🌙 London night buses

411 London routes run between 01:00 and 04:29 — more than the rest of the UK and Ireland put together. Only 66 of them are “N” routes; 59 run a full 24 hours under their ordinary daytime number.

394 of 411 run tonight.

Don't just look for an “N”

The N prefix is the most common way people get this wrong. Of the 411 London routes running in the small hours, 66 carry an N — the other 345 are ordinary numbers like the 24, the 43 and the 134 that simply never stop. If you search only for night routes you will walk past most of your options.

N-prefixed night routes

Night-only services, running after the daytime route has finished.

N1 Titmuss AvenueN2 Marylebone StationN3 Bromley North StationN5 Whitehall / Trafalgar SquareN7 Oxford Circus Station / John LewisN8 Great Titchfield St / Oxford Circus StnN9 Heathrow Terminal 5N11 Horse Guards ParadeN15 Margaret Street / Oxford CircusN18 Whitehall / Trafalgar SquareN19 Clapham Junction StationN20 Whitehall / Trafalgar SquareN21 Charing Cross StationN22 Margaret Street / Oxford CircusN25 Great Titchfield St / Oxford Circus StnN26 Chingford StationN27 Hartland Road / Camden MarketN28 Mapleton CrescentN29 Trafalgar Square / Charing Cross StnN30 Heathrow Central Bus StationN31 Clapham Junction StationN32 Victoria StationN33 Hammersmith Bus StationN38 Victoria Bus StationN40 EalingN40 Ealing Broadway, Ealing - Hatton Cross, LondonN41 Tottenham Hale Bus StationN44 Sutton Station / the QuadrantN53 Horse Guards ParadeN55 Great Titchfield St / Oxford Circus StnN63 King's Cross Station / York WayN65 Ealing Broadway StationN68 St Giles High StreetN72 Norley ValeN73 Walthamstow Bus StationN74 Baker Street StationN83 Ealing HospitalN86 Dagnam Park SquareN87 Aldwych / Drury LaneN89 Erith Town Centre / RiversideN91 Whitehall / Trafalgar SquareN97 Whitehall / Trafalgar SquareN98 Red Lion SquareN109 Conduit Street / Hamleys Toy StoreN113 Northumberland Avenue / Trafalgar SquareN118 Whitehall / Trafalgar SquareN133 Liverpool Street StationN136 Chislehurst War MemorialN137 John Prince's Street / Oxford CircusN140 Long ElmesN155 Aldwych / Drury LaneN171 Tottenham Court RoadN199 St Mary Cray StationN205 Drapers FieldN207 Bloomsbury SquareN242 St Giles High StreetN250 Fairfield HallsN253 St Giles High StreetN263 Finsbury SquareN266 Brent Cross Shopping CentreN277 Isle of Dogs AsdaN343 New Cross / Jerningham RoadN381 Horse Guards ParadeN472 Gayton Road / Abbey Wood StationN550 Canning Town StationN551 Gallions Reach Shopping Park

24-hour routes

The same number all day and all night — no change of route, no change of fare.

6 Victoria Station12 Eynella Road / Dulwich Library13 Victoria Station14 Russell Square23 Aldwych / Drury Lane24 Royal Free Hospital35 Shoreditch36 New Cross Bus Garage37 Peckham Bus Station43 London Bridge Bus Station45 Morden Station47 Shoreditch52 Pound Lane55 Great Titchfield St / Oxford Circus Stn57 Atkins Road / New Park Road64 Vulcan Way69 Canning Town Station76 Lower Marsh85 Kingston Hall Road88 Omnibus Clapham93 Putney Bridge Station94 Charles I I Street102 Brent Cross Shopping Centre105 Heathrow Central Bus Station108 Lewisham Station111 Cromwell Road Bus Station123 Hainault Street128 Claybury Broadway134 University College Hospital / Euston Rd139 Waterloo Station / Waterloo Road148 White City Bus Station149 London Bridge Bus Station158 Stratford Bus Station159 Oxford Circus Station176 Tottenham Ct Rd Stn / Gt Russell St188 Tottenham Court Road189 Marble Arch Station213 Sutton Bus Garage214 Finsbury Square220 Mapleton Crescent222 Hounslow Bus Station238 Barking Station243 Waterloo Station / Mepham Street264 St George's Hospital281 Tolworth Station285 Cromwell Road Bus Station295 Clapham Junction Stn / the Falcon297 Ealing Broadway Station / Haven Green321 New Cross Sainsbury's341 Waterloo Station / Waterloo Road344 Liverpool Street Station345 Natural History Museum / Cromwell Road365 Havering Park390 Victoria Bus Station453 Great Central Street474 Manor Park Station486 Friswell Place490 Heathrow Terminal 5EL1 Northgate Road

Every London route running through the night

Frequently asked questions

Do London night buses run every night?

Most do. Unlike the rest of the country, where night service is usually Friday and Saturday only, the majority of London night routes run seven nights a week. Each route below shows the nights it actually runs.

What is the difference between an N bus and a 24-hour bus?

An “N” route is a night-only service that runs after the daytime route has finished, often on a slightly different line of route. A 24-hour route is the ordinary daytime route simply continuing through the night under the same number. Both get you home; the 24-hour ones are easier because the number does not change.

How much is a London night bus?

The same as any London bus: £1.75 with contactless or Oyster, and the Hopper fare means any further bus journeys started within an hour are free. There is no night surcharge.

Do night buses run when the Night Tube does not?

Yes. Night buses run every night of the week on most routes, while the Night Tube runs on Friday and Saturday nights on a handful of lines. On a Tuesday at 3am the bus is usually the only option.

Timetables from Transport for London via the DfT Bus Open Data Service, with live countdowns from the TfL Unified API on every London stop page. See night buses across the UK, all London bus times, or the busiest London routes.