72 bus timetable
25 different bus routes are numbered 72 across the UK and Ireland, run by 24 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.
72 bus in London
1 route
- 72 Acton — Brunel Road ↔ Hammersmith Bridge Road London United 402 weekday journeys first 00:00 · last 23:51
72 bus in South East England
4 routes
- 72 Brentwood — Brentwood ↔ Stondon Massey Soames Me NIBSbuses 2 weekday journeys first 09:06 · last 11:48
- 72 Brighton — Whitehawk Bus Garage ↔ Longhill School Grounds Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company 5 weekday journeys first 07:40 · last 16:01
- 72 Guildford — Guildford Bus Station ↔ Ockford Ridge Green Stagecoach South 27 weekday journeys first 09:10 · last 18:10
- 72 Maidstone — Chequers Bus Station ↔ Asda Arriva Kent and Surrey 43 weekday journeys first 08:25 · last 18:22
72 bus in South West England
2 routes
- 72 Barnstaple — Bus Station ↔ Shebbear Square Stagecoach South West 5 weekday journeys first 09:00 · last 17:10
- 72 Bristol — Temple Meads Station ↔ UWE Frenchay First Bristol, Bath & the West 84 weekday journeys first 05:15 · last 23:15
72 bus in East of England
1 route
- 72 Gislingham — Gislingham, Village Hall ↔ Bus Station Central Connect 2 weekday journeys first 09:30 · last 13:00
72 bus in East Midlands
1 route
- 72 Belper — Belper Notts and Derby 7 weekday journeys first 08:35 · last 18:35
72 bus in West Midlands
1 route
- 72 Solihull — Bluebell Drive ↔ Solihull Station National Express West Midlands 230 weekday journeys first 04:34 · last 23:41
72 bus in Yorkshire & the Humber
5 routes
- 72 Chapeltown — Chapeltown ↔ Swinton Stagecoach Yorkshire 30 weekday journeys first 05:10 · last 19:45
- 72 Leeds — Leeds Bus Station ↔ Bradford Intc First Bradford 396 weekday journeys first 04:01 · last 04:05
- 72 Northallerton — 228 ↔ 227 Hodgsons 12 weekday journeys first 06:45 · last 18:10
- 72 Patrington — Patrington Northside ↔ Spurn Disc Centre East Yorkshire first 08:25 · last 16:25
- 72 Skipton — Skipton Bus Station ↔ Grassington The Keighley Bus Company 32 weekday journeys first 07:30 · last 18:30
72 bus in North East England
2 routes
- 72 Barnard Castle — Galgate - Stand A ↔ West End - Turning Circle Hodgsons 8 weekday journeys first 09:40 · last 12:55
- 72 Newcastle upon Tyne — Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle Grainger Street ↔ Chapel House Hillhead Parkway-Terminus Stagecoach North East 128 weekday journeys first 06:29 · last 23:35
72 bus in Scotland
3 routes
- 72 Arbroath — Arbroath Bus Station ↔ Ninewells Ninewells Hospital C Stagecoach East Scotland 50 weekday journeys first 05:20 · last 19:45
- 72 Falkirk — Falkirk ↔ Glasgow, Buchanan Bus Stn Midland Bluebird 34 weekday journeys first 05:48 · last 20:41
- 72 Winchburgh — Winchburgh School Campus ↔ Co-Op Lothian Country Buses 53 weekday journeys first 04:41 · last 22:30
72 bus in Wales
3 routes
- 72 Bridgend — Bridgend Bus Station ↔ Blaengarw Terminus First South & West Wales 42 weekday journeys first 07:10 · last 18:05
- 72 Chepstow — Bus Station ↔ Mitcheldean, The Lamb Newport Bus 15 weekday journeys first 06:45 · last 18:50
- 72 Oswestry — Oswestry ↔ Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant Tanat Valley Coaches 8 weekday journeys first 09:15 · last 15:30
72 bus in Northern Ireland
1 route
- 72 Armagh — Armagh Bus Station ↔ Dungannon Bus Station Ulsterbus 11 weekday journeys first 06:40 · last 18:09
72 bus in Ireland
1 route
- 72 Limerick — Limerick Bus Station ↔ Athlone Bus Éireann 6 weekday journeys first 07:45 · last 17:45
Frequently asked questions
Why are there so many different 72 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 72, and 25 of them do. The 72 in Newcastle upon Tyne has no connection to the 72 in Leeds: different operator, different road, different timetable.
How do I find the right 72 bus timetable?
Find your part of the country in the list above and open the 72 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 72 bus the same route in every town?
No. These are 25 unrelated services that happen to share a number, run by 24 different operators. Fares, timetables and accessibility differ on each one, so always open the specific 72 for your area.
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