N38 Walthamstow Bus Station ↔ Victoria Bus Station

Operated by Arriva London North. First bus 00:05, last bus 05:40. 102 journeys on weekdays.

🔴 London flat fare: £1.75 with contactless or Oyster — the Hopper fare includes unlimited bus/tram changes within an hour, with daily caps. Cash isn't accepted on London buses.

Timetable

Times are shown at the route's main timing stops — buses serve all stops in between. For times at your exact stop, open the stop's own page.

N38 towards Victoria Bus Station — Monday to Friday (49 journeys)
Walthamstow Bus Station (Stop A) 00:0500:0500:1000:2500:2500:2500:4000:4500:4500:5501:0501:0501:1001:2501:2501:2501:4001:4501:4501:5502:0502:0502:1002:2502:2502:2502:4002:4502:4502:5503:0503:0503:1003:2503:2503:2503:4003:4503:4503:5504:0504:0504:1004:2504:2504:2504:4004:4504:45
High Road Leyton / Bakers Arms (Stop WH) 00:1100:1100:1500:3100:3000:3100:4500:5000:5001:0001:0901:0901:1501:2901:3001:2901:4501:4901:4901:5902:0902:0902:1402:2902:2902:2902:4402:4902:4902:5903:0903:0903:1403:2903:2903:2903:4403:4903:4903:5904:0904:0904:1404:2904:2904:2904:4404:4904:49
Clapton Pond (Stop E) 00:2000:2000:2500:4000:4000:4000:5500:5900:5901:0901:1701:1701:2401:3701:3901:3701:5301:5701:5702:0702:1702:1702:2202:3702:3702:3702:5202:5702:5703:0703:1703:1703:2203:3703:3703:3703:5203:5703:5704:0704:1804:1804:2204:3804:3704:3804:5204:5804:58
Hackney Central Station (Stop T) 00:2600:2600:3200:4600:4700:4601:0201:0501:0501:1601:2201:2201:3001:4201:4501:4201:5902:0202:0202:1302:2202:2202:2802:4202:4202:4302:5803:0203:0203:1303:2203:2203:2803:4203:4303:4203:5704:0204:0204:1204:2304:2304:2704:4304:4204:4304:5705:0305:03
Dalston Junction Station (Stop G) 00:3100:3100:3900:5100:5400:5101:0901:1001:1001:2301:2701:2701:3601:4601:5101:4602:0502:0602:0602:1902:2602:2602:3402:4602:4602:4903:0403:0703:0703:1903:2703:2703:3303:4703:4803:4704:0204:0704:0704:1704:2804:2804:3204:4804:4704:4805:0205:0805:08
Essex Road Station (Stop EJ) 00:3600:3600:4500:5601:0000:5601:1501:1501:1501:2901:3201:3201:4201:5101:5701:5102:1102:1102:1102:2502:3102:3102:3902:5102:5102:5403:0903:1203:1203:2403:3203:3203:3803:5203:5303:5204:0704:1204:1204:2204:3304:3304:3704:5304:5204:5305:0705:1305:13
Angel Station (Stop F) 00:4000:4000:5001:0001:0501:0001:2001:1901:1901:3401:3601:3601:4701:5502:0201:5502:1602:1502:1502:3002:3502:3502:4402:5502:5502:5903:1403:1603:1603:2803:3603:3603:4203:5603:5703:5604:1104:1604:1604:2604:3704:3704:4104:5704:5604:5705:1105:1705:17
Bloomsbury Square (Stop B) 00:4800:4801:0001:0801:1401:0801:2901:2701:2701:4301:4401:4401:5602:0302:1002:0302:2402:2302:2302:3802:4302:4302:5203:0303:0303:0703:2203:2403:2403:3603:4403:4403:5004:0404:0504:0404:1904:2404:2404:3404:4504:4504:4905:0505:0405:0505:1905:2505:25
Tottenham Court Road Station (Stop X) 00:5100:5101:0301:1101:1801:1101:3201:3001:3001:4601:4701:4701:5902:0602:1402:0602:2702:2602:2602:4102:4602:4602:5503:0603:0603:1003:2503:2703:2703:3903:4703:4703:5304:0704:0804:0704:2204:2704:2704:3704:4804:4804:5205:0805:0705:0805:2205:2805:28
Trocadero / Haymarket (Stop K) 00:5700:5701:1001:1601:2501:1601:3901:3501:3501:5301:5201:5202:0602:1102:2102:1102:3402:3102:3102:4802:5102:5103:0203:1103:1103:1703:3103:3103:3103:4503:5103:5103:5904:1104:1304:1104:2704:3104:3104:4204:5204:5204:5705:1205:1205:1205:2605:3205:32
Piccadilly Circus (Stop S) 01:0001:0001:1301:18·01:1801:4201:3701:37·01:5401:5402:0902:13·02:1302:3702:3302:33·02:5302:5303:0503:1303:13·03:3403:3303:33·03:5303:5304:0204:13·04:1304:3004:3304:33·04:5404:5404:5905:14·05:1405:2805:3405:34
Hyde Park Corner (Stop F) 01:0401:0401:1901:23·01:2301:4801:4101:41·01:5801:5802:1402:17·02:1702:4202:3702:37·02:5702:5703:1003:1703:17·03:3903:3703:37·03:5803:5804:0704:18·04:1804:3404:3804:38·04:5904:5905:0305:19·05:1905:3205:3905:39
Victoria Bus Station (Stop D) 01:0801:0801:2301:27·01:2701:5201:4501:45·02:0202:0202:1802:21·02:2102:4602:4102:41·03:0103:0103:1303:2103:21·03:4203:4103:41·04:0204:0204:1004:22·04:2204:3704:4204:42·05:0305:0305:0605:23·05:2305:3505:4305:43

Route map

All stops on route N38

N38 towards Victoria Bus Station

  1. Walthamstow Bus Station (Stop A) Walthamstow
  2. Grosvenor Park Road (Stop K) Walthamstow Central
  3. Grove Road Walthamstow (Stop SJ) Walthamstow Central
  4. Bakers Avenue (Stop SK) Walthamstow
  5. High Road Leyton / Bakers Arms (Stop WH) Whipps Cross
  6. Shortlands Road (Stop WJ) Walthamstow Central
  7. Markhouse Road (Stop LK) Walthamstow
  8. Emmanuel Parish Church (Stop LL) Walthamstow Central
  9. Bloxhall Road (Stop LM) Walthamstow Central
  10. Lea Bridge Station (Stop LN) Lea Bridge Road
  11. Lee Valley Riding Centre (Stop N) Lea Bridge Road
  12. Lee Valley Ice Centre (Stop P) Lea Bridge Road
  13. Chatsworth Road / Lea Bridge Road (Stop Q) Lea Bridge
  14. Wattisfield Road (Stop U) Lower Clapton
  15. Lea Bridge Roundabout (Stop T) Lower Clapton
  16. Clapton Pond (Stop E) Lower Clapton
  17. Millfields Road Lower Clapton (Stop G) Lower Clapton
  18. Clapton Girls' Tech College (Stop M) Lower Clapton
  19. Hackney Baths (Stop Q) Hackney
  20. Clapton Square (Stop S) Hackney
  21. Pembury Circus (Stop Y) Hackney
  22. Hackney Central Station (Stop T) Hackney
  23. Graham Road / Hackney Central (Stop E) Hackney
  24. Royal Oak Road (Stop Z) Dalston
  25. Greenwood Road (Stop B) Dalston
  26. Stannard Road (Stop C) Dalston
  27. Dalston Junction Station (Stop G) Kingsland
  28. Balls Pond Road / Burder Road (Stop F) Kingsland
  29. Southgate Road (Stop BH) Kingsland
  30. Essex Road /Newington Green Rd (Stop CD) Canonbury
  31. Essex Road / Marquess Road (Stop CG) Canonbury
  32. Essex Road Station (Stop EJ) Islington
  33. Cross Street (N1) (Stop E) Islington
  34. Packington Street (Stop A) Upper Street
  35. Islington Green (Stop D) Islington Green
  36. Angel Station (Stop F) Angel
  37. St John Street / Goswell Road (Stop M) Angel
  38. Sadler's Wells Theatre (Stop UC) Finsbury
  39. Finsbury Town Hall (Stop UD) Finsbury
  40. Mount Pleasant Clerkenwell (Stop CK) Clerkenwell
  41. Clerkenwell Road (Stop CN) Holborn
  42. Red Lion Square (Stop A) Holborn
  43. Bloomsbury Square (Stop B) Holborn
  44. Museum Street (Stop C) Holborn
  45. Tottenham Court Road Station (Stop X) Tottenham Court Road
  46. Tottenham Court Road Station (Stop G) Tottenham Court Road
  47. Cambridge Circus (Stop D) Soho
  48. Dean Street / Chinatown (Stop W) Soho
  49. Trocadero / Haymarket (Stop K) Soho
  50. Piccadilly Circus (Stop S) Piccadilly Circus
  51. Old Bond Street /Royal Academy (Stop G) St James
  52. Green Park Station (Stop H) Green Park
  53. Green Park / Constitution Hill (Stop E) Hyde Park Corner
  54. Hyde Park Corner (Stop F) Hyde Park Corner
  55. Wilton Street (Stop S) Belgravia
  56. Buckingham Palace Road / Bressenden Place (Stop P) Victoria
  57. Victoria Bus Station (Stop D) Victoria

N38 towards Walthamstow Bus Station

  1. Victoria Bus Station (Stop D) Victoria
  2. Grosvenor Gardens (SW1) (Stop Q) Victoria
  3. Wilton Street (Stop U) Belgravia
  4. Hyde Park Corner (Stop K) Hyde Park Corner
  5. Old Park Lane / Hard Rock Cafe (Stop D) Hyde Park Corner
  6. Green Park Station (Stop J) Green Park
  7. Old Bond Street /Royal Academy (Stop L) St James
  8. Piccadilly Circus (Stop B) Piccadilly Circus
  9. Trocadero / Haymarket (Stop H) Soho
  10. Gerrard Place / Chinatown (Stop P) Soho
  11. Denmark Street (Stop A) Soho
  12. Tottenham Court Road Station / New Oxford Street (Stop Y) Tottenham Court Road
  13. Museum Street (Stop E) Holborn
  14. Bloomsbury Square (Stop F) Holborn
  15. Red Lion Square (Stop G) Holborn
  16. Grays Inn Road /Theobalds Road (Stop CA) Holborn
  17. Rosebery Avenue Clerkenwell (Stop CE) Clerkenwell
  18. Mount Pleasant Clerkenwell (Stop CF) Clerkenwell
  19. Tysoe Street (Stop CH) Finsbury
  20. Hardwick Street (Stop UA) Finsbury
  21. Sadler's Wells Theatre (Stop UB) Finsbury
  22. St John Street / Goswell Road (Stop P) Angel
  23. Angel Station (Stop X) Angel
  24. Islington Green (Stop C) Islington Green
  25. Packington Street (Stop K) Upper Street
  26. Cross Street (N1) (Stop EA) Islington
  27. Essex Road Station (Stop EB) Islington
  28. Northchurch Road Canonbury (Stop EE) Canonbury
  29. Ockendon Road (Stop EF) Canonbury
  30. Mildmay Park / Southgate Road (Stop CC) Canonbury
  31. Culford Road (Stop BE) Canonbury
  32. Kingsland High Street (Stop E) Kingsland
  33. Dalston Lane /Dalston Junction Station (Stop K) Kingsland
  34. Stannard Road (Stop D) Dalston
  35. Greenwood Road (Stop E) Dalston
  36. Royal Oak Road (Stop F) Dalston
  37. Hackney Central / Mare Street (Stop G) Hackney
  38. Hackney Central Station (Stop J) Hackney
  39. Amhurst Road / Hackney Downs (Stop L) Hackney
  40. Mare Street / Narrow Way (Stop R) Hackney
  41. Hackney Baths (Stop U) Hackney
  42. Glenarm Road (Stop Z) Hackney
  43. Clapton Girls' Tech College (Stop L) Lower Clapton
  44. Clapton Pond (Stop H) Lower Clapton
  45. Lea Bridge Roundabout (Stop L) Lower Clapton
  46. Lea Bridge Road / Upper Clapton Road (Stop S) Lower Clapton
  47. Chatsworth Road / Lea Bridge Road (Stop V) Lea Bridge
  48. Lee Valley Ice Centre (Stop W) Lea Bridge Road
  49. Lee Valley Riding Centre (Stop X) Lea Bridge Road
  50. Perth Road (E10) (Stop LE) Walthamstow Central
  51. Emmanuel Parish Church (Stop LF) Walthamstow Central
  52. Markhouse Road (Stop LG) Walthamstow
  53. Rochdale Road (Stop LH) Walthamstow Central
  54. Shrubland Road (Stop EA) Walthamstow Central
  55. High Road Leyton / Bakers Arms (Stop EC) Whipps Cross
  56. Hoe Street / Bakers Arms (Stop NE) Walthamstow
  57. Grove Road Walthamstow (Stop NH) Walthamstow Central
  58. Queen's Road (Stop L) Walthamstow
  59. Walthamstow Bus Station (->N) Walthamstow

Towns & areas on this route

Frequently asked questions

What time is the first N38 bus?

The first N38 departure on weekdays leaves at 00:05 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).

What time is the last N38 bus?

The last N38 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 05:40. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.

How much does the N38 bus cost?

London buses use TfL's flat fare: £1.75 per journey with contactless or Oyster, and the Hopper fare gives you unlimited bus and tram changes within one hour. Daily and weekly caps limit what you can spend. Cash is not accepted.

Who runs the N38 bus?

The N38 is operated by Arriva London North.

Timetable data from the operator via the DfT Bus Open Data Service. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.