N5 Edgware to Charing Cross via Hendon, Golders Green

Operated by London Sovereign. First bus 00:03, last bus 23:40. 23 journeys on weekdays. Fares: £1.75 flat — more.

Night bus — overnight departures 23:33–07:00. Every night. Nights are the night you set out on, so a 01:30 bus on Saturday morning counts as Friday. All night buses.

Wanted a different N5? 3 other bus routes are numbered N5 elsewhere in the UK — see every N5 bus timetable by area.

Each column is one journey, headed by the time it sets off. Times are shown at the route's main timing stops — buses serve all stops in between. Switch a table to All stops for every stop it calls at, or open a stop's own page for live departures there.

Christmas & bank holidays

These dates are not the usual timetable for the day they fall on — they come from the operator’s own published calendar. Everything above is an ordinary week.

• Christmas Eve — Thursday, 24 December 2026
  No buses in the timetable the operator has published so far. Festive timetables are often published only a few weeks ahead, so check again nearer the date.
• Christmas Day — Friday, 25 December 2026
  No buses in the timetable the operator has published so far. Festive timetables are often published only a few weeks ahead, so check again nearer the date.
• Boxing Day — Saturday, 26 December 2026
  No buses in the timetable the operator has published so far. Festive timetables are often published only a few weeks ahead, so check again nearer the date.
• Sunday, 27 December 2026
  No buses in the timetable the operator has published so far. Festive timetables are often published only a few weeks ahead, so check again nearer the date.
• Monday, 28 December 2026
  No buses in the timetable the operator has published so far. Festive timetables are often published only a few weeks ahead, so check again nearer the date.
• Tuesday, 29 December 2026
  No buses in the timetable the operator has published so far. Festive timetables are often published only a few weeks ahead, so check again nearer the date.
• Wednesday, 30 December 2026
  No buses in the timetable the operator has published so far. Festive timetables are often published only a few weeks ahead, so check again nearer the date.
• New Year's Eve — Thursday, 31 December 2026
  No buses in the timetable the operator has published so far. Festive timetables are often published only a few weeks ahead, so check again nearer the date.
• New Year's Day — Friday, 1 January 2027
  No buses in the timetable the operator has published so far. Festive timetables are often published only a few weeks ahead, so check again nearer the date.
• Saturday, 2 January 2027
  No buses in the timetable the operator has published so far. Festive timetables are often published only a few weeks ahead, so check again nearer the date.

Route map

All stops on route N5

How busy is route N5?

277,081 passenger journeys were recorded on route N5 in 2024/25 across 186,952 kilometres operated. That is down from a peak of 714,677 in 2013/14.

Millions of passenger journeys per financial year, from Transport for London's published bus statistics. A passenger journey is one boarding of one bus — someone commuting five days a week makes ten of them, so this is not a count of people. Years marked 53w ran 53 weeks rather than 52, so they sit about 2% high against their neighbours. TfL changed how boardings were estimated in 2017 and restated 2016/17 on the new basis; the chart uses the restated figure, so years before 2016/17 are not exactly comparable with those after. Route-level totals do not sum to TfL's network figures, which carry separate adjustments. Powered by TfL Open Data. Compare every London route →

Towns & areas on this route

Frequently asked questions

Timetable data from London Sovereign via the DfT Bus Open Data Service (London feed). Route names, stop sequences and map geometry come from TfL Open Data. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.