London buses: Full Christmas timetable as services affected

Ahead of the festive period, Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed the full Christmas timetable and change of services, including London buses.

Closures and service changes will start from December 22 meaning you still have time to plan if you are travelling in London during Christmas time. 

On the TfL website, they share: “Between Friday 22 December 2023 and Tuesday 2 January 2024, planned work, closures and service changes may affect your journey.”

You can find out more information via the TfL website.

📢 Introducing new routes to the Superloop network!

🚌 The SL10, connecting Harrow to North Finchley is now in service
🚌 The SL1, connecting North Finchley to Walthamstow will be in service from Saturday 9 December

More routes coming in 2024

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— TfL (@TfL) December 5, 2023

London Buses Christmas timetable

Buses in London will only be affected on certain days. To make sure you are prepared we have broken each day down so you can see how buses will be affected.

If a day has not been included, it means bus services are expected to run as normal, at the time of writing.

It is important to note that due to unplanned circumstances, plans from TfL can change.

Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24

Buses will run a Sunday service and there will be no night service with the 24-hour service ending at midnight. 

Christmas Day, Monday, December 25

London buses, including the Night bus, will not be running.

Boxing Day, Tuesday, December 26

A Sunday service will run on all routes during the day as well as the night bus service.

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— TfL (@TfL) November 23, 2023

Wednesday, December 27

London buses will run on Saturday services on all routes and normal night service.

Thursday, December 28

Saturday services will run all day on all routes, and a normal Thursday night service will also run.

Friday, December 29

London buses will run Saturday services on all routes along with a normal Friday night service.

New Year’s Eve, Sunday, December 31

A Sunday day service will run and some buses in central London will be on diversion from early afternoon.

Plus, there will be a Sunday night service on all 24-hour and night routes, some routes will run more often and some will run overnight.

New Year’s Day, Monday, January 1

London buses will run on a Sunday service on all-day routes and Sunday night service.

This article will be updated as TfL shares new service information during Christmas.

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