday journeys first 05:45 · last 23:47

6 bus in North West England

9 routes

6 Blackburn — Blackburn ↔ Blackburn Bus Stn The Blackburn Bus Company 112 weekday journeys first 05:30 · last 23:03
6 Blackpool — Tesco Superstore ↔ Pilling Crescent Blackpool Transport 270 weekday journeys first 05:40 · last 23:41
6 Ellesmere Port — Ellesmere Port Bus Interchange, Stand G ↔ Bayweaver Street Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire 37 weekday journeys first 06:18 · last 19:03
6 Kendal — Windermere Rail Stn ↔ Ulverston Library Stagecoach Cumbria and Lancashire 29 weekday journeys first 05:32 · last 23:12
6 Morecambe — Morecambe Bus Stn ↔ Bartholomew Road Stagecoach Cumbria and Lancashire 16 weekday journeys first 08:39 · last 16:37
6 Preston — Preston Bus Stn ↔ James Hall Distribution Ctr Preston Bus 302 weekday journeys first 04:53 · last 23:50
6 Ulverston — Ulverston Library ↔ Barrow Town Hall Stagecoach Cumbria and Lancashire 29 weekday journeys first 05:00 · last 23:56
6 Warrington — Warrington, Interchange - Stand K ↔ Grappenhall, East View Warrington's Own Buses 14 weekday journeys first 09:47 · last 16:16
6 Widnes — Huyton Bus Station ↔ Liverpool ONE Arriva North West 2 weekday journeys first 05:11 · last 05:57

6 bus in North East England

7 routes

6 Cockfield — Mount Pleasant ↔ Galgate - Stand B Arriva North East 4 weekday journeys first 06:48 · last 18:46
6 Darlington — Darlington Stagecoach North East 11 weekday journeys first 07:23 · last 17:55
6 Durham — Bus Station stand J ↔ Club Arriva North East 121 weekday journeys first 05:32 · last 22:35
6 Hartlepool — Clavering Bellasis Grove ↔ Owton Manor St Patrick's RC Church Stagecoach North East 189 weekday journeys first 05:21 · last 23:12
6 Newcastle upon Tyne — High Heaton Freeman Road-Hambledon Gardens ↔ Metrocentre Metrocentre Interchange Stagecoach North East 42 weekday journeys first 06:30 · last 19:45
6 Stanley — Stanley Bus Station 'Stand F' ↔ Newcastle Eldon Square 'Stand C' Go North East 94 weekday journeys first 05:37 · last 23:26
6 Stockton — Stockton High Street North ↔ Darlington Town Hall Stop M Stagecoach North East 42 weekday journeys first 06:04 · last 22:54

6 bus in Scotland

13 routes

6 Aberdeen — Aberdeen Union Square Bus Station ↔ Westhill Berryhill Circle Stagecoach Bluebird 74 weekday journeys first 04:00 · last 23:54
6 Ayr — Ayr ↔ Ayr Carrick Street Stagecoach West Scotland 41 weekday journeys first 06:05 · last 21:25
6 Crombie — Crombie Ordnance Road Turning Circle ↔ Dunfermline Bus Station Stagecoach East Scotland 24 weekday journeys first 07:10 · last 18:45
6 Dumfries — Dumfries Houston's Minicoaches 4 weekday journeys first 10:55 · last 13:55
6 Dundee — Crichton Street ↔ Ninewells Hospital Xplore Dundee 14 weekday journeys first 08:43 · last 15:08
6 East Kilbride — Calderwood, Bosworth Rd ↔ Clydebank Business Park First Greater Glasgow 121 weekday journeys first 04:54 · last 23:39
6 Edinburgh — Magdalene ↔ St Andrew Street Lothian Community Transport 1 weekday journeys first 15:20 · last 15:20
6 Glasgow — Silverburn ↔ Paisley McGill's 22 weekday journeys first 07:17 · last 17:38
6 Kilmarnock — Kilmarnock ↔ Bus Station Stagecoach West Scotland 26 weekday journeys first 05:30 · last 18:00
6 Kirkwall — Kirkwall ↔ Kirkwall TC Stand 3 Stagecoach Bluebird 7 weekday journeys first 06:46 · last 17:07
6 Perth — Perth Stagecoach East Scotland 12 weekday journeys first 07:10 · last 18:20
6 Tain — Tain George Rapson Travel 3 weekday journeys first 07:50 · last 15:15
6 Whitburn — Cross ↔ Craigbank Road SD Travel 18 weekday journeys first 09:15 · last 17:25

6 bus in Wales

7 routes

6 Blackwood — Blackwood ↔ Wyllie Harris Coaches 18 weekday journeys first 09:15 · last 17:30
6 Cardiff — Cardiff Bay ↔ Cardiff Bus Station Cardiff Bus 95 weekday journeys first 07:25 · last 22:25
6 Cwmbran — Cwmbran ↔ Cwmbran Bus Station Stagecoach South Wales 63 weekday journeys first 06:26 · last 23:10
6 Cwmbran — Cwmbran Phil Anslow Travel 33 weekday journeys first 07:55 · last 17:20
6 Newport — Newport ↔ Liswerry Newport Bus 52 weekday journeys first 05:53 · last 19:08
6 Swansea — Swansea Bus Station ↔ Wern Terrace First South & West Wales 46 weekday journeys first 06:25 · last 22:34
6 Wrexham — Wrexham ↔ Bus Station Arriva Wales 11 weekday journeys first 07:30 · last 17:30

6 bus in Northern Ireland

1 route

6 Bangor — Bangor Bus & Rail Centre ↔ Gibson's Lane Ulsterbus 54 weekday journeys first 07:00 · last 22:15

6 bus in Ireland

1 route

6 Dublin — Abbey St Lower ↔ Howth Station Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus 40 weekday journeys first 05:30 · last 00:10

Frequently asked questions

Why are there so many different 6 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 6, and 103 of them do. The 6 in Dublin has no connection to the 6 in Birmingham: different operator, different road, different timetable.

How do I find the right 6 bus timetable?

Find your part of the country in the list above and open the 6 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 6 bus the same route in every town?

No. These are 103 unrelated services that happen to share a number, run by 73 different operators. Fares, timetables and accessibility differ on each one, so always open the specific 6 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.