R3 Princess Royal University Hospital ↔ Orpington Station

Operated by Metrobus. First bus 05:40, last bus 23:30. 168 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.

R3 towards Orpington Station — Monday to Friday (84 journeys)
Princess Royal University Hosp (Stop HB) 06:0006:2006:4007:0007:0007:2007:3007:3807:5708:0008:1608:3008:3608:5609:0009:1609:3009:3609:5610:0010:1610:3010:3610:5610:5811:1611:2811:3611:5611:5812:1612:2812:3612:5612:5813:1613:2813:3613:5613:5914:1614:2914:3614:5614:5915:1315:2915:3115:5115:5916:1116:2916:3116:5117:0017:1117:3117:3117:5118:0118:1118:3118:3118:5119:0119:1119:2919:3119:5820:0120:2820:3121:0021:0021:3021:3022:0022:0022:3022:3023:0023:0023:3023:30
Locksbottom / St Michael's Church (Stop HJ) 06:0206:2206:4207:0207:0207:2207:3207:4007:5908:0208:1808:3208:3808:5809:0209:1809:3209:3809:5810:0210:1810:3210:3810:5811:0011:1811:3011:3811:5812:0012:1812:3012:3812:5813:0013:1813:3013:3813:5814:0114:1814:3114:3814:5815:0115:1515:3115:3415:5416:0116:1416:3116:3416:5417:0217:1417:3317:3417:5418:0318:1418:3318:3418:5419:0319:1319:3119:3320:0020:0320:3020:3321:0221:0221:3221:3222:0222:0222:3222:3223:0223:0223:3223:32
Place Farm Avenue (Stop CH) 06:0606:2606:4607:0607:0607:2607:3607:4508:0508:0608:2408:3608:4509:0409:0609:2309:3609:4310:0310:0610:2310:3610:4311:0311:0511:2311:3511:4312:0312:0512:2312:3512:4313:0313:0513:2313:3513:4314:0314:0614:2314:3614:4315:0315:0615:2215:3615:4216:0216:0616:2116:3616:4017:0017:0717:2017:3817:4018:0018:0818:2018:3818:4019:0019:0819:1819:3519:3820:0420:0820:3420:3821:0621:0621:3621:3622:0622:0622:3622:3623:0623:0623:3623:36
Almond Way (->W) 06:1206:3206:5207:1207:1307:3307:4207:5208:1208:1208:3208:4208:5209:1009:1209:2909:4209:4910:0910:1210:2910:4210:4911:0911:1111:2911:4111:4912:0912:1112:2912:4112:4913:0913:1113:2913:4113:4914:0914:1214:2914:4214:5015:1115:1215:3015:4215:5016:0916:1216:2816:4216:4717:0717:1317:2717:4417:4718:0618:1418:2618:4418:4619:0619:1419:2419:4119:4420:1020:1420:4020:4421:1221:1221:4221:4222:1222:1222:4222:4223:1223:1223:4223:42
Queensway / Petts Wood Station (Stop B) 06:1606:3606:5607:1607:1807:3807:4607:5708:1708:1608:3708:4608:5709:1509:1609:3409:4609:5410:1410:1610:3410:4610:5411:1411:1511:3411:4511:5412:1412:1512:3412:4512:5413:1413:1513:3413:4513:5414:1414:1614:3414:4614:5515:1615:1615:3515:4615:5516:1416:1616:3316:4616:5217:1217:1717:3217:4817:5218:1118:1818:3018:4818:5019:1019:1819:2819:4519:4820:1420:1820:4420:4821:1521:1621:4521:4622:1522:1622:4622:4523:1523:1623:4523:45
Station Square / Petts Wood Station (Stop D) 06:1806:3806:5807:1807:2007:4007:4808:0008:2008:1808:4008:4809:0009:1809:1809:3709:4809:5710:1710:1810:3710:4810:5711:1711:1811:3711:4811:5712:1712:1812:3712:4812:5713:1713:1813:3713:4813:5714:1714:1914:3714:4914:5815:1915:1915:3815:4915:5816:1716:1916:3616:4916:5517:1517:2017:3517:5117:5518:1418:2118:3318:5118:5319:1319:2119:3119:4819:5120:1720:2020:4720:5021:1721:1821:4721:4822:1722:1822:4822:4723:1723:1823:4723:47
Ladywood Avenue (Stop S) 06:2006:4007:0007:2007:2207:4307:5008:0308:2308:2008:4308:5009:0309:2109:2009:4009:5010:0010:2010:2010:4010:5011:0011:2011:2011:4011:5012:0012:2012:2112:4012:5113:0013:2013:2113:4013:5114:0014:2014:2214:4014:5215:0115:2215:2215:4115:5216:0116:2016:2216:3916:5216:5817:1817:2317:3817:5417:5818:1718:2418:3618:5418:5619:1619:2419:3419:5119:5420:1920:2320:4920:5221:1921:2021:4921:5022:1922:2022:5022:4923:1923:2023:4923:49
Kent Road (Stop SR) 06:2506:4507:0507:2307:2707:4807:5308:0808:2808:2308:4808:5309:0809:2609:2409:4509:5410:0510:2510:2410:4510:5411:0511:2511:2411:4511:5412:0512:2512:2512:4512:5613:0513:2513:2613:4513:5614:0514:2514:2614:4514:5615:0615:2715:2615:4715:5616:0716:2616:2616:4416:5617:0317:2317:2717:4317:5818:0318:2218:2818:4118:5819:0119:2119:2819:3919:5519:5820:2220:2720:5220:5621:2221:2321:5221:5322:2222:2322:5322:5223:2223:2323:5223:52
High Street / Carlton Parade (Stop P) 06:2806:4807:0807:2507:3007:5107:5508:1108:3108:2508:5108:5509:1109:2909:2609:4809:5610:0810:2810:2610:4810:5611:0811:2811:2711:4811:5712:0812:2812:2812:4812:5913:0813:2813:2913:4813:5914:0814:2814:2914:4814:5915:0915:3015:2915:5015:5916:1016:2916:2916:4716:5917:0617:2617:3017:4618:0018:0618:2518:3018:4419:0019:0419:2419:3019:4219:5720:0020:2420:2920:5420:5821:2421:2521:5421:5522:2422:2522:5522:5423:2423:2523:5423:54
High Street /Orpington War Memorial (Stop S) 06:3206:5207:1207:2807:3407:5507:5808:1508:3508:2808:5508:5809:1509:3409:2909:5310:0010:1310:3310:3010:5311:0011:1311:3311:3111:5312:0112:1312:3312:3212:5313:0313:1313:3313:3313:5314:0314:1314:3314:3314:5315:0315:1415:3515:3315:5516:0316:1516:3416:3316:5217:0317:1117:3017:3417:5018:0318:1018:2918:3318:4819:0319:0819:2819:3319:4620:0020:0420:2720:3320:5721:0121:2721:2821:5721:5822:2722:2822:5822:5723:2723:2823:5723:57
Orpington Station (Stop G) 06:3606:5607:1607:3007:4008:0208:0008:2208:4008:3008:5909:0009:1909:3809:3109:5710:0210:1610:3610:3210:5611:0211:1611:3611:3311:5612:0312:1612:3612:3512:5613:0613:1613:3613:3613:5614:0614:1614:3614:3614:5615:0615:1815:4015:3616:0016:0616:2016:3916:3616:5717:0617:1617:3517:3717:5518:0618:1418:3318:3518:5219:0519:1119:3119:3519:4920:0220:0720:2920:3520:5921:0321:2921:3021:5922:0022:2922:3023:0022:5923:2923:3023:5923:59

Route map

All stops on route R3

R3 towards Orpington Station

  1. Princess Royal University Hosp (Stop HB) Locksbottom
  2. Locksbottom / St Michael's Church (Stop HJ) Locksbottom
  3. Crofton Road /Starts Hill Road (Stop HN) Locksbottom
  4. Glyndebourne Park (Stop CM) Crofton
  5. Oakwood Road / St. Pauls Church (Stop CN) Crofton
  6. Crofton Lane / Crofton Road (Stop CE) Crofton
  7. St Thomas Drive (Stop CF) Crofton
  8. Place Farm Avenue (Stop CH) Crofton
  9. Crofton School (->N) Broom Hill
  10. Rycroft Road (->NW) Petts Wood
  11. Chesham Avenue / Woodhurst Avenue (->W) Petts Wood
  12. Faringdon Avenue / Chesham Avenue (->S) Petts Wood
  13. Faringdon Avenue / Chesham Avenue (->S1) Petts Wood
  14. Faringdon Avenue / Birch Row (->SW) Southborough
  15. Faringdon Avenue / Birch Row (->S) Southborough
  16. Faringdon Avenue / Larch Way (->S) Southborough
  17. Almond Way (->W) Southborough
  18. Almond Way (->W) Southborough
  19. Whitebeam Avenue / Larch Way (->N) Southborough
  20. Ash Row (->SE) Southborough
  21. Oxhawth Crescent (->NE) Petts Wood
  22. Southborough Lane / Baptist Church (Stop R) Petts Wood
  23. Crescent Drive (Stop S) Petts Wood
  24. Queensway / Petts Wood Station (Stop B) Petts Wood
  25. Fairway / Tudor Way (->N) Petts Wood
  26. Station Square / Petts Wood Station (Stop D) Petts Wood
  27. Woodland Way (Stop F) Petts Wood
  28. Crossway (BR5) (->E) Petts Wood
  29. Petts Wood Road (Stop R) Petts Wood
  30. Ladywood Avenue (Stop S) Poverest
  31. Poverest Road / Chislehurst Road (Stop T) Poverest
  32. Poverest Road / Church Hill Wood (Stop U) Poverest
  33. Church Hill Wood (->NE) Poverest
  34. Sherborne Road (->W) Poverest
  35. Sefton Road (->N) Poverest
  36. Sefton Close (->E) Poverest
  37. Dorney Rise (->E) Poverest
  38. Amherst Drive (->E) Poverest
  39. Amherst Close (->E) Poverest
  40. Sidmouth Road (->SW) Poverest
  41. Austin Road (->S) Poverest
  42. Marion Crescent (Stop SW) Poverest
  43. Kent Road (Stop SR) Derry Downs
  44. Lower Road / Derry Downs (Stop N) Derry Downs
  45. High Street / Carlton Parade (Stop P) Derry Downs
  46. High Street / Church Hill (Stop W) Orpington
  47. Walnuts Centre (Stop U) Orpington
  48. High Street /Orpington War Memorial (Stop S) Orpington
  49. Tubbenden Lane (Stop J) Orpington
  50. Orpington Station (Stop G) Orpington

R3 towards Princess Royal University Hospital

  1. Orpington Bus Station (Stop D) Orpington
  2. Tubbenden Lane (Stop H) Orpington
  3. High Street /Orpington War Memorial (Stop R) Orpington
  4. Walnuts Centre (Stop T) Orpington
  5. High Street / Broomhill Road (Stop V) Orpington
  6. Goodmead Road (Stop D) Broom Hill
  7. Carlton Parade (Stop L) Derry Downs
  8. Lower Road / Derry Downs (Stop M) Derry Downs
  9. Kent Road (Stop SQ) Derry Downs
  10. Marion Crescent (Stop SX) Poverest
  11. Austin Road (->N) Poverest
  12. Cray Valley Road (->N) Poverest
  13. Sidmouth Road (->N) Poverest
  14. Amherst Close (->W) Poverest
  15. Canbury Path (->W) Poverest
  16. Dorney Rise (->W) Poverest
  17. Sefton Close (->W) Poverest
  18. Sefton Road (->S) Poverest
  19. Church Hill Wood (->SW) Poverest
  20. Poverest Road / Church Hill Wood (Stop W) Poverest
  21. Poverest Road / Chislehurst Road (Stop X) Poverest
  22. Ladywood Avenue (Stop Y) Poverest
  23. Petts Wood Road (Stop Z) Petts Wood
  24. Crossway (BR5) (->W) Petts Wood
  25. Woodland Way (Stop G) Petts Wood
  26. Station Square / Petts Wood Station (Stop D) Petts Wood
  27. Fairway / Tudor Way (Stop GL) Petts Wood
  28. Queensway / Petts Wood Station (Stop C) Petts Wood
  29. Petts Wood Library (Stop E) Petts Wood
  30. Crescent Drive (Stop F) Petts Wood
  31. Oxhawth Crescent (->SW) Petts Wood
  32. Oxhawth Crescent (->S) Petts Wood
  33. Faringdon Avenue / Chesham Avenue (->S) Petts Wood
  34. Faringdon Avenue / Chesham Avenue (->S1) Petts Wood
  35. Faringdon Avenue / Birch Row (->SW) Southborough
  36. Faringdon Avenue / Birch Row (->S) Southborough
  37. Faringdon Avenue / Larch Way (->S) Southborough
  38. Almond Way (->W) Southborough
  39. Almond Way (->W) Southborough
  40. Whitebeam Avenue / Larch Way (->N) Southborough
  41. Ash Row (->SE) Southborough
  42. Prescott Avenue (->E) Petts Wood
  43. Chesham Avenue / Woodhurst Avenue (->E) Petts Wood
  44. Kydbrook Close (->E) Petts Wood
  45. Crofton School (->S) Broom Hill
  46. Place Farm Avenue (Stop CJ) Crofton
  47. St Thomas Drive (Stop CK) Crofton
  48. Crofton Road / Crofton Lane (Stop CB) Crofton
  49. Oakwood Road / St. Pauls Church (Stop CC) Crofton
  50. Glyndebourne Park (Stop CD) Crofton
  51. Crofton Road /Starts Hill Road (Stop HL) Locksbottom
  52. Locksbottom / St Michael's Church (Stop HK) Locksbottom
  53. Princess Royal University Hosp (Stop HB) Locksbottom

Towns & areas on this route

Frequently asked questions

What time is the first R3 bus?

The first R3 departure on weekdays leaves at 05:40 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).

What time is the last R3 bus?

The last R3 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 23:30. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.

How much does the R3 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 R3 bus?

The R3 is operated by Metrobus.

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